I was going on twelve, she was just nine
Passing round her little valentines
With the devil dancing there in her eyes
Teasing, 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 thinking 'bout her night and day
I started singing a young love song
There she was, gone
We're out of school now and she's my girl
But her 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
There she was, gone
There she was, gone
I thought about her night and day
I was singing a lovesick 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 and her mama's blue eyes
But no one realizes how time flies
Until the house is still, no more little girl's song
One day we turned around
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 was, gone
There she was, gone
I was searching for her every day
I was singing a worried man's song
But there she was, gone
There she was, gone
I'll be thinking 'bout her all my days
I'll be singing an old love song
There she was, gone