“Such a long, long time to be gone, and a short time to be here.”
Robert Hunter (1941–2019) American musician
"Box of Rain"
Song lyrics, American Beauty (1970)
“Just give to me my gravestone
With it clearly carved upon:
"I'm a long time a-comin'
An' I'll be a long time gone"”
Song lyrics, The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 (2010), Long Time Gone (recorded 1962)
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