(Gone…) (Already…) (Al-al-already gone…) Yeah— I’m already gone. He said he’d call, said he was on the way She left the porch light on, left it on late He got caught up, or so he says (So he says…) She lets it roll, don’t need to press He keeps it loose, never too late She keeps it cool, gives it space He don’t show, she don’t react (Don’t react…) Just turns it over, eases back He don’t feel it (It’s already moving) She don’t say it (She won’t say it) Something shifting He can’t name it (Can’t name it) And she— She said— I’m gone anyway (Already gone) Making something of the night Long way gone (Long way—long way—) Taking what’s left of tonight Yeah, I’m already gone (ALREADY GONE) (Al-al-already—) (Gone.) He’s in the room, talking it up again She’s in the car, letting the road pull in He checks his phone, lets it light his face She’s on the line— (Pulling away.) He thought she’d stay like she always done She let that go somewhere past undone He’s just now turning it all around She’s out where the wheels roll on (Wheels roll on…) He don’t catch it (Never caught it) She don’t need it (Never needed it) No more waiting No more reasons (NO MORE REASONS) And she said— (Already—already—) I’m gone anyway (I’M GONE ANYWAY) (Already gone…) Making something of the night Long way gone (TOO FAR GONE) (Long way—long way—) Taking what’s left of tonight Yeah, I’m already gone (ALREADY GONE) (Al-al-already—) (Gone.) (Long way—long way—) (Already gone.) No big scene (No scene) No slamming doors (You never heard it) Just a quiet kind of letting go (She was letting go) No last words (Nothing left) No holding on (Too late now) Just the road running under it all Just the road running under it— (YOU NEVER SAW IT) —all. I’m gone anyway (I’M GONE ANYWAY) (Already—already—) Making something of the night Long way gone (TOO FAR GONE) (Long way—long way—) Taking what’s left of tonight Yeah, I’m already gone (ALREADY GONE) Yeah… I’m already— (Al-al-already…) Gone.
