Gone Songtext
von Slaid Cleaves

I was going on twelve, she was just nine
Passing around her little valentines
With the devil dancing there in her eyes
Teasing someday she would be my bride
I said, "You′re just a little girl, now go on"
And as soon as I turned around there she was gone

There she was gone
Started thinking about her night and day
Started singing a young love song
There she was gone

We're out of school now and she′s my girl
But her restless soul needs to see the world
I search for a promise in those dancing eyes
Would she settle down by my side
She whispers in my ear, "Babe, you can't hold on"
So I opened up my arms, there she was gone


There she was gone
I thought about her night and day
I was singing a lovesick song
There she was gone

Now we're mom and dad with a girl of our own
Growing like a weed in this happy home
She′s got that devil in her mama′s blue eyes
No one realizes how time flies
Until the house is still, no more little girl songs
One day we turned around, there she was gone

I'm an old man now and she′s still my girl
Spends her days in a long gone world
There's a darker devil hiding in her eyes
Telling her she′s someone else's wife
She looks at me and says, "Mister, what′s wrong?"
And right before my eyes, there she is gone


There she was gone
I was searching for her every day
I was singing a worried man's song
There she was gone
There she was gone
I'll be thinking about her all my days
I′ll be singing an old love song
There she was gone