I'll Be Gone
| "I'll Be Gone" | |
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| Song by American Music Club from the album San Francisco | |
| Released | October 1994 |
| Format | CD / LP / CS |
| Length | 3:56 |
| Label | Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK) |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Joe Chicarelli / American Music Club |
| San Francisco track listing | |
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"I'll Be Gone" is the 14th song on American Music Club's seventh album, 1994’s San Francisco. The song was planned for EP release in the US but Hello Amsterdam was issued instead. Promos for the I'll Be Gone EP (with the same track list as Hello Amsterdam) had been sent out to radio prior to the single change.
The "Joe/Jim Mix" is used on the LP version.
Lyrics
It was a long hot summer day
We're in the living room watching the light drain away
Too tired to read what your cards foretold inside of a yawn
When she said,
"The first time you show me your true heart I'll be gone."
The numb ringing after the bell was rung
Playing red light green light, such timeless fun
There was no way to kick-start any conversation
It was like the beginning of 2001
when she said, "I'll be gone."
The air isn't moving and
the women have nothing on their lips
But the kind of breath that you keep for the hospital bed
Pregnant with the timeless drop and the wind
How the air leeches the gold out of everything elusive and stolen
I'll be gone
Video
Personnel
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - bass, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vudi - guitars, backing vocals
- Tim Mooney - drums, guitar, backing vocals
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel guitar, keyboards, guitar, tablas, backing vocals
Also appears on
- San Francisco LP Joe/Jim mix
- I'll Be Gone promo