You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone

 

 

Verse:

There are things that used to bother me about you

Little quirks that seemed to put me to the test

Now you’re gone and I feel so alone without you

Any chance that I could make one last request

 

Chorus 1:

Run your fingers through my hair

That won’t put me off at all

Leave the light on when you walk out of the room

Sit down in my favorite chair

And I’ll listen while you talk

It’s true you don’t know what you’ve got until its gone

 

Verse:

I must be crazy that I didn’t see things clearer

Every flaw I saw has now become a crave

I can hardly stand to look into the mirror

at the fool who let his angel fly away

 

Chorus 2:

Take some food off of my plate

I’m not hungry anyway

Let the dog sleep on the bed when I’m not home

Change the channel if you like

I don’t care who wins the fight

It’s true you don’t know what you’ve got until its gone.

 

Bridge:

Well she hasn’t really gone but I thought I’d write this song to remind me just how sad my life would be

I can’t imagine every day void of her peculiar ways everything she does that’s wrong is right to me!

 

Chris Allman

Pisgah Ridge Music / BMI