Amanda Wilkinson Gone From Love Too Long Lyrics

Baby sister set out for
The bright lights of California
Said she was gonna be a star
No word from someone in six long months
Can sure get on ya
And it was breaking Momma's heart

I drove those thousand miles
Like a bat out of hell
Searched every corner
Every low rent motel
'Til I found her there
With greasy hair
And a strangers eyes
And then she cried
And I held her tight
And said you've been

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Gone from love too long
There's nothing to be ashamed of
No way you could have known
Life was gonna knock you down
Strip you to the bone
And leave you all alone
Girl you've been gone from love too long

As the lights of L.A. faded in our rear-view mirror
She said, Sis I'm scared to death
I left home inoccent
I'm going back a sinner
I've seen and done things I'd just as soon forget
She put out that cigarette and crumpled up the pack
And said, 'What I wouldn't give to have just part of myself back'
And I took her hand, said 'I understand'
And she broke down
She said, 'Tell me how, do I face momma now?'
I said you've been

Momma met us halfway down the driveway
Held out her arms to her baby
And all she had to say is

You've been gone from love too long
There's nothing to be ashamed of
No way you could have known
Life was gonna knock you down
Strip you to the bone
And leave you all alone
Girl you've been gone from love too long