after you've gone.

named after the song by Bessie Smith. look it up!


how may i decide what to feel
when everything around is so surreal?
your love seems like it couldn't possibly be real.
so how should i know what to feel?

if you were to leave, i couldn't follow.
wouldn't follow, no tomorrow.
you'd miss me when the dust had settled.
you'd miss me when your world had mellowed.

but i'll move on because i should.
because i would, i know i could.
one day when you're alone & blue
you'll think of me & how i was true.
you'll wish you'd stayed & done the same
when i take someone else's name.