Filk: He Can't Be Staying Gone
(To the tune of "She Can't Be Really Gone")
Music and original lyrics by © 1995 Tim McGraw.

by Melanie Lakey

Copyright 2000


His hat is hanging at the inn
The big red one he bought in Chin
It kept him pale, he thought it neat
He'd never leave that one
So he can't be staying gone

The sword he got from Dad on Solstice long ago
He smiled and said he'd make him proud
It's like it's waiting in the scabbard
For him to strap it on
So he can't be staying gone

I don't know when, but he'll come back
He always has come back
The gods will see the error of their ways
Don't you waste your worry on me
What more reason do you need
Just look into my heart
So much of him remains

That scroll is lying on his bed
The one I wrote before we froze
Now who could die before line 121
So he can't be staying gone

Look into Virgil's eyes
So much of him remains

My feelings locked within my heart
He never got to use the key
Now who could ever die with so much left undone
So he can't be staying gone
No he can't be staying gone