IF YOU DON'T SEE THE GREEN FOOTNOTE REFERENCE NUMBER(S) IN THE TEXT ABOVE TRY GOING TO THE PREVIOUS VERSION BY CLICKING ON THE LINK "SEE OTHER VERSIONS" IN THE ORANGE BOX ABOVE. ALSO SOMETIMES THE LYRICS ON PREVIOUS VERSIONS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN THE ONES DISPLAYED BY GRACENOTE AS THE CURRENT VERSION. [A LONG TIME AGO] Written by: Waylon Jennings & Shel Silverstein Produced by: Waylon Jennings & Richie Albright Performed by: Waylon Jennings First released:{3} Single: None Album: September 1978 [Length: 2:23] {1}On the night of February 3, 1959, the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson crashed outside of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing all the passengers. Jennings, who was slated to fly to the next gig that night, had given his seat to Richardson, who had a cold and desperately needed rest. After finding out that Jennings have up his airplane seat to Richardson, Buddy Holly had jokingly told Jennings that he hoped the tour bus would .....MORE.....(all A Long Time Ago track/recording details) ←