Jack Conte - Long Long Time Ago lyrics

He lived down by the farm house where the stray cats sleep at night just a deck of cards, two fold up chairs and a ghost of his wife The Devil lived in his doorway kept out the love and hope He lived a long long long time a long time ago He lost one yellow sunday when he reached into his throat pulled out all the people that he had been and tried to choke but together they overwhelmed him and he couldn't help but explode he lost a long long long time a long time ago asked a man in town and he said he is lonely said he was strange and he was all alone No place to go He went up in smoke do do doooo doooo doooo doooo Well he left in a hurry while the cops kicked in his door He jumped out the second story went do the road and highacked a car Stuck his head out the broken window and he howled like the Devil's own He left a long long long time A long time ago asked a man in town and he said he is lonely said he was strange and he was all alone No place to go He went up in smoke do do doooo doooo doooo doooo He flew right past the border He ditched his car and dyed his hair He took out his deck of cards for a couple last rounds of solitare And he slept just like a baby Though the night was hard and cold He flew a long long long time A long time ago When he pa**ed through the devils doorway Well he knew just where he was He through back his head and howled s he resigned himself to dust And they found him in the Rio Fuerte his body was still afloat He pa**ed a long long long time A long time ago He pa**ed a long long long time A long time ago He pa**ed a long long long time A long long long time A long time ago