If You're Not Gone Too Long Song Lyrics and Chords by Loretta Lynn
If You're Not Gone Too Long
Recorded by Loretta Lynn
Written by Wanda Ballman
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I'm gonna wipe these teardrops from my eyes
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There ain't no use for me to cry
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And there's some things I think I need to
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say
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I'll think about you every day
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Every day while you're away
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I'll be true to you honey while you
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're
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not gone too
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long
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But if you're gone for a year or two
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It may be too long for me to be true
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might find somebody else
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cause I get lonesome by
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myself
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I'll be the truest love you've known
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for a while I'll stay at home
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I'll be true to you honey while you
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're
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not gone too
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long
Tomorrow you'll be gone I know
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So love me now before you go
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We don't know what's farther down the
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road
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There may be a detour sign
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To upset plans of yours and mine
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I'll be true to you honey while you
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're
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not gone too
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long
FAQ
Who sang the the song If You're Not Gone Too Long?
- The song If You're Not Gone Too Long was sang by Loretta Lynn.
Who is Loretta Lynn?
- Loretta Lynn (née Webb April 14, 1932) is an American singer-songwriter. In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.
Lynn has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She has been nominated 18 times for a GRAMMY Award, and has won 3 times. Lynn is the most awarded female country recording artist and the only female ACM Artist of the Decade (1970s). Lynn has scored 24 No. 1 hit singles and 11 number one albums. She ended nearly 50 years of touring on the road after she suffered a stroke in 2017 and then broke her hip in 2018.
