Gone Before You Met Me - Alan Jackson

I had a dream last night

I was floating down that black water

Kick back on the Mississippi

On a raft with ol' Tom Sawyer

He got restless down around Memphis

That’s where he left me

Said, I’m one rambling man

I was gone before you met me

And there I was back in my hometown

That’s just how dreams go

Thumb in the air, wanted out of there

Had my eye on the road

Well I hitched a ride with this beatnik guy

Said, looks like you read me

My name is Jack Kerouac

I was gone before you met me

You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

Your fix that roof, put your roots in the ground-boys

Pink house, the white fence

Pretty little woman, two point five kids

Dang right, it’s a good life

But boys like me are born to run the wild side

Like the restless wind you’ll never catch me

I was gone before you met me

And just before I awoke

I had a bad nightmare

I was on some lost highway and you were nowhere near

Someone took your hand I wasn’t that man

Girl, it sure did hit me

I was cussing fate but it was too late

You were gone before you met me

Yeah, I smelled that coffee

I heard you singing in the kitchen

Walking in got a kiss, you said the sink’s still dripping

Thank God I’m still driven

You got your homeboys, your hang-around-boys

You fix that sink, put your roots in the ground-boys

Blue house, the white fence

Sweet little woman, rocking that goodness

Dang right, it’s a fine life

This restless heart found a heart I can call mine

I was smart enough to let love catch me

So Tom and Jack just ramble on without me

'Cause I was gone before you met me

Gone gone, gone before you met me

Gone before you met me