YOU WERE GONE BEFORE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LEAVE
(Sanger D. Shafer / Warren Robb)

Sammi Smith - 1978



You looked at her with your heart in your eyes
And after lovin' you this long any fool could realise
That your mind was in her bedroom, unpacking things
You were gone before you ever had a chance to leave

It was just a small social affair
I didn't know that my past and your future would be there
You looked at her with hunger while lookin' right through me
You were gone before you ever had a chance to leave

Just like that, you left me in your mind
Just like that, you left my heart behind
In your mind you're sleepin' with her while you lie awake with me
You were gone before you ever had a chance to leave


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2018)