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I Stayed Away Too Long
Don Covay
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Stayed away too long
No need to go back home
Mmm, I stayed away too long, y'all
I lost my happy home
When I went away, way across the sea
I thought I would come back home a big celebrity
But no one was at the station when I got back
Everybody was busy doin' their income tax, Lord
I stayed away too long
Got trouble in my home
I stayed away too long
They wished that I'd stayed gone
When I went away I had a wife to come back to
But two long years was too long to be true
I wrote her sweet letter every day like I should
But none of my letters didn't do no good
I stayed away too long
No need to go back home
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Lord have mercy
Mmm, baby
I got a letter from my mother
Sayin', "Don, come home quick
Another man is tearin' down your home, son
Brick by brick"
Ah, Lord have mercy
I stayed away too long
No need to go back home
Lord, I stayed away too long, y'all
I better keep on rollin' on
My kids don't know me, I'm a stranger to my wife
While I was gone they made a brand new life
Inflation and hate and poverty
They're the only ones who's there to welcome me, Lord
I stayed away too long
No need to go back home
I stayed away too long
Got trouble in my home
Lord have mercy
Lord have mercy
Shit, I stayed away too long
They wished that I'd stayed gone, ow
Lord have mercy
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