Gone Too Long
Longing Roads and Bayou Blues: Tab Benoit's Tale of Absence
Lyrics
Now everytime I ask you where you gone
Asking where the person has been
You wave bye bye and you blow your horn
The person waves goodbye and leaves
You been ridin' around in your Cadillac
Describing the person riding in a Cadillac
It feels like you're never ever comin' back
Expressing the feeling that the person may not return
You been gone too long
Stating that the absence has been too long
You been gone so long
Reiterating the extended duration of absence
You been a gone, forgone
Emphasizing the prolonged and irreversible absence
It feels like you're never gettin' home
Conveying the emotional impact of the absence
I need somebody who treats me right
Expressing a desire for a partner who treats well
Keeps me warm in my bed at night
Seeking warmth and comfort in a relationship
I'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to
Expressing willingness to do anything for the partner
Just come right home, honey, when you're through
Requesting the partner to come home when done
You been gone so long
Reiterating the prolonged absence
You been gone too long
Emphasizing the excessive duration of absence
You been gone so long
Continuing to express the extended absence
It feels like you're never comin' home
Conveying the feeling that the partner may never return
I drive all night and part of the day
Describing the singer's effort to find the partner
All for the love of the blues I play
Highlighting the singer's dedication to playing the blues
But the only thing that keeps me sane
Stating that driving down the Bayou is a source of sanity
Is drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all
Adding a vivid detail of driving in the pouring rain
I been gone too long
Expressing the singer's own extended absence
I been gone too long
Reiterating the singer's feeling of being away for too long
I been gone so long, y'all
Continuing to emphasize the prolonged absence
It feels like I'm never gettin' home
Conveying the emotional impact of the singer's absence
I been gone too long
Repeating the singer's feeling of prolonged absence
I been gone too long
Reiterating the singer's sense of being away for too long
I been gone too long
Continuing to express the singer's prolonged absence
Baby, baby, I been gone
Affirming that the singer has been gone for a considerable time
I been a gone, forgone
Emphasizing the singer's prolonged and irreversible absence
It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home
Expressing the singer's feeling that they may never return home
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