Gone

I was going on twelve, she was just nine
 Passing round her little valentines
 With the devil dancin' there in her eyes
 Teasin' 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. I started thinkin' bout her night and day
 I started singing a young love song. There she was, gone
 Out of school now, and she's my girl
 But a 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, and there she was . . . gone.
 There she was, gone. I thought about her night and day
 I was singing a lonesome 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
 But no one realizes how time flies
 Until the house is still, no more little girl's songs
 One day we turned around, and there she was . . . gone
 There she was, gone. Oh I think about her every day
 I'm singing a lonesome song. There she was, gone
 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, there she is . . . gone
 There she was, gone. I was searching for her every day
 I was singing a worried man song. There she was, gone
 There she was, gone. I'll be thinking 'bout her all my days
 I'll be singing a lonesome song. There she was, gone