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HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOU TALKED WITH THE LORD,
AND TOLD HIM YOUR HEART'S HIDDEN SECRETS?
HOW LONG SINCE YOU PRAYED,
HOW LONG SINCE YOU STAYED,
ON YOUR KNEES TILL
THE LIGHT SHONE THROUGH?
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOUR MIND FELT AT EASE?
HOW LONG LONG
SINCE YOUR HEART KNEW NO BURDEN?
CAN YOU CALL HIM YOUR FRIEND?
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOU KNEW THAT HE CARED FOR YOU?
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOU KNELT BY YOUR BED,
AND PRAYED TO THE LORD UP IN HEAVEN?
HOW LONG SINCE YOU KNEW,
THAT HE'D ANSWER YOU,
AND WOULD KEEP YOU
THE LONG NIGHT THROUGH?
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOU WOKE WITH THE DAWN,
AND FELT THIS DAY IS WORTH LIVING?
CAN YOU CALL HIM YOUR FRIEND?
HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN,
SINCE YOU KNEW THAT HE CARED FOR YOU?
MUSIC WAS WRITTEN BY MOSIE LISTER.
LYRICS WERE WRITTEN BY JACK FIELD.
JIM REEVES RECORDED "HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN", THREE MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH ON JULY, 1964.
