i ve sung this song but i ll sing it again of the people i ve met and the places i ve been some of the troubles that bothered my mind and a lot of good people that i ve left behind singing so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya what a long time since i ve been home and i ve gotta be driftin along the sweethearts they sat in the dark and they sparked they hugged and they kissed in that dusty old dark they sighed and they cried and they hugged and they kissed but instead of marriage they talked like this honey so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya what a long time since i ve been home and i ve gotta be driftin along well i went to your family i asked them for you they all said take her oh take her please do she can t cook or sew and she won t scrub your floor so i put on my coat tiptoed out the door singing so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya what a long time since i ve been home and i ve gotta be driftin along my telephone rang and it jumped off the wall that was the preacher makin a call he said kind friends this may be the end you ve got your last chance at salvation of sin well the church was jammed and the church it was packed the pews were so crowded from the front to the back that the preacher could not read a word of his text so he folded his specs took up the collection so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya so long it s been good to know ya what a long time since i ve been home and i ve gotta be driftin along 