Gone

(dwight yoakam)

Everywhere you go each day
I will be near you
Oh and dear you
Don't even have to say much
For me to hear you
Because it's clear you
Have a very simple way
To keep me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

Every morning, night and noon
I will be near you
Oh and dear you
Won't even have to do much
For me to feel you
Are sincere you
Like a magnet pull so strong
It keeps me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

I could try to just lie
And tell people i'm free
Like a wave tellin' sand
It won't go back to the sea
But what i say doesn't do no good
Like i ever thought it would

Everywhere you go each day
I will be near you
Oh and dear you
Don't even have to say much
For me to hear you
Because it's clear you
Have a very simple way
To keep me near you

Oh yeah dear
Through the power of love
Through the power of love

The power of love
The power of love

(dwight yoakam)

Chorus:
Don't be sad 'cause you got what you wanted
You should be glad to know that i'm finally gone
Don't feel bad or be disappointed
'cause you got what you wanted all along

Wasn't it you who said a
Blinded fool could see the
Clear plain truth about how
Deeply cruel it is to
Live a lie here with each other
And mourn a life that won't recover
As i recall those were the very words i heard you use

Chorus:
So don't be sad 'cause you got what you wanted
You should be glad to know that i'm finally gone
Don't feel bad or be disappointed
'cause you got what you wanted all along

Wasn't it me who asked so
Stupidly if there were
Things that i could maybe
Do or try to somehow
Hold what feel apart together
But you just coldly told me never
To even entertain the though that our love would survive

Chorus:
So don't be sad 'cause you got what you wanted
You should be glad to know that i'm finally gone
Don't feel bad or be disappointed
'cause you got what you wanted all along

(dwight yoakam)

Chorus:
This heart of stone sure is missing you
Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs
This heart of stone has not forgotten you
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong

Memories have made its will grow tired and weak
Silently it turned from being bold to meek
'til finally it gave into a sad defeat
Aching more and more with every fragile beat

Chorus:
This heart of stone sure is missing you
Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs
This heart of stone has not forgotten you
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong

Loneliness has slowly stripped it of its pride
Leaving just an empty well here behind
Without a hope of anyway it could survive
Stranded there alone and simply left to die

Chorus:
This heart of stone sure is missing you
Sure is wishing you were back where love belongs
This heart of stone has not forgotten you
But broke while trying to pretend that it was strong

(dwight yoakam)

Chorus:
That'll be me you'll see
Walking away
That'll be me you'll see
For the last time today
That'll be me you'll see
For not very long
'cause that'll be me
You'll see
That'll be gone

Remember how you warned me
'bout all your leavin' plans
Well i know this might seem unexpected
So prepare yourself
The best you can

Chorus:
That'll be me you'll see
Walking away
That'll be me you'll see
For the last time today
That'll be me you'll see
For not very long
'cause that'll be me
You'll see
That'll be gone

Think back on when you threatened
And never left no doubt
Although this could be kinds sudden
I'm sure you can
Figure it all out

Chorus:
That'll be me you'll see
Walking away
That'll be me you'll see
For the last time today
That'll be me you'll see
For not very long
'cause that'll be me
You'll see
That'll be gone

That'll be me you'll see
That'll be gone

(dwight yoakam)

Chorus:
You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And i know you were probably just acting polite
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why

We started having problems in august last year
So things had been kinda rough for quite awhile
And you know how you think it'll work itself out
Well, mister that thought's wrong by a long, long mile

Chorus:
You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And i know you were probably just acting polite
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why

I mighta, shoulda seen that we were drifting apart
But i was in what i guess you'd call denial
And i always heard them say that you're the last one to know
Well buddy i was last by a long, long while

Chorus:
You'll be sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And i know you were probably just acting polite
But you'll be sorry you ever asked why

Okay we both have a tendency to overreact
So i can't really tell you who's at fault
But there were certain third parties, well her sister for one
That helped bring out reconciling to a drop-dead halt

Chorus:
Now aren't you sorry you asked me the reason
That she's not here with me tonight
And i know you were probably just acting polite
But i'm sure sorry you ever asked why
Aren't you sorry you ever asked why
I'm sure sorry you ever asked why

Did i tell you that she tried to have me locked out of the house
I had to go hire a lawyer and all
But i know that was mostly her family's idea
I could her them tell her what to say every time i called

(dwight yoakam)

This much i know
She'll never come back to me
This much i know
She meant what she said
this much i know
It's taught me all about misery
I just learn kinds slow
This much i know

This much i feel
I should have reached out to her
This much i fell
I tried it too late
This much i feel
How empty the world can be
And so painfully real
This much i fell

I've had second thoughts about
Every reason
We let love slip away
From our lives
And there's no place left to look
That i don't see some
Small reminder
Of all the chances
I just let go by

This much i need
To wake up once and find she's not gone
This much i need
Oh, but i'll never have
This much i need
Words to speak without missing her
Or just some new way to breathe
This much i need