Gone Gone Gone
Mathis - Johnny Lyrics
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All it feels I got are heartaches and pain
Since she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
I wonder, wonder, wonder
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
I can't sleep at night, got no appetite
Everything is wrong that used to be right
I wonder, wonder, wonder
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
Ooh, yes, I tried to change her
Tried to re-arrange her personality
Ooh, thought I'm playing out
I just cannot seem to face reality
I can't sleep at night, got no appetite
Everything is wrong that used to be right
Since she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
I wonder, wonder, wonder
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
It's a mystery I cannot explain
All it feels I got are heartaches and pain
Since she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
I wonder, wonder, wonder
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
I wonder, wonder, wonder
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
The song "Gone" by Mathis is a classic example of a heartbreak song. The lyrics describe the feelings of the singer after the departure of his lover. The song begins by highlighting the singer's frustration and inability to comprehend the situation, as he cannot explain the mystery of his lover's departure. He goes on to express his feelings of sadness and pain, highlighting his inability to sleep or eat since his lover left. The chorus gives a sense of repetition of the pain he is feeling since his lover's departure, as he wonders where she has gone.
The lyrics also touch on the idea of the singer trying to change or rearrange his lover's personality to suit him better. However, his attempts were in vain as he could not seem to face the reality that she was gone. Overall, the lyrics offer an insight into the emotions that one goes through after a breakup or a loss of a loved one.
Line by Line Meaning
It's a mystery I cannot explain
I am unable to figure out what happened to my sweetheart
All it feels I got are heartaches and pain
I am left with nothing but sorrow and suffering
Since she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
Ever since she left me, she has disappeared without a trace
I wonder, wonder, wonder
I keep asking myself repeatedly
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
Where could she have possibly gone?
I can't sleep at night, got no appetite
I am plagued with insomnia and have lost my desire to eat
Everything is wrong that used to be right
My whole world has turned upside down
Ooh, yes, I tried to change her
I made attempts to alter her personality
Tried to re-arrange her personality
I wanted to modify her behavioral traits
Ooh, thought I'm playing out
I used to believe that everything is going smoothly
I just cannot seem to face reality
I am finding it hard to accept the truth
Gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
She has vanished into thin air
I wonder, wonder, wonder
I keep pondering
Where she's gone, gone, gone, gone, baby's gone
Her whereabouts remain a mystery
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: GEORGE RYAN BINGHAM, T-BONE BURNETT, STEPHEN BRUTON
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L.Russell Brown
I produced the rhythm track for this record
My late dear pal Jack Gold took my demo track and added strings and a brilliant arrangement.
The drums were played by the great Pretty Purdy
New York session player.
I created the basic track arrangement
At the HOUSE OF MUSIC in West Orange N.J.
Where all the Kool and the Gang records were produced as well as the Hall and Oates hits.
Will Lee--was my bass player
And David Spinoza played electric guitar and Jay Berliner played rhythm
guitar.
I flew out to Cali
And met with Jack Gold at CBS and he not only paid me 5 grand for the track
He gave me the next
Ray Connif-album to produce.....
This song remained in the top 10 on the BBC for 6 months..
L.Russell Brown
L.Russell Brown
@Robert Dore L.Russell Brown here-
I wrote this song with my wife Lisa Hayward
It was in the top 10 on the BBC for weeks!
I always loved this jazzy dance number
And feel blessed to have one the greatest singers of all time
lending his magic to it..
THANK YOU JOHNNY
L Russell Brown
BTW
Jack Gold was a pal of mine.....I would love to talk to you about Jack...
BMI--knows how to find me
L.Russell Brown
Robert Dore
I produced the basic track Robert
I had the amazing
Pretty Purdy on percussion
Will Lee on bass
Jay Berliner on rhythm guitar and David Spinoza in electric guitar.
I'm not certain if I had Frank Owens in keyboards.
I personally explained the arrangement as I played the band the song on my guitar....
Jack Gold took the track and had magnificent strings added....
L.Russell Brown
L.Russell Brown
Paul Griffin
Dave Spinoza
Pretty Purdy on drums and percussion
I know because produced and arranged the basic track at
The House of Music
W.Orange NJ
JOHNNYS Producer Jack Gold of CBS purchased my demo tracks from me
Had the great Gene Page write strings and out them on my track
Johnny sang it it like the master that he is
And boom
We had another hit
Gary Dunn
I absolutely "Love" this song, it personifies what for me, was the
"Best Time" for music. That "Feel Good" music from the "Disco
Era" Glad I was old enough to appreciate all that Great music.
Sure beats the stuff that hits the airwaves of today.
Antòni Gèli
Disco gone gone gone with the wind. An utopia that is still carved deep in our body and soul
Moutton Noir
A terrific track that saw Johnny return to the UK top 20 AND burn up the disco's in 1979.
Mark Jolley
I agree great dance track just left school when this came out!!!!
Martin Platt
Fabulous.....perhaps Johnny's finest track.
L.Russell Brown
Extremely gratifying to read that!
L.Russell Brown
I wrote it with my wife
Lisa Hayward
And of all my hits
It's one of favorites
L.Russell Brown
Chris Montignani
Another of those excellent long lost classics that you just never ever hear these days, always liked this track from back in the day.
rickw1100
There is no genre of music that this wonderful and humble artist has not or cannot conquer.
syhooverman
Agree
L.Russell Brown
I believe this
Is Johnny's only truly uptempo hit
And I'm ecstatic to have written it with my wife Lisa Hayward!
Its is a great honor to have had a hit with the incomparable
Johnny Mathis
L.Russell Brown