Gone

Last fall, in the park wearing a sweater

Hanging out back then, it felt like we had forever

Then forever came and now we ain't together

And looking back now, realizing I shoulda never, ever, ever

Wasted time 'cause life's too short

If only I'da known that before we drifted apart

Though, it's not your fault

Right now I miss you in my heart

Every time I hear your name

I stop myself from breaking down

And I know I shouldn't blame myself

'Cause it can't bring back you

I know a bigger part or picture of my mother's plan

Making happiness the key, just how a mother can

The water from the well is carried in a dented can

My mama whisper to herself, "Oh yes, I bet I can..."

Was gonna buy my mom a sage or lemon coloured jag

It's the Obama of success, a Stagecoach of swag

You see my mama's Trinidad, I'm jogging down the path

The roads are like the Flintstones

With shards of broken glass

Life be so hard like granite

Damn it, it's sad but true

I've seen the dirt floors in the stores

I called it panic room

And me? A Coca-Cola shirt you see me smiling, y'all

But then the rain had turned the dirt floors into piles of mud

You see my momma had it rough to me, the pain it hurt

Like Mt. Vesuvius be sick, because it's belly's full

So then I spit that hot lava, story's plentiful

My vision clearer than Lake Placid at the end of June

Every time I hear your name

I stop myself from breaking down

And I know I shouldn't blame myself

'Cause it can't bring back you

Standing in these lonely rooms

I'm pretending I'm here with you

No matter how many times I blame myself

It just can't bring back you

'Cause it can't bring back you