YOU SAID:
He was long gone when he met me And I realize the joke is on me, yeah!
INTO JAPANESE
彼は私に会ったとき彼は長い間行っていたそして私は冗談が私の上にあることに気づいた、そうだね!
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He was going for a long time when he met me and I realized that a joke was on me, yes!
INTO JAPANESE
彼が私に会ったとき彼は長い間行っていました、そして私は冗談が私にあったことに気づいた、そうです!
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He had been going for a long time when he met me, and I realized that a joke had been to me, yes!
INTO JAPANESE
彼が私に会ったとき彼は長い間行っていた、そして私は冗談が私にあったことに気づいた、そう!
BACK INTO ENGLISH
He had been going for a long time when he met me, and I realized that a joke had been to me, yes!
You've done this before, haven't you.