Gone Away From Me Lyrics - Highway - Holly Williams

I grew up in a town with one red light 

How that train would rattle me in the middle of the night 

But I slept like a baby in that bed 

'Cause mama kept me warm and she kept me fed 

July 3rd was a dreaded friend of mine 

We'd all go down to the family plot in the Louisiana pines 

Staring at that little baby's grave 

Stella was as young as she was brave 

And what I'd give to go there again 

Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand 

Little did I know soon they would be 

Lying right beside her, gone away from me 

Gone away from me 

They always made us kneel by grandpa's grave 

Mama was a-wailing asking God if he was saved 

I never liked to see my daddy cry 

I guess I'll never know how grandpa died 

And what I'd give to go there again 

Kiss my daddy's face, hold my mama's hand 

Little did I know soon they would be 

Lying right beside him, gone away from me 

Gone away from me (Gone away from me) 

Gone away from me, from me (Gone away from me) 

Gone away from me (Gone away from me) 

You barely even see the tombstones now 

The trees are grown up everywhere and no one keeps the grounds 

Strangers live inside my childhood home 

And I can't believe that daddy's really gone 

And what I'd give to go there again 

Kiss his withered face, hold her gentle hand 

But there ain't no way that will ever be 

They lie beneath that old tree, 

Gone away from me (Gone away from me) 

Gone away from me 

Gone away from me (Gone away from me) 

Well I grew up in a town with one red light