The song is a typical "my-girl-left-me-and-I-want-her-back" theme. Well one of the things that makes it great IMO is the layering of vocal harmonies. The song actually starts out with a background singer singing "Gone, gone, gone/ She's been song so long/ She's been gone, gone, gone so long." (These are not part of the official lyrics though.) I really can't understand exactly what is said by the same part later on; it kind of sounds like "One of these days/ Gonna see my prayers" (take that with a grain of salt.) Still, it's very beautiful.
The song is a typical "my-girl-left-me-and-I-want-her-back" theme. Well one of the things that makes it great IMO is the layering of vocal harmonies. The song actually starts out with a background singer singing "Gone, gone, gone/ She's been song so long/ She's been gone, gone, gone so long." (These are not part of the official lyrics though.) I really can't understand exactly what is said by the same part later on; it kind of sounds like "One of these days/ Gonna see my prayers" (take that with a grain of salt.) Still, it's very beautiful.