When Love Has Gone

She was only seventeen

and she wanted more from life than this

He saw her photograph didn't look like any other

He said, "I'll give you hopes and promises

And other things that you don't possess

Take whatever you can get you're on your own

And there ain't no turning back"

And she went all the way

until she didn't need him anymore

Well there's no turning back

and you know that your baby's in black

And all you can say is goodbye

when love has gone

And anyway that you choose

well maybe you win or you lose

What in the world can you do

when love has gone

He was only thirty-five

and he expected more from life than this

He kept her autograph dedicated to his mother

He said "I want that girl but she'll never know

How I'm left with this emptiness

Once she gave me her respect

Now it's gone and I just can't get it back"

And he knew every day

that she would never need him anymore