LONG BLACK LIMOUSINE
(Vern Stovall / Bobby George)
Wynn Stewart - 1958
Vern Stovall - 1961
Gordon Terry - 1962
Glen Campbell & The Green River Boys - 1962
Rose Maddox - 1963
Bobby Bare - 1964
George Hamilton IV - 1966
Merle haggard & The Strangers - 1967
Jody Miller - 1968
O.C. Smith - 1968
Jeannie Seely - 1968
Elvis Presley - 1969
Connie Smith - 1969
Dottie West - 1969
Luke The Drifter Jr. - 1970
Sydney Devine - 1974
J.D. Crowe & The New South - 1981
Rattlesnake Annie & Willie Nelson - 1982
Keith Whitley - 1990
Boxcar Willie - 1991
Also recorded by:
Orion; Ray Knighton & Wanelle Collins; Powell & Violet Collins;
Travers Chandler & Avery County; King Sleaze; Johnny Gray;
Diggin' Doug Jernigan; Jim Stringer & The Austin Music Band;
Jim Ford ........... and others.
As recorded by VERN STOVALL:
There's a long line of mourners driving down our little street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see
They're all of your rich friends that knew you in the city
And now they've finally brought you home to me
When you left home you told me someday you'd be returning
In a fancy car for all the town to see
Now ev'ryone is watching, I guess you got your dream
You're riding in a long black limousine
The papers told of how you lost your life
The party and the fatal crash that night
The race upon the highway, the curve you didn't see
And now you're in that long black limousine
Through tear-dimmed eyes I watch as you ride by
With a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine
I'll never love another, for my heart and all my dreams
Are with you in that long black limousine
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As recorded by ELVIS PRESLEY, January 13th 1969:
There's a long line o' mourners driving down our little street
Their fancy cars are such a sight to see, oh yeah
They're all your rich friends who knew you in the city
And now they finally brought you, brought you home to me
When you left home you know you told me that someday you'd be returning
In a fancy car, all the town to see, oh yeah
Well, now ev'ryone is watching, you finally had your dream
Yeah, and you're ridin' in a long black limousine
You know the papers told of how you lost your life, oh yeah
The party, the party and the fatal crash that night
Well, the race upon the highway, oh, the curve you didn't see
Well, you're riding in that long black limousine
(You're riding in that long black limousine)
Through tear-filled eyes I watch as you ride by, oh yeah
A chauffeur, a chauffeur at the wheel dressed up so fine
Well, I'll never, I'll never love another, oh, my heart, all my dreams
Yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Yeah, yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they're with you in that long black limousine
Yeah, yeah, they're with you .......... FADE
(Contributed by Mel Priddle - September 2015)
