Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)

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• It's been a long time comin'
  It's goin' to be a long time gone
  And it appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Time, yes, a long, long, time before the dawn
  
  Turn, turn any corner
  Turn and hear to what your friends and neighbors might have to say
  Something, something, something's goin' on around here
  They surely, surely won't stand the light of day
  And it appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Long, long, long, long time before the dawn
  
  Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness
  You got to speak your mind
  If you dare
  But don't no don't now try to get yourself elected
  If you do you had better cut your hair
  Cause it appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Time, such a long long long long time before the dawn
  
  It's been a long time comin'
  It's goin' to be a long time gone
  But you know
  The darkest hour is always
  Always just before the dawn
  And it appears to be a long, appears to be a long
  Appears to be a long
  Time before the dawn
  And it appears to be a long Writer/s: David Crosby
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 9

• Wallace CallowDavid Crosby sings at the beginning.
• Janine from Naples, FlWho is singing in the beginning of this song? Crosby?
• Patrick Hubbell from Houston, TxIs it safe to assume Stephen Stills played the lead guitar on this?
• Rick From San Diego from San DiegoFor years and years I was singing the song with these lyrics, "But don't, no don't, no, try to get yourself elected
  If you do you might as well cuff your hands..." Which I thought made sense. Oh well!
• Jd from ColoradoRenee, it's relevant to politics at any time, no matter who's in office.
• Renee from Naples FlThe song is relevant to today’s politics
• Mike from Berkeley, CaEver since I heard this, I thought the lyrics were:
  "But don't, no don't, no, try to get yourself elected
  If you do you had better duck your head..."
  Sure, I might very well be wrong, and all those other lyrics sites (including this one) be right, but knowing that he wrote it in reaction to Bobby and John Kennedy's assassinations, 'ducking your head' would not only fit, it would make the song much more powerful.
• Barry from New York, NcThe version of Long Time Gone featured in the movie Woodstock is an alternate mix.
• Wayne from Crockett, TxGreat harmony from some of the greatest voices in rock music.

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