Gone

Intro: I was going on twelve, she was just nine Passing round 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 N.C. There she was, gone There she was, gone I started thinking 'bout her night and day I 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 N.C. 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 and her mama's blue eyes But no one realizes how time flies Until the house is still, no more little girl's song One day we turned around N.C. There she was, gone INTERLUDE: I'm an old man now, 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 N.C. There she was, gone There she was, gone I was searching for her every day I was singing a worried man's song But there she was, gone There she was, gone I'll be thinking 'bout her all my days I'll be singing an old love song There she was, gone