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Already Gone Lyrics by Stuart A. Staples

Leaving Songs

2006

Like the light that's resting on the leaves
Like the scent that’s carried on the breeze
Like footsteps in the falling snow
Turn around, it's already gone

There's something kept here that I want to give
Something hidden, I don’t want to hide
When it rises in me like a tide, I know
I've had it so long, I don't want it no more

Under the darkest of winter skies
The trees stood naked and severe
I worked that land through till the spring and then
By harvest time I was already gone

Maybe her love would have carried me till the end
Maybe she meant every word that she said
Maybe she wasn't just passing time, oh no
I don't know, I was already gone

There's something kept here that I want to give
Something hidden, I don't want to hide
When it rises in me like a tide, oh no
And I may once have stayed, but I've already gone

You want that boy who’s playing in the sand
The one with a smile for everyone
But even though that boy was just begun
Even then, he was already gone

For like the light that’s resting on the leaves
The scent that's carried on the breeze
Like her love and the first fall of snow
Turn around and it’s already gone

About “Already Gone” by Stuart A. Staples

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"Already Gone" appears on "Leaving Songs" in 2006.

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