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When It's Gone, It's Gone

by Tom Paxton & Fred Koller

When it´s gone, it´s gone,
When it´s dead, it´s dead.
Put it in the book called ‘History,’
“That´s all she wrote,” she said.

You point a finger at the farmer and the factory,
Point a finger at the big ship sailing on the Chesapeake.
Everybody´s got someone, that they want to blame,
They go down to the water and they holler, “It´s a crying shame.”

When it´s gone, it´s gone,
When it´s dead, it´s dead.
Put it in the book called ‘History,’
“That´s all she wrote,” she said.

I saw a big sign saying, “Don´t you come ´round here."
Well, it used to be pretty good water, but it died last year.
Somebody called a meeting, somebody wrote a song,
Saying, “Everybody meant to do something, but we waited too long.”

Now, when it´s gone, it´s gone,
When it´s dead, it´s dead.
Put it in the book called ‘History,’
“That´s all she wrote,” she said.

Well, the fishermen fish, and the sailormen sail,
They´ve been living on the water since Jonah and the big ol´ whale.
But we´re running out of water, and we´re running out of time,
You can tell me that the problem is theirs, but it´s yours and mine.

´Cause when it´s gone, it´s gone,
When it´s dead, it´s dead.
Put it in the book called ‘History,’
“That´s all she wrote,” she said.
Put it in the book called ‘History,’
“That´s all she wrote,” she said.
´Cause when it´s gone, it´s gone…

Thanks to Jan for the transcription!


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