Gone Before You Met Me - Alan Jackson

　　I had a dream last night

　　I was floating down that black water

　　Kick back on the Mississippi

　　On a raft with ol' Tom Sawyer

　　He got restless down around Memphis

　　That's where he left me

　　Said I'm one rambling man

　　I was gone before you met me

　　And there I was back in my hometown

　　That's just how dreams go

　　Thumb in the air wanted out of there

　　Heading my own road

　　Well I hitched a ride with this beatnik guy

　　Said looks like you read me

　　My name is Jack Kerouac

　　I was gone before you met me

　　You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

　　You fix that roof but your roots to the ground-boys

　　Pink house, the white fence

　　Pretty little woman, two point five

　　Kids, dang right, it's a good life

　　With boys like me your bound to run the wild side

　　Like the restless wind you'll never catch me

　　I was gone before you met me

　　And just before I awoke

　　I had a bad nightmare

　　I was on some lost highway and you were nowhere near

　　Someone took your hand I wasn't that man

　　Girl, it sure did hit me

　　I was cussing fate but it was too late

　　You were gone before you met me

　　Yeah, I smelled that coffee

　　I heard you singing in the kitchen

　　Walking in got a kiss, you said the sink still dripping

　　Thank God I'm still driven

　　You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

　　You fix that sink but your roots to the ground-boys

　　Blue house, the white fence

　　Sweet little woman, rocking that good

　　Miss dang right, it's a fine life

　　His restless heart found a heart I can call mine

　　I was smart enough to let love catch me

　　So Tom and Jack just ramled on without me

　　Gone gone, gone before you met me

　　Gone before you met me