Long Long Time Ago

He lived down by the farm house Where the stray cats sleep at night Just a deck of cards, two fold up chairs And the ghost of his wife And 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 And 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 they say he's lawless Said he was strange and he was all alone No place to go He went up in smoke Well, he left in a hurry When the cops kicked in his door He jumped out the second story Limped down the road and hijacked a car He 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 they said he's lawless Said he was strange and he was all alone No place to go He went up in smoke He flew right past the border He ditched the 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 passed through the devil's doorway Well, he knew just where he was He threw back his head and howled As he resigned himself to dust And they found him in the Rio Fuerte His body was still afloat He passed a long, long, long time A long time ago He passed a long, long, long time A long time ago He passed a long, long, long time A long time ago