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