How Could You Be Gone

Mary Gauthier

Album: Dark Enough to See the Stars Durasi: 6:13

I keep starin' at the clock

Stumblin' 'round the house in shock

I don't know what I feel

I can't believe that this is real

I don't know what to wear

I don't know who will be there

I wanna call you, I wanna cry

I don't wanna say goodbye

Turn the key, make the drive

Park and watch the cars arrive

Friends I never knew you had

It's movin' slow, it's movin' fast

I walk by your photograph

I hear your voice, I hear your laugh

Everybody's dressed in black

I still think you're comin' back

How could you be gone?

I'm sitting in a plastic chair

The preacher's words hang in the air

A cross of roses, pink and white

Slideshow pictures of your life

Children run across the lawn

They don't understand you're gone

I'm lookin' for you in the crowd

Lookin' for you in the clouds

How could you be gone?

We all hang our heads to pray

Preacher tells us what to say

I don't know what I believe

I just know I have to leave

I walk alone back to my car

I go before the goodbyes start

I have always been this way

You were the only one who could make me stay

How could you be gone?