Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They

Don't you know, baby? Does it ever cross your mind? Only fools stick around when the love is all gone There you go Getting so overly comfortable, baby Like oh no, she wants to be in somebody else's photos On the low-low Only fools stick around when the

It's been a long time running It's well worth the wait It's the same mistake Does your mother tell you things? Long, long when I'm gone? Who you talking to? Is she telling you I'm the one? It's a grave mistake and I'm wide awake Drive-in's rained out

Ava was the morning, now she's gone She's reborn like Sarah Vaughan In the sanctuary she has found Birds surround her sweet sound And Ava flies in paradise Today my bird flew away Gone to find her big blue jay Starlight before she took flight I sung a

So she can't be really gone So much of her remains Her book is lying on the bed The two of hearts to mark her page Her hat is hanging by the door The one she bought in Mexico It blocked the wind, it stopped the rain She'd never leave that one The shoes

Won't keep us apart. I'm buildin' bridges straight to your heart, An' all of this distance won't keep us apart, How long can this keep goin' on? Since you've gone, my heart said something's wrong. I'm still blue over losin' you. What else am I gonna do?

I know the streets will shed tears for me (They love me, dawg) When the cold wind blows in the heart of the city and I'm gone When my story is over and my song is done All I get is mother fuckin' love in these streets To most of these tricks I'm a mother

How much difference does it make? How much difference? I will light the match this morning so I won't be alone Watch as she lies silent For soon light will be gone Oh I will stand arms outstretched pretend I'm free to roam Oh I will make my way through

And P.S. if this is Austin I still love you She left without leavin' a number Said she needed to clear her mind He figured she'd gone back to Austin 'Cause she talked about it all the time It was almost a year before she called him up Three rings and an

And she's gone And he's gone Summer's gone Winter's gone Is it sun or rain for you But it breaks your heart in two You find it's October You've been fooled by April Summer soft