I had a dream last night I was floating down that black water Kick back on the Mississippi On a raft with ol' Tom Sawyer He got restless down around Memphis That's where he left me Said I'm one rambling man I was gone before you met me And there I was back in my hometown That's just how dreams go Thumb in the air wanted out of there Heading my own road Well I hitched a ride with this beatnik guy Said looks like you read me My name is Jack Kerouac I was gone before you met me You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys You fix that roof put your roots to the ground-boys Pink house, the white fence Pretty little woman, two point five Kids, dang right, it's a good life With boys like me your bound to run the wild side Like the restless wind you'll never catch me I was gone before you met me And just before I awoke I had a bad nightmare I was on some lost highway and you were nowhere near Someone took your hand I wasn't that man Girl, it sure did hit me I was cussing fate but it was too late You were gone before you met me Then I smelled that coffee I heard you singing in the kitchen Walked in, got a kiss, you said the sink still dripping Thank God I'm still driven You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys You fix that sink put your roots in the ground-boys Blue house, the white fence Sweet little woman, rocking that good Miss dang right, it's a fine life His restless heart found a heart I can call mine I was smart enough to let love catch me So Tom and Jack just rambled on without me 'Cause I was gone before you met me Gone, gone, gone before you met me Gone before you met me

Don't know what's going on Don't know what went wrong Feels like a hundred years I still can't believe you're gone So I'll stay up all night With these bloodshot eyes While these walls surround me With the story of our life I feel so much better Now that you're gone forever I tell myself that I don't miss you at all I'm not lying, denying That I feel so much better now That you're gone forever Now things are coming clear And I don't need you here And in this world around me I'm glad you disappeared So I'll stay out all night Get drunk and fuck and fight Until the morning comes I'll forget about our life I feel so much better Now that you're gone forever I tell myself that I don't miss you at all I'm not lying, denying That I feel so much better now That you're gone forever First time you screamed at me I should have made you leave I should have known it could be so much better I hope you're missing me I hope I've made you see That I'm gone forever And now it's coming clear That I don't need you here And in this world around me I'm glad you disappeared I feel so much better Now, that you're gone forever I tell myself that I don't miss you at all I'm not lying, denying That I feel so much better now That you're gone forever And now you're gone forever And now you're gone forever

Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will the teardrop from your eye for me? Will your lonely heart be broken? From all the words that are unspoken Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you call me everyday? Tell me that you're on your way to me Baby, come here and just hold me 'Cause I don't want to be lonely Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you prove our love is strong? Let me feel it in the way you hold me Let me know that I'm the one Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you show me how you feel? No other place you'd rather be Baby say, "I love you, baby" Let me show our love is strong Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you go tell everyone you love me? Will you write me that love letter? So my lonely heart feels better Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you prove our love is strong? Let me feel it in the way you hold me Let me know that I'm the one Will you miss me when I'm gone? Will you show me how you feel? No other place you'd rather be Baby say, "I love you, baby" Let me show our love is strong Will you miss me when I'm gone? Missing you like crazy Ain't no other can make me Feel like my baby Missing you everyday Missing you like crazy Ain't no other can make me Feel like my baby Missing you everyday Will you miss me when I'm gone? (Will you, baby?) Will you prove our love is strong? (Prove our love) Let me feel it in the way you hold me Let me know that I'm the one Will you miss me when I'm gone? (Will you) Will you show me how you feel? (Show me how you feel about me) No other place you'd rather be (ooh yeah) Baby say, "I love you, baby" (baby) Let me show our love is strong (strong) Will you miss me when I'm gone? When I'm gone, I'm gone

It was a quarter to four AM Alone in my kitchenette That's where I met Bernadette And I still can see her now First she kicked on the wash machine Streaked 'cross my TV screen Rustled the magazines And blew my candle out But how many days passed since then? Since I saw her silhouette Now I want her back again Oh, my Bernadette It was the strangest of summer dreams Those nights she spent haunting me She touched me 'cross centuries And I never felt alone But one morning I knew she'd gone Left the lights and Victrola on And I woke to the saddest song A tune from long ago Now it feels like I lost a friend And I find myself wondering Will she haunt my home again? Oh, my Bernadette And each night when I go to bed I leave one candle flickering She finds her way back again Oh, my Bernadette