Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Long Gone

Long Gone

Long Gone

Daddy, Why you wanna 'radiate papaya?
     "I'll be long gone."
Why you say 'radiation good for us?
     "I'll be long gone."
If it overheats an' the vessel breaks
An' Cesium spreads over fifty states,
Then daddy, why do you say,
     "I'll be long gone?"

"I'll be long gone
        long gone
        long gone
I'll be long gone."

Yeah, you'll be gone, but I'll be here
And that's what's got me sick with fear:
Leukemia, tumors, and skin aflame
And nobody left for us to blame
'Cause you'll be 'long gone.'

"I'll be long gone
        long gone
        long gone
I'll be long gone."

So the human race is outta luck
'Cause you jus' can't wait to make another buck.
You're in such a hurry for money an' fame
You give free enterprise a dirty name
An you'll "be long gone!"

"I'll be long gone
        long gone
        long gone
I'll be long gone."

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