[00:12.35]I was going on twelve, she was just nine
[00:15.36]Passing round her little valentines
[00:18.84]With the devil dancin’ there in her eyes
[00:21.93]Teasin’ someday she would be my bride
[00:26.31]I said, “You’re just a little girl, now go on”
[00:31.96]And as soon as I turned around, there she was . . . gone
[00:37.94]There she was, gone. I started thinkin’ bout her night and day
[00:44.84]I started singing a young love song. There she was, gone
[00:51.06]Out of school now, and she’s my girl
[00:56.97]But a restless soul needs to see the world
[01:00.32]I search for a promise in those dancing eyes
[01:03.45]Would she settle down by my side
[01:08.10]She whispers in my ear, “Babe, you can’t hold on.”
[01:13.76]So I opened up my arms, and there she was . . . gone.
[01:19.52]There she was, gone. I thought about her night and day
[01:26.27]I was singing a lonesome song. There she was, gone
[01:36.06]Now we’re Mom and Dad, with a girl of our own
[01:38.68]Growing like a weed in this happy home
[01:41.84]She’s got that devil in her mama’s blue eyes
[01:44.89]But no one realizes how time flies
[01:49.34]Until the house is still, no more little girl’s songs
[01:55.08]One day we turned around, and there she was . . . gone
[02:01.10]I’m an old man now, she’s still my girl
[02:16.99]Spends her days in a long gone world
[02:20.42]There’s a darker devil hiding in her eyes
[02:23.43]Telling her, she’s someone else’s wife
[02:27.89]She looks at me and says, “Mister, what’s wrong?”
[02:33.83]And right before my eyes, there she is . . . gone
[02:39.78]There she was, gone. I was searching for her every day
[02:46.51]I was singing a worried man song. There she was, gone
[02:52.03]There she was, gone. I’ll be thinking ’bout her all my days
[02:58.62]I’ll be singing a lonesome song. There she was, gone
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