Jessie woke and realized just what he had become
He sighed and stuffed his heart away like blankets in a drum
He started burning pictures of her as if he didn't care
Just then she walked around the corner and love just wasn't there
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Ooh ooh ooh it's gonna fade before too long
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Mercedes had a red guitar and on it she would play
The songs her mother sang to her before she pa**ed away
Her hair was long and she was strong until that awful day
Her father pulled the trigger and took their love away
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Ooh ooh ooh it's gonna fade before too long
Ooh ooh ooh you've got to get it before it's gone
Before it slips away and leaves you with a burning in your soul
And you disconnect both your heart and your mind
It might seem easier to leave it in the past and let it go
But deep inside yourself you know your lying