Charles Elliott (Chuck) Wicks (born in Smyrna, Delaware) is an American cou… Read Full Bio ↴Charles Elliott (Chuck) Wicks (born in Smyrna, Delaware) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He was one of the cast members of the American reality/soap series Nashville, which aired on Fox Networks for two episodes before its cancellation in mid-2007. He is currently signed to RCA Nashville Records as a recording artist; his debut single, "Stealing Cinderella", was released in September 2007. Starting Now, his debut album, was released on January 22, 2008.

Chuck Wicks was born on a farm in the community of Smyrna, Delaware. Wanting to pursue a career in country music, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee after graduating from college in 2002. He then began to hone his songwriting skills, penning more than one hundred songs per year at one point; one of his songs, "Lead Me On", was cut by Steve Holy on his 2006 album Brand New Girlfriend. Eventually, Wicks caught the attention of RCA Records executives, who signed him to a recording contract in 2007.

While he was working on his debut album, Wicks was also picked as a cast member for Fox Networks' short-lived reality TV series Nashville. Due to poor ratings, however, Nashville was cancelled after its second episode. He was also cast in the ABC show Dancing with the Stars and was partnered with then-girlfriend Julianne Hough who is also a rising country music artist.

Shortly afterward, RCA released Wicks' debut single, a ballad entitled "Stealing Cinderella"; he debuted the song at his first Grand Ole Opry appearance in August 2007. The single produced the biggest debut for any new country artist in all of 2007, with fifty-two of the stations on Billboard's survey adding it in its first official week of airplay. A month after the song's release, he was invited by University of Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer to perform it at the wedding of Fulmer's daughter Courtney. "Stealing Cinderella" has since gone on to become the fastest-rising single for a new country act in all of 2007; it can be found on Wicks' debut album, Starting Now, which was released January 22, 2008.

She's Gone
Chuck Wicks Lyrics

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She's a rapid fire coming down a one way target range
She's a first shot, creeping up, hit you just a right way
Take your love, lay it down, shoot a smile as you start to fall
She's a money down, lose it all, hit you like a wrecking ball

She's gone, yeah she's gone
That girl, she's gone, yeah she's gone

She's a walk through the wet woods, wreckage from the house she burned
She's a smoke still rising from the ashes from a lesson learned
She's a black leather seat in the summer of muscle car
She's a fire red lipstick ready to leave her mark

And she's gone, yeah she's gone
She's gone, yeah she's gone

Oh

I guess I should have known it
I should have seen this coming
So I put the blame on me right now

She's gone, yeah she's gone
That girl, she's gone, yeah she's gone

Oh oh oh

She's a rapid fire coming down a one way target range
She's a first shot creeping up hit you just a right way

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Chuck Wicks's song "She's Gone" depict a woman who has left the singer and the intense feelings he is experiencing as a result. The first verse compares the woman to a rapid-fire gun, capable of taking down the singer without hesitation. Despite her destructive tendencies, the woman also seems to possess qualities that are difficult to resist, such as her ability to make the singer fall in love with her with just a smile. She is described as someone who can make the singer lose everything he has and hit him like a wrecking ball.

The second verse highlights the aftermath of the woman leaving, specifically the destruction she has left behind. The imagery of her being the wreckage from the house she burned and smoke still rising from the ashes of a lesson learned suggests that the woman is someone who leaves chaos in her wake. However, she is also depicted as someone who is confident, bold, and ready to make her mark, as evidenced by the description of her sitting in a muscle car with fire red lipstick.

The chorus of the song reiterates the fact that the woman is gone, and that the singer is struggling to come to terms with her absence. The last lines of the song suggest that the singer blames himself for not noticing the warning signs of her departure, and that he is now left alone to deal with the consequences of her leaving.

Line by Line Meaning

She's a rapid fire coming down a one way target range
She's a force to be reckoned with, moving quickly towards her target, unstoppable and unyielding.

She's a first shot, creeping up, hit you just a right way
She's the one who makes the first move, slowly and slyly, hitting you in just the right spot to make an impact.

Take your love, lay it down, shoot a smile as you start to fall
She takes your love and lays it aside, while leaving you with a smile as you start to fall for her trickery.

She's a money down, lose it all, hit you like a wrecking ball
She's a gamble that you take, and end up losing everything to, hitting you with unexpected force, like a wrecking ball.

She's gone, yeah she's gone
She's left, and there's nothing you can do to bring her back.

She's a walk through the wet woods, wreckage from the house she burned
She's a walk through the aftermath of her destruction, leaving behind the ruins of a home she burned down.

She's a smoke still rising from the ashes from a lesson learned
She's the smoke that rises from the ashes of a hard lesson learned, a warning of what not to do again.

She's a black leather seat in the summer of muscle car
She's the embodiment of the summer of muscle cars, of cruising down the road in a black leather seat with the windows rolled down.

She's a fire red lipstick ready to leave her mark
She's the fire in the red lipstick she wears, ready to leave her mark on whoever crosses her path.

I guess I should have known it
I should have seen the signs, or at least believed the warnings.

I should have seen this coming
I should have anticipated the end, but instead was blindsided by it.

So I put the blame on me right now
I take responsibility for my ignorance, my lack of foresight, and my inability to see the truth in front of me.

Oh oh oh
A mournful, despairing cry of loss and regret.

Lyrics © MCCG LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JEFFREY EAST, BRETT TYLER, CHUCK WICKS

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