I've just reached a place
Where the willow don't bend
There's not much more to be said
It's the top of the end
I'm going
I'm going
I'm gone

I'm closin' the book
On the pages and the text
And I don't really care
What happens next
I'm just going
I'm going
I'm gone

I been hangin' on threads
I been playin' it straight
Now, I've just got to cut loose
Before it gets late
So I'm going
I'm going
I'm gone

Grandma said, "Boy, go and follow your heart
And you'll be fine at the end of the line
All that's gold isn't meant to shine
Don't you and your one true love ever part"

I been walkin' the road
I been livin' on the edge
Now, I've just got to go
Before I get to the ledge
So I'm going
I'm just going
I'm gone


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Going, Going, Gone Lyrics as written by Bob Dylan

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    wow i have a less depressing version, not sure where it's from:

    well i've just reached a place where i can't stay awake i got to leave you baby before my heart will break i ain't going, i ain't going, i ain't gone

    come over here baby cause i'm telling you this you got to believe it you got to give me one more kiss i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

    fix me one more drink, babe and hold on one more time but don't get too close to make me change my mind i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

    now my mama always said something true "you gotta follow your heart you'll be praying at the end of the line all that's gold wasn't meant to shine just don't put your horse in front of your car"

    now from boston to birmingham is a two day ride but i got to be going now cause i'm so dissatisfied i ain't going i ain't going i ain't gone

    jasssson February 17, 2010   Link

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