Gone-Slaid Cleaves

[ti:Gone]
[ar:Slaid Cleaves]
[al:Still Fighting the War]
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[00:00.00]Gone - Slaid Cleaves
[00:12.47]I was going on twelve she was just nine
[00:15.86]Passing round her little valentines
[00:18.93]With the devil dancin' there in her eyes
[00:22.08]Teasin' someday she would be my bride
[00:26.36]I said you're just a little girl now go on
[00:32.29]And as soon as I turned around there she was gone
[00:38.17]There she was gone
[00:41.75]I started thinkin' 'bout her night and day
[00:44.67]I started singing a young love song
[00:47.33]There she was gone
[00:54.31]Out of school now and she's my girl
[00:57.10]But a restless soul needs to see the world
[01:00.30]I search for a promise in those dancing eyes
[01:03.58]Would she settle down by my side
[01:08.05]She whispers in my ear babe you can't hold on
[01:13.90]So I opened up my arms there she was gone
[01:19.76]There she was gone
[01:23.17]I thought about her night and day
[01:26.39]I was singing a lonesome song
[01:28.96]There she was gone
[01:35.59]Now we're Mom and Dad with a girl of our own
[01:38.87]Growing like a w**d in this happy home
[01:41.90]She's got that devil in her mama's blue eyes
[01:44.88]But no one realizes how time flies
[01:49.27]Until the house is still no more little girl's songs
[01:56.06]One day we turned around there she was gone
[02:14.05]I'm an old man now she's still my girl
[02:17.36]Spends her days in a long gone world
[02:20.31]There's a darker devil hiding in her eyes
[02:23.35]Telling her she's someone else's wife
[02:28.06]She looks at me and says Mister what's wrong
[02:34.06]And right before my eyes there she is gone
[02:39.70]There she was gone
[02:43.07]I was searching for her every day
[02:46.19]I was singing a worried man song
[02:48.86]There she was gone
[02:52.00]There she was gone
[02:55.35]I'll be thinking 'bout her all my days
[02:58.46]I'll be singing a lonesome song
[03:01.12]There she was gone