Now That You're Gone

This song expressed how I felt during times when I was separated from an ex-fiance. It was because of this song that I met Kathleen Noble. Kathleen came to my apartment to sing "Now That You're Gone" a few weeks before I went to live in West Germany. I could not use the recording we made, but we began a friendship that is still very dear to me. After I returned from Germany in 1983, Kathleen and I spent a lot of time together. By the spring of 1986 we were pretty busy with our separate lives, so we saw much less of each other. I saw her last on the day I was married in June of 1987. In early 1989, I learned from her parents that Kathleen had been murdered by her roommate at the time, Mark Hensley. Her case was not solved until 10 years later. It took a long time before I could even listen to this song. "Now That You're Gone" will be known from this time on as Kathleen's Song. I miss her.

Kathleen's sister, Christine Noble, sings this very old recording of "Now That You're Gone".

Tonality - 100%
Difficulty - Moderate

Keely Southwick sings with Clovice A. Lewis, Jr. and Erin Call

Now That You're Gone

Now that you're gone I wonder what it is that gets me
Through the night... how suddenly the time we had just slipped away,
And why the mornings seems so cold.

Now that you're gone I wish that I had known the
Words to make you stay... had told you all the things I felt,
But could not say before the chance disappeared.

Long ago I thought that love like this
Was only real in fairy tales.
I never dreamed that it was even possible
To love anyone as much as I do you.

Without your love, I don't believe my life could ever be the same.
The joy you bring is tempered only by the pain
Of times, like this, when you have to go.

And now my love, I sit awake at night with only memories
Of Winter days, and then, of course, especially,
Of dawn on Sundays gone.

Long ago I thought that love like this
Was only real in fairy tales.
I never dreamed that it was even possible
To love anyone as much as I do you.

I never dreamed that it was even possible
To love anyone as much as I do you.

Clovice A. Lewis, Jr.

Melissa Keith sings with Steven Keith