When You're Gone

Well her eyes were as wild as the Cornish storm But her heart like a cliff's all battered and worn Well we met in the Spring when she fits like a glove And I'd bring her the roses like a Noah's dove But the madness of youth is the cardinal sin I left her in the garden as the Autumn set in She said "Oh I'll be lonesome when you're gone" "I'll be lonesome" "I'll be lonesome when you're gone, when you're gone" Well I travelled across the ocean onto Wicklow Street There was more there to smoke than there was there to eat And the alleyways turned into hell and fire All of their eyes burned in one cold desire And the view from our eyes began to feel so tight I woke up in the morning with the neon lights And from the horns of the taxis to the crashing of the sea The words that she said kept on holding me She said "Oh I'll be lonesome when you're gone" "I'll be lonesome" "I'll be lonesome when you're gone, when you're gone" Well her eyes were as wild as the Cornish storm But now her heart like the cliff's all battered and worn Now I'm heading back home to where the ships come in And I'm counting the stars now for all of my sin And I'm hopin' and I'm prayin' as I'm walking down the street That she's waiting in the garden with the roses at her feet Singing "Oh I'll be lonesome when you're gone" "I'll be lonesome" "I'll be lonesome when you're gone" "Oh I'll be lonesome when you're gone" "I'll be lonesome" "I'll be lonesome when you're gone, when you're gone"