Never Gone

Never Gone

It’s an old story
but we’ll make it new
He was a kid
everybody knew

He had a big smile
and an open heart
I never met him,
but he stood apart

Went over there
Went over there
That’s what he did
and he ain’t comin’ back
That’s what I heard
That’s what I heard

They made his mom into front page news
It all made my friend start to
sing the blues
But she can’t sing,
and it was wrong
It wasn’t the time
to sing this song

But it never is
It never is
That’s the bottom line
Things move on
Everything is fine
Everything is fine

I guess you could question
if it had to be
But this is the story,
not for you and me,
but for his family, from this day on
It’s a tale they’ll know
It’ll never be gone

Went over there
Went over there
That’s what I heard
and he ain’t comin’ back
But he’s never gone
He’s never gone

Went over there
Went over there
But he’s never gone
He’s never gone

We’ll never see
that smiling face,
the one his parents
will never erase

But he’s never gone
He’s never gone
Went over there
And he ain’t comin’ back
but he’s never gone
He’s never gone