Demolition String Band Gone so long (Skye) I was gone so long ago, this simple fact is something you should know I've been gearing up to leave, don't look so sad darlin' please Because really I was gone so long ago A man needs a woman, a woman needs man Sometimes we just grab whatever love we can But words said together one fine day don't change the fact that, honey, I just can't stay I was gone so long ago, this simple fact is something you should know I've been gearing up to leave, don't look so sad darlin' please Because really I was gone so long ago You say youcan't live without me but you've been doing fine I'm here in body but in my mind I'm already out the door, lookin' for Another name, another place, something more I was gone so long ago, this simple fact is something you should know I've been gearing up to leave, don't look so sad darlin' please Because really I was gone so long ago