Lyrics

Once met a girl with a fire in her eyes / Such a sweet surprise / Dreamed I'd take her a way and I'd call her my own / If I'd only known / That she'd be gone, gone, gone / So soon gone, gone, gone

Said her name was Marie and she flashed me a smile / Damn near drove me wild / With the look in the her eyes that shone bright as the sun / And I knew that she was the one / So I went to her father and I asked for her hand / He was a simple man / He said Take her, my son, but you'd best treat her right / We were wedded and left that very night / We were gone, gone, gone / So soon gone, gone, gone

We came north through the mountains of old Mexico / As far as we cared to go / We turned east up in Texas and we made for the sea / And that's when she turned to me / She had tears in her eyes and a word on her tongue / And framed by the settin' sun / She said Darlin, I'm sorry, but you'll go on alone / 'Cause I gotta head for home / Well I begged and I pleaded, but to no avail / She had an iron will / And she swore that she loved me, and turned to the road / And I had to let her go / She was gone, gone, gone / So soon gone, gone, gone

Now I watch the water from this Alabama beach / She remains out of reach / I remember her smile, sitting alone / I guess I should have known / That she'd be gone, gone, gone / So soon gone, gone, gone

Copyright 2001, Colin Black