ALAN JACKSON - Gone Before You Met Me lyrics

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(verse)

I had a dream last night

Was floating down that black water

Kick back on the Mississippi on a raft with ole' Tom Sawyer

He got restless out round Memphis

Said I wanna ram in ____(?)

I was gone before he met me

And there I was back in my home town

That's just how dreams go

Fun in the air won't get outta there

And mind on the road

I hitched a ride with this beatin' neck guy

Said "looks like you read me"

"My name is Jack Kerouac and I was gone before you met me"

(Chorus)

You got your hung boys and hang around boys

You fixed that sink, but your roof's in the ground, boy

Pink house, the white fence, pretty lil woman

2.5 kinds, dang right, it's a good life

But boys like me are born to run the wild side

Like the restless wind, you'll never catch me

I was gone before you met me

(Verse 2)

And just before I woke, I had a bad nightmare

I was on some lost highway, you were nowhere near

Someone took your hand, I wasn't that man

Girl, it sure did hit me, I was cursing fate

It was too late, you were gone before you met me

Then I smelled that coffee, and heard you singing

In the kitchen, walked in, got a kiss

You said the sink's still drippin'

Thank God I'm still dreaming

(Chorus)