This ain't no temporary, typical, tearful good-bye, uh uh uh This ain't no breakin' up and wakin' up and makin' up One more time, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all them good things that ain't never coming back She's gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone, she's gone This ain't no give it time, I'm hurtin' but maybe We can work it out, uh uh uh Won't be no champagne, red rose, romance, second chance, uh uh uh This is gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all them good things that ain't never coming back Long gone, done me wrong Never comin' back, my baby's gone, she's gone Lonely at home, sittin' all alone She's packed her bags and now she's gone Never comin' back, she's gone She's gone (gone) gone (gone) gone (gone) gone Gone like a freight-train, gone like yesterday Gone like a soldier in the civil war, bang bang Gone like a '59 Cadillac Like all them good things that ain't never coming back She's gone, she's gone, she's gone