He’s Gone

Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head

Now, he's gone, now he's gone, Lord
He's gone he's gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, he's gone, he's gone
And nothin's going to bring him back
He's gone

Nine mile skid on a ten mile ride
Hot as a pistol but cool inside
Cat on a tin roof, dogs in a pile
Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

Rat in a drain ditch, caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head

Going where the wind don't blow so strange
Maybe off on some high cold mountain chain
Lost one round but the price wasn't anything
A knife in the back and more of the same

Same old, rat in a drain ditch
Caught on a limb
You know better but I know him
Like I told you, what I said
Steal your face right off your head

Now, he's gone, now he's gone, Lord
He's gone he's gone, like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, he's gone, he's gone
And nothin's going to bring him back
He's gone

Like a steam locomotive
Rolling down the track, he's gone, he's gone
And nothing's going to bring him back
He's gone