Read your note this morning
"Bye-bye girl" that´s all it said
Glad I found it first
Before the kids got out of bed

Baked a tray of muffins
Hung some wet-wash out to dry
By the time the kids got up
I could look them in the eye

Chorus:

You´ve gone away
You´ve gone away
How will I get through the day
This god-forsaken day

Drank some bitter coffee
Read your note ten times or more
And when I´d washed the dishes twice
I got down and scrubbed the floor

Empty chair at supper
Everybody´s acting strange
All the food just getting cold
Kids real quiet for a change

(chorus)

Rain was falling hard
As I walked slowly up the stairs
Pushed my tears back down
As a stood listening to their prayers

There´s your empty pillow
Your side´s flat right to the wall
Now´s the time for private crying
Now it hurts me most of all

You´ve gone away
I´ve turned off the light
How will I get through the night
This god-forsaken night

This long and lonesome god-forsaken night