My woman she's gone, my woman she's gone.
She had left me a note hanging on my door:
She say she couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more.

The pressure around me - just couldn't see;
She felt like a prisoner who needs to be free.
Fools have tried, yeah - wisemen have failed:
Oh, listen to me, honey: life could never be another jail.
Still we know now: we'll never see smoke without fire
And everyone you see got a heart desire.

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's gone),
she's gone (she's gone), she's gone, ye-ah!
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard?
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard?

She made it through the exit, she just couldn't take it
She made it through the exit, she just couldn't make it.
And, oh, my children, if you see me cryin':
My woman is gone.

If you see me - if you see me - if you see me
if you see me cryin'
If you see me - if you see me - if you see me
if you see me cryin'

She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's gone), she's gone, ye-ah!
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard?
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard,
Words that I never heard?