Been Gone - Frank Foster

Well they married early, like young lovers do

He worked two jobs and put her through school

He gave his last dollar, she got her degree

And after all his sacrificed, she still had the nerve to leave

Now there’s a quarter moon in a ten cent town

Yeah, she’s moving up and he’s going down

She’s on the high road, and he’s alone

He’s been drinking, and she’s been gone

She left her heart open, got swept off of her feet

By a man with all the finer things and a lot of money

She broke the news and broke his heart and loaded up her car

She headed off to Dallas, and he headed off to the bar

Now there’s a quarter moon in a ten cent town

Yeah, she’s moving up and he’s going down

She’s on the high road, and he’s alone

He’s been drinking, and she’s been gone

You know sometimes when a heart gets broke

With a little time it can heal

Oh, but when the scars are a little too deep

Sometimes a broken heart can kill

He had whiskey on his last breath, all them years were just too hard

His last words were bury me out in the back yard

And time also found her regretting what she’d done

And she thought of him in her old life, and she headed back home

Now it’s a quarter til noon in a ten cent town

And she pulls up as they lower him down

And she cries, «oh, no,» when she sees the headstone

Now she’s been drinking and he’s been gone