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When It's Gone, It's Gone

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When it's gone, it's gone.
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When it's dead, it's dead.
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Put it in the book called "History",
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"That's all she wrote", she said.


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You point a finger at the farmer and the factory, 
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Point a finger at the big ship sailing on the Chesapeake.
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Everybody's got someone, that they want to blame, 
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They go down to the water and they holler, "It's a crying shame."

When it's gone, it's gone.
When it's dead, it's dead.
Put it in the book called "History",
"That's all she wrote", she said.

I saw a big sign saying, "Don't you come 'round here."
Well, it used to be pretty good water, but it died last year.
Somebody called a meeting, somebody wrote a song,
Saying, "Everybody mean to do something, but we wait too long."

Now when it's gone, it's gone.
When it's dead, it's dead.
Put it in the book called "History",
"That's all she wrote", she said.

Well, the fishermen fish, and the sailormen sail,
They've been living on the water since Jonah and the big ole whale.
But we're running out of water, and we're running out of time,
You can tell me that the problem is theirs, but it's yours and mine.

'Cause when it's gone, it's gone.
When it's dead, it's dead.
Put it in the book called "History",
"That's all she wrote", she said.
Put it in the book called "History",
"That's all she wrote", she said.
'Cause when it's gone, it's gone.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton & Fred Koller, 1991)

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