By the time you’ll be getting ‘round to reading this

By the time you might know what's going on

By the time when you’re feeling lost and lonely

I'll be gone, gone, gone

Whenever I wanted some understanding

Whenever I wanted to feel unbound

Whenever I wanted just to be wanted

You only wanted to keep me down 

By the time you’ll be getting ‘round to reading this

By the time you might know what's going on

By the time when you’re feeling lost and lonely

I'll be gone, gone, gone

Whatever it was, dear, that drew me to you

Whatever I felt that I thought was love

Whatever it was that kept us together

Died on the vine – wasn’t enough

By the time you’ll be getting ‘round to reading this

By the time you might know what's going on

By the time when you’re feeling lost and lonely

I'll be gone, gone, gone

Don’t try to find a hidden meaning

Don’t try to read between the lines

Don’t bother asking to talk it over

I’ve begged you a thousand times

By the time you’ll be getting ‘round to reading this

By the time you might know what's going on

By the time when you’re feeling lost and lonely

I'll be gone, gone, gone

I'm moving on

Now I'm gone, gone, gone