Gone Gone Gone

Lately youЂ™ve been acting in a role thatЂ™s unbecoming
Of the girl who taught me there was so much in this world worth living.
The part that youЂ™ve been playing has me dazed and missing you.
But now youЂ™re gone, gone, gone.
The promise never harvested in fallow fields shall lie.
In a shallow grave of stubble field and half-remembered lies.
A burning heart deceived me and you really put me on,
But now youЂ™re gone, gone, gone.
The memories are bittersweet;
The taste you leave is still stuck in my mouth.
I want to touch you, want to breathe you,
Say, «Fuck you I donЂ™t need you — get out… right now.»
We were strangers when we met
And we were strangers when you left
Into a shadow world of painted girls and marionettes.
Used to pride myself on living a life without any regrets,
But now thatЂ™s gone, gone, gone.
How can such sweet kisses come from such a poison tongue?
How can a bed of roses hurt so much to lie upon?
It was the thorn beneath the flower that I wasnЂ™t counting on.
And now youЂ™re gone, gone, gone.
The memories are bittersweet;
The taste you leave is still stuck in my mouth.
I want to touch you, want to breathe you,
Say, «Fuck you I donЂ™t need you — get out… right now.»
The cityЂ™s not the same,
But all the streets they know your name.
They ask me all about you, but my answers pull up lame.
IЂ™m staggering in last nightЂ™s clothes and itЂ™s starting to rain.
And you are gone, gone, gone.
If parted by a river that was running deep and wide,
IЂ™d build a boat to get to you or else IЂ™d drink it dry.
Could fill it back up right now as the tears fall from my eyes.
And you are gone, gone, gone.
The memories are bittersweet;
The taste you leave is still stuck in my mouth.
I want to touch you, want to breathe you,
Say, «Fuck you I donЂ™t need you — get out… right now.»
Babe if we should meet again way on down the road.
Do me this one favor and pretend we never knowed.
IЂ™ll say that you remind me of a girl I knew so long ago,
But now sheЂ™s gone, gone, gone