I sun g this song,
but I'll sing it again
Of the place where I lived
in the wild windy plain
Of a month called
April and a county called
Drain
And here's what all of
the people there say
So long, it's been good to know you,
So long, it's been good to know you,
So long, it's been good to know you,
This dusty old dust is a -gettin' my home,
And I gotta be driftin' along
A dust storm came,
and it hit like thunder
And it dus ted us over,
and it covered us under
And it blocked out the traffic,
and it blacked out the sun
Straight for shelter,
the people did run
Saying so long,
it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a
-gettin' to my home
And I gotta be driftin' along
We'd talk to the end of
the world and then
We'd sing a song and
then sing it again
We'd sit for an hour and not say a word
And then these words would be heard
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you,
this dusty old dust
Cause I'm getting my home and
I gotta be drifting along
Well, our sweethearts, they sat in the dark and they
sparked and they hugged and they kissed
And that dusty old dark inside
And they cried and they
hugged and they kissed
Instead of mar riage they're
talkin' 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
This dusty old dust is get
tin' to my home
And I got a bed rippin' along
Telephone rang and it
jumped off the wall
That was the preacher a
-makin' his call
And he said, kind friend,
this may be the end
And you've got your last chance at
salvation from sin
Well, the church, it was jammed and the church,
it was packed
And that dusty old dust storm
that blew so black
The preacher could not
read a word of his text
So he folded his fax,
took a collection and said
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a -gettin' my home
And I've got a big rift in a lawn