My woman is gone (woman is gone), my woman is gone (woman is gone)

She had left me a note hanging on my door:

She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more

The pressure around me - just couldn't see

She felt like a prisoner who needs to be free

Fools have tried, yeah - wisemen have failed:

Oh, listen to me, honey: life could never be another jail

Still we know now: we'll never see smoke without fire

And everyone you see has a heart desire

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's gone)

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone, ye-ah!

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard

Words that I never heard?

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard

Words that I never heard?

She made it through the exit (she just couldn't take it)

She made it through the exit (she just couldn't make it)

And, oh, my children, if you see me cryin':

My woman is gone

If you see me - if you see me - if you see me

If you see me cryin'

If you see me - if you see me - if you see me

If you see me cryin':

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's gone), she's gone, ye-ah!

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard

Words that I never heard?

Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard

Words that I never heard?

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's gone), she's gone

(she's gone)