Going Gone - Upstate

Sometimes looking back I can't Believe how many times I left her. I guess it's all part of the game That we play. All is fair in love and war, But in this case they're quite the same thing. What's the difference if I go Or if I stay? I tried to tell her I was not the only one to turn to, But she was indifferent to my pleas. And now she's Going, going, gone. And I did nothing wrong. But she's going, going, gone. If I disappeared tonight, It would not change her mind about me. She's in love with someone who has changed Since that day. She tried to tell me I was not the only one to turn to, But I won't get down on my knees. So she's Going, going, gone. And I did nothing wrong. But she's going, going, gone.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm staring at the ceiling The clock, it won't stop ticking I feel like I've been sleeping for too long now It's like my heart stop beating And now I'm hardly breathing And I'm afraid of leaving scared to break down And what am I waiting for? Cause I don't wanna wait no more And I'm the only soldier in this lonely world And I don't wanna fight myself no more Maybe I was meant to run Maybe I was born to bleed I don't know who I'll become But I'll be going going gone And even if it starts to hurt I wanna feel it 'til my whole heart burns Cause I will be forever young So I'll be going, going, going, going, going, gone Gone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Take me like I've been starving Kiss me without a warning I dont care where im going Throw a dart at the map Cause im ready to be wreckless Care more so i can care less Got money in my matress It's a start, yeah And what am I waiting for? Cause I don't wanna wait no more And I'm the only soldier in this lonely world And I don't wanna fight myself no more Maybe I was meant to run (maybe I was meant to run) Maybe I was born to bleed (maybe I was born to bleed) I don't know who I'lll become But I'll be going, going, gone (going, gone) And even if it starts to hurt I wanna feel it 'til my whole heart burns Cause I will be forever young So I'll be going, going, going, going, going, gone Gone Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm staring at the ceiling The clock, it won't stop ticking I feel like I've been sleeping for too long now Maybe I was meant to run Maybe I was born to bleed I don't know who I'lll become But I'll be going, going, gone (going gone) And even if it starts to hurt I wanna feel it 'til my whole heart burns Cause I will be forever young So I'll be going, going, going, going, gone Gone (gone)

Some things in life are meant to fly And others, they were born to run You can't tie down up and leaving Like the changing of the seasons Good things, they come and then they go Like a runaway southbound train Like an Arizona desert rain Like lightning in the sky Like fireworks in July Like a left field home run ball Like a whiskey shot at last call It's like she was made for moving on That girl is going, going, gone I can say it wasn't meant to be Or maybe meant to be's misunderstood Can't hold on to letting go Or change the way the river flows Loving her's like roping in the wind Like a runaway southbound train Like an Arizona desert rain Like lightning in the sky Like fireworks in July Like a left field home run ball Like a whiskey shot at last call It's like she was made for moving on That girl is going, going, gone She ain't got one bit of stick around There's no sense in trying to slow her down Like a runaway southbound train Like an Arizona desert rain Like lightning in the sky Like fireworks in July Like a left field home run ball Like a whiskey shot at last call It's like she was made for moving on That girl is going, going, gone Going, going, gone Going, going, gone

Oh my God, you won't believe what came in the mail No Yeah Who sent it? You know Oh I don't even have to say it Don't say it Yeah She's going to be so surprised She's going to freak out (oh no) Oh I wonder what it says Wait wait wait wait wait, he said what No Oh- no, no, no, no, no He wrote it down You know, it's just- You got a letter When did it come When did it come I got your postcard from St. Louis It was nice of you to send I love the way you signed it Dear old friend Hope you're thinking of me fondly When you make it to L.A. Remember how we joked about us Living there someday (he's the worst) Don't you go and Write me a letter from Marietta, Georgia where you don't sleep alone I made peace with your travels, my composure unravels Staring at that postal code I'm here and you're gone And I believe that's for the better And I pretend to be your pawn With each sweet halfhearted gesture But I don't need to know the weather Down in Marietta Dear, I don't need to know the weather Down in Marietta I expect a call from Eugene With a case about the clouds And an echo 'cross the country When you shout my name out loud And my, my, I'm gonna tell you right I'll be waitin' on a snowy car That mountain air, it can't keep you long when You've got my sincerest regards Don't you go and Write me a letter from Marietta, Georgia where you don't sleep alone I made peace with your travels, my composure unravels Staring at that postal code I'm here and you're gone And I believe that's for the better And I pretend to be your pawn With each sweet halfhearted gesture But I don't need to know the weather Down in Marietta Dear, I don't need to know the weather Down in Mar- down in Marietta Now I'm thinkin' you don't like me And that's fine, I'm happy here (I'm so happy here) I prefer New England seasons And my vision's getting clear Forget me and my troubles Don't pretend you miss this face This is the last time I'll be writing Please don't talk about that place Don't you go and Write me a letter from Marietta, Georgia where you don't sleep alone I made peace with your travels, my composure unravels Staring at that postal code I'm here and you're gone And I believe that's for the better And I pretend to be your pawn With each sweet emptyhearted gesture But I don't care to know the weather Down in Marietta Dear, I don't care to know the weather Down in Mar- down in Marietta Oh yeah

Sarah moved down to Harlan county Found no work and found no bounty Took her share to feed her kin And kept em clear of medicine What rotten shape they keep us in When mama couldn't live alone Sarah brought her family home With Emma's baby due in June Four generations, two bedrooms And not one goddamn thing to do Can't this world get its use outta me I'm just like a daisy underneath a canopy With sunlight always out of reach The years had slowed the foundry down So Sarah tended bar in town It was such a fight to pry the doors Gettin' women workin' on the floors No they don't make nothin' anymore Can't this world get its use outta me I'm just like a daisy underneath a canopy With sunlight always out of reach There's not a dream left in my head Except to give more than I take But these walls are painted lead And my spirit's shaken Oh, shaken Mama passed in '93 Tommy got his GED Emma left and married young A man content to raise her son But Sarah had nowhere to run So with nothing left to make her stay Sarah thought she'd move away But as she combed through locks of greying hair The mirror seemed to catch her stare No there's no sense going anywhere Can't this world get its use outta me I'm just like a daisy underneath a canopy With sunlight always out of reach She wondered Can't this world get its use outta me I'm just a like baby left to swing under a tree The sunlight never gets to me