When Shes Gone

<br>(mary chapin carpenter)<br><br><br><br>She threw her purse upon the bed<br><br>She looked around and shook her head<br><br>Theres really nothing left she said<br><br>Theres nothing I aint done<br><br>She wore her favorite dress tonight<br><br>She hoped her hair would catch the light<br><br>And you just sat there getting tight<br><br>On double shots of rum<br><br><br><br>You dont care what people say<br><br>Theyre gonna do it anyway<br><br>You dont hear what you dont use<br><br>Its always been the same old news<br><br>You dont beg and you dont plead<br><br>Or miss a thing that you dont need<br><br>She knew by the way you kissed her<br><br>When shes gone, you wont miss her<br><br><br><br>Morning comes on an old cats paw<br><br>And when the sun hits the wall<br><br>The lights as bright was it ever was<br><br>After or before<br><br>And you wince as waking pounds your head<br><br>And you drag your arm across the bed<br><br>And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread<br><br>Fall onto the floor<br><br><br><br>And the kitchen table finds you silent<br><br>If you had a thought now you cant find it<br><br>You take a long draw on your smoke<br><br>And taste your coffee growing cold<br><br>She didnt beg and she didnt plead<br><br>She knew exactly how to leave<br><br>The way she knew when you kissed her<br><br>When shes gone you wont miss her<br><br><br><br>She didnt beg and she didnt plead<br><br>She knew exactly when to leave<br><br>They way she knew as you kissed her<br><br>When shes gone you wont miss her