need help on removing oil inlet tube on a 56 fairlane

[56lane]

im dropping the oil pan to clean it out. but i cant get the oil inlet tube disconnected from the oil pump. i got both the nuts taken off the oil pan and oil pump. so the inlet tube is really loose. i can almost get the tube off if i had less than a half in to move. any help will be good. its a 56 ford fairlane with the 292 thunderbird v8 thanks for the help!