Since You've Been Gone:Clyde McPhatter.
#14 R&B in 1959.
#1.
Early in the mornin', before the crack of dawn.
I'm sitting here thinking, oh, why was I born?
I'm so broken hearted, I just can't go on.
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
#2.
Now I was so happy, with you by my side.
You told me you loved me, but honey, you lied.
You left me here crying, how can I go on?
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
CHORUS:
The night seems like a million years..
waitin' till the break of day appears.
All night long weeping like a willow,
tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow,
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.
#3.
I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track.
I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back.
Life ain't worth living, can't go on..
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:)
CHORUS:
All night long weeping like a willow,
tossing and turning on my tear-stained pillow,
guess I'm gonna drown in my own tears.
#4.
I'm gonnna go walking by the railroad track.
I'm just gonna let the Choo-Choo, cross over my back.
Life ain't worth living, can't go on..
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
OUTRO:
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
Since you've been gone...(since you've been gone.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.