Staying Gone Lyrics - Singles - Ronna Reeves

(Susan Longacre/Michael Smotherman) 

Everytime she walked out 

She just ran back 

He was a smooth talker from day one 

Always vowing how he'd get his life back on track 

And buying time with presents for their son 

Everytime she washed his clothes 

She made her plan 

He'd raise a hand against her if he knew 

One night he went for bread 

She went for broke 

She had her mother waiting 

Hiding out of view 

She took only the boy 

And the clothes they had on 

Praying she find a way 

Of staying gone 

She's staying gone 

She's never going back 

The chain around her heart 

Has finally broken 

And it takes a lot of courage 

To start a life anew 

But the bravest thing she'll ever do 

Is staying gone 

Everytime he called her up 

She caught her breath 

And listened to him twisting up her mind 

She knew she had to save what was there left 

So she put her finger down, cut off the line 

She took the road out of town 

So she'll never be found 

When old memories beg her to come back around 

She's staying gone 

She's never going back 

The chain around her heart 

Has finally broken 

And it takes a lot of courage 

To start a life anew 

But the bravest thing she'll ever do 

Is staying gone 

She's staying gone