It Got Away - Joe South

Well, the saddest thing I’ve ever heard

Was just a common little word, «Goodbye»

But it’s better far than holdin' on

To somethin' that we know is gone on by

Well now, don’t it kinda make you sad

When you watch a good love go bad

Right before your eyes?

What a cruel surprise

When you lose a good thing

We had it, but it got away

Talkin' 'bout the love that we knew yesterday

The world was ours

Sunshine and flowers

But now it’s goin', goin', goin', gone

It got away

You know there’s nothin' I could say or do

Would really mean a thing to you anymore

So what’s the use of beggin' you to stay

I know that you would only say «What for»?

Well, now, don’t it just break your heart

When you see a good love fall apart

Right before your eyes?

Mm-mm, what a cruel surprise

When you lose a good thing

We had it, but it got away

Talkin' 'bout the love that we knew yesterday

The world was ours

Sunshine and flowers

But now it’s goin', goin', goin', gone

It got away

Darlin', we had it

But it got away

I’m talkin' 'bout the love we knew yesterday

The world was ours

Sunshine and flowers

But now it’s goin', goin', goin', gone

It got away