Lyrics We've Been a Long Time Gone - George Formby

Many moons ago, we went to face the foe in the far off distant past
But now we′re all with wrinkles like a lot of Rip Van Winkles
But we re back home now at last
We've been a long time, a long time,
A terrible hell of a long time gone
It was the wrong time to leave the little wife
To leave the little sweetheart at the right time of her life
And when she meets you and she greets you
With a ′hello darling' now we'll carry on
I′m going to love you more and more, the kids are at school till four
You′ve been a terrible hell of a long time gone
You've been a long time, a long time,
A terrible hell of a long time gone
It was the wrong time to leave the little wife
To leave your little sweetheart at the right time of her life
And when she meets you and greets you
With a ′hello darling' now we′ll carry on
I'm going to love you more and more than ever I did before
You′ve been a terrible hell of a long time gone
You've been a long time, a long time,
A terrible hell of a long time gone
It was the wrong time to leave the little wife
To leave the little sweetheart at the right time of her life
And when she meets you and greets you
With a 'hello darling′ now we′ll carry on
I'm going to love you more and more, so hurry and bolt the door
You′ve been a terrible hell of a long time gone