Living the summer, you were nineteen
So full of youth, and so full of dreams
By December, I made you my own
But eighteen months later, you were already gone

I turned to whiskey, and I turned to pills
You just turned, and ran for the hills
I tried to replace you, half a dozen times
But they don't share my humor
And they don't have your smile

You've been gone for so long now
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You went away, for 400 days
Ain't it time to come home today

You ran away to those Illinois lights
And I became a fixture in the barrooms at night
My wallet is empty, whiskey's not smooth
Like your voice when you're tipsy
I need you home soon

You've been gone for so long now
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You went away, for 400 days
Ain't it time to come home today

[Inaudible] on the 4th of July
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I touched the sand, and I touched the sea
And I just fell into all that's around me

You've been gone for so long now
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You went away, for 400 days
Ain't it time to come home today