Written by Mike Plume and Jason McCoy
I warned her not to love me
I told her I was not the marrying kind
Like ol’ Hank you’ll understand
The Lord made me a ramblin’ man
I ain’t sticking around for no long goodbyes
Now Daddy left my Mama
With biscuits and belly on the rise
She hollered out as he was leaving
But he wasn’t sticking ’round for no long goodbyes
Well I’m always running
From something or someone
Wandering and wondering why
This train it don’t stop
For heartaches and teardrops
It just keeps moving down the line
I ain’t got time for no long goodbyes
At a card game down in Louisiana
Caught me a Cajun boy dealing on the sly
Me and my smokin’ .44 was gone before he hit the floor
We wasn’t stickin’ round for no long goodbyes
Well I’m always running
From something or someone
Wandering and wondering why
This train it don’t stop
For heartaches and teardrops
It just keeps moving down the line
I ain’t got time for no long goodbyes
Well they finally tracked me down in Vicksburg
And a judge and jury sentenced me to die
I said “Go ahead and flip that switch, sir,
I ain’t got time for no long goodbyes…”
When Jesus finally calls me yonder
Ain’t nobody ever over me to cry
Just throw the dirt over my body
I ain’t sticking around for no long goodbye
I ain’t got time for no long goodbye