The Night You Went Away

Well, I can still remember talking
 to my old man
sitting on the front porch swing
He told me about the girls and boys,
 how they mess it all up and
I didn't understand a thing

He said,"Boy, you better be on your
 guard.
There comes a times when you're hit
 so hard."

Twenty-five years later everything
 came true
I'm working in the local bar
Right behind the counter, that's
 where I met you
We became each other's shining star

It started good but ended fast
Well, I guess you can't expect things
 to last

I tell you it hurt bad the night you
 went away
It felt like running head-first into
 the wall
I tell you it hurt bad the night you
 went away
My world turned cold and grey the
 night you went away

Now everywhere I'm going I try to
 find a ray of light
Something to make me forget
But whenever I start thinking I come
 back to that fucking night
And all the things that you said

You said,"There must be something
 else out there."
And that you were not gonna find it
 here

I tell you that hurt bad the night
 you went away
It felt like running head-first into
 the wall
I tell you it hurt bad the night you
 went away
My world turned cold and grey the
 night you went away

Spoken:
Today I went down to the pawn shop
Trying to get rid o' everything you
 ever gave me
Well, it turned out there are some
 things you can't get rid of that easily
But I know one day I'm gonna be able
 to go back to normal life
I'm gonna be able to spend a whole day
 without imagining your beautiful face
But till that time

All I can think of is you
No matter what I do

I tell you it hurt bad the night you
 went away
It felt like running head-first into
 the wall
I tell you it hurt bad the night you
 went away
My world turned cold and grey the night
 you went away
My world turned cold and grey the night
 you went away
My world turned cold and grey the night
 you went away

Dieses Lied hab ich bereits im Jahr 2003 geschrieben. Damals hatten wir gerade Back In Time abgeschlossen und es war kein konkretes Projekt in Sicht. Also schrieb ich auf, was mir gerade einfiel ohne daran zu denken, wofür ich es vielleicht einmal brauchen könnte. Als dann das Unplugged Projekt begann, fiel mir The Night You Went Away wieder ein und ich kramte es aus meiner Lade, wo alle Ideen aufgehoben werden, hervor.
Den Text überarbeitete ich noch ein wenig und wir arrangierten es schließlich mit einer stärkeren Klavierbetonung, was den leichten Eindruck von Barmusik erzeugte, der dem Lied aber gut steht.