Slaid Cleaves - Gone lyrics

I was going on twelve, she was just nine Pa**ing 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