Pulled into town on a Friday night Past the café and the courthouse square The years rolled by like a freight train blur Did you ever wish that I was there? The old house wears a different face The maple’s reaching for the sky Did you still drive down River Road And think of me some nights in July? I spent so long chasing tomorrow I never heard yesterday speak Chorus What’d you do when I was gone? Did you leave the radio on? Did somebody help you through When the nights got long? Did my memory hang around Or fade away with every dawn? I’ve been wondering all these years What’d you do when I was gone? I heard your name from an old friend today Like a song I almost knew Did you ever look back over your shoulder The way I still look back at you? Was I a chapter you outgrew? A photograph put away? Or did you hear my voice sometimes And think about those days? Final Chorus What’d you do when I was gone? Was the answer there all along? Did life give you what you needed After I moved on? Now I’m standing where we started Still carrying questions on What’d you do when I was gone? And where did we go wrong? What’d you do when I was gone? What’d you do when I was gone?
