Gone Away   





i step outside and take the cold in like a pill  

then i wake up and dream it was a dream i dreamt  

that old house stuck up on a hill somewhere  

makes me cry out loud and wipe away the tears again  

 

how do i know that you ain't gone away  

how do i know that you ain't gone away  

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away  

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away  

 

in the morning mist i call out your name  

but i don't hear it echo the voice of the insane  

all the memories on your window sill they keep a sweet refrain  

if all that's good's an accident i'm not the one to blame  

 

how do i know that you ain't gone away  

how do i know that you ain't gone away  

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away  

and knowing all the answers won't take away the pain  

now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane  

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away  

 

starstruck the letters on your mantlepiece  

read like death in venice on the beach  

 

and you ain't gone away  

how do I know that you ain't gone away  

heaven's on your doorstep and you ain't gone away  

and knowing all the answers won't take away the pain  

now you can see the reasoning the truth of the insane  

they make up lies tell you things and you ain't gone away