Song Description
A lover left in a small southern town still feels connected to his former love, an artist who moved to New York.
| Song Length |
3:52 |
Genre |
Country - Rock, Pop - Rock |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Endearing, Serene |
Subject |
Long, Town, Village |
| Similar Artists |
The Band |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
When you find the time
Or when you fight your way Down South again
I guess I wouldn't mind
If we sat on the hill just talking, like we did
Staring down the fence lines
That couldn't keep you in my town below
And though you had to go, you are not gone from me
Even though you had to go, you are not gone from me
CHORUS:
You are not gone
I have not been wronged
This feels right, warms the cold nights
And it keeps me strong to see
You are not gone from me
Heard you got your name out
I heard you sold that painting of Mary picking thyme
There in the backyard of that house that was yours and mine
And I can see that house from here
Mary she lives two towns over but not as near
As you in New York will always seem to be
Even though you had to go, you are not gone from me
CHORUS
Our love, it never seemed to go away
But faded into something I can
Look ahead to, as if they'll be a day
You'll find peace is back in reach here, where
The strip is three old stores
Food and fuel, the third one's where they praise the lord
And hope this town outlives them all
But I don't need to pray to know this:
Even if it's ten years, you'll notice how it's meant to be
And that you're not gone from me
You will know what I know: You are not gone from me