Gone Before You Met Me letra

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
Heading my own 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
You fix that roof
But your roots to the ground-boys

Pink house, the white fence
Pretty little woman, two point five
Kids, dang right, it's a good life
With boys like me your bound 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 still dripping
Thank God I'm still driven

You got your homeboys
Your hang around boys
You fix that sink
But your roots to the ground-boys
Blue house, the white fence

Sweet little woman, rocking that good
Miss dang right, it's a fine life
His restless heart found a heart I can call mine
I was smart enough to let love catch me

So Tom and Jack just ramled on without me
'Cause I was gone before you met me
Gone gone, gone before you met me
Gone before you met me

Alan Jackson - Letras

• 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
• (Who Says) You Can't Have It All
• 1976
• A Good Year For The Roses
• A Holly Jolly Christmas
• A House With No Curtains
• A Little Bluer Than That
• A Love Like That
• A Million Ways To Die
• A Song For Life
• A Woman's Love
• Ace Of Hearts
• After 17
• Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride At All
• Ain’t Got Trouble Now
• All American Country Boy
• Amarillo
• Amazing Grace
• Angels And Alcohol
• Angels Cried
• Another Good Reason
• Anywhere On Earth You Are
• Are You Washed In The Blood
• As Lovely as You
• As She's Walking Away (feat. Zac Brown Band)
• Away In A Manger
• Back
• Between The Devil And Me
• Big Green Eyes
• Blacktop
• Blessed Assurance
• Blue Blooded Woman
• Blue Ridge Mountain Song
• Blue Side Of Heaven
• Bluebird
• Bring On The Night
• Buicks To The Moon
• Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down
• Chasin' That Neon Rainbow
• Chattahoochee
• Country Boy
• Dallas
• Dancin All Around It
• Designated Drinker
• Designated Drinker (feat. George Strait)
• Dixie Highway (feat. Zac Brown)
• Dog River Blues
• Don't Ask Why
• Don't Change On Me
• Don't Close Your Eyes
• Don't Rock The Jukebox
• Don't Touch Me
• Drive
• Every Now And Then
• Everything But The Wings
• Everything I Love
• Farewell Party
• First Love
• Flaws
• Freight Train
• From A Distance
• Gone Before You Met Me
• Gone Country
• Gone Crazy
• Gonna Come Back As A Country Song
• Good Imitation Of The Blues
• Good Time
• Had It Not Been You
• Hard Hat And A Hammer
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
• He Lives
• Her Life's A Song
• Here In The Real World
• Hole In The Wall
• Home
• Honky Tonk Christmas
• House With No Curtains
• How Great Thou Art
• Hurtin' Comes Easy
• I Can Be That Something
• I Could Get Used To This Lovin' Thing
• I Couldn't Care More
• I Do (Written for Daughter's Wedding)
• I Don't Even Know Your Name
• I Don't Need The Booze (To Get A Buzz On)
• I Leave A Light On
• I Love To Tell The Story
• I Only Want You For Christmas
• I Slipped And Fell In Love
• I Still Like Bologna
• I Still Love You
• I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You
• I Wish I Could Back Up
• I'd Love You All Over Again
• I'll Fly Away
• I'll Go On Loving You
• I'll Try
• I'm Work In Progress
• If Dallas Was In Tennesse
• If French Fries Were Fat Free
• If I Could Make a Living
• If I Had You
• If It Ain't One Thing (It's You)
• If Jesus Walked The World Today
• If Love Was A River
• If Tears Could Talk
• If We Make It Through December
• If You Don't Wanna See Santa Claus Cry
• If You Want To Make Me Happy
• In the Garden
• It Must Be Love
• It's 5 o'clock Somewhere
• It's About Time You Learned About Goodbye
• It's All About Him
• It's Alright To Be A Redneck
• It's Five O' Clock Somewhere (feat. Jimmy Buffett)
• It's Just That Way
• It's Time You Learned About Goodbye
• Jim And Jack And Hank
• Jingle Bells
• Job Description
• Just As I Am
• Just Forget It, Son
• Just Playin' Possum
• Just Put A Ribbon In Your Hair
• Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'
• Knew All Along
• Laid Back 'n Low Key
• Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
• Let It Be Christmas
• Let's Get Back To Me And You
• Life Keeps Bringing Me Down
• Life Or Love
• Like Red On a Rose
• Listen To Your Senses
• Little Bitty
• Little Man
• Livin' On Empty
• Livin' On Love
• Long Long Way
• Long Way To Go
• Look At Me
• Look Her In The Eye And Lie
• Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
• Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (feat. Martina McBride)
• Love Lifted Me
• Love Like That
• Love's Got A Hold On You
• Margaritaville
• Mary
• Maybe I Should Stay Here
• Meat and Potato Man
• Mercury Blues
• Merle And George
• Merry Christmas To Me
• Meu Grito de Amor (part. Leonardo)
• Mexico, Tequila And Me
• Midnight In Montgomery
• Mind Your Own Business (feat. The Strayhorns)
• Monday Morning
• Monday Morning Church
• Murder On Music Row
• Must've Had A Ball
• My Own Kind Of Hat
• Never Loved Before (feat. Martina McBride)
• Nobody Said That It Would Be Easy
• Nothin' Fancy
• Nothing Left To Do
• Nothing Sure Looked Good On You
• O Come, All Ye Faithful
• O How I Love Jesus
• Once In A Lifetime Love
• Once You've Had the Best
• Only Trust Him
• Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas
• Pop A Top
• Precious Memories
• Racing The Dark
• Rainy Day In June
• Remember When
• Revenooer Man
• Right In The Palm Of Your Hand
• Right On The Money
• Right Where I Want You
• Ring Of Fire
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Santa's Gonna Come In A Pickup Truck
• Seguro Que Hell Yes
• Seven Bridges Road
• She Don't Get High
• She Don't Get The Blues
• She Don't Know She's Beautiful
• She Just Started Liking Cheatin' Songs
• She Likes It Too
• She's Got The Rhythm (And I Got The Blues)
• Short Sweet Ride
• Silent Night
• Silver Bells
• Sissy's Song
• Small Town Southern Man
• So You Don't Have To Love Me Anymore
• Softly And Tenderly
• Someday
• Song for the Life
• Standing on the Promises
• Strong Enough
• Summertime Blues
• Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell
• Sweet Hour Of Prayer
• Tail Lights Blue
• Talk Is Cheap
• Tall Tall Trees
• Tequila Sunrise
• Texas Women
• Thank God for the Radio
• That September Day
• That Will Be All Right
• That'd Be Alright
• That's All I Need To Know
• That's The Way
• That's What I'd Be Like Without You
• That's Where I Belong
• The Angels Cried
• The Angels Cried (feat. Alison Krauss)
• The Best Keeps Getting Better
• The Blues Man
• The Christmas Song
• The Firefly's Song
• The Old Rugged Cross
• The Older I Get
• The One You´re Waiting On
• The Sounds
• The Steal Of Night
• The Talkin' Song Repair Blues
• The Thrill Is Back
• The Way I Am
• There Goes
• There is a Time
• There Is Power In The Blood
• There Ya Go
• There's A New Kid In Town
• There's A New Kid In Town (feat. Keith Whitley)
• They Call Me A Playboy
• Things That Matter
• This Time
• Three Minute Positive
• Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-tempo Love Song
• Tie Me Down
• Till The End (feat. Lee Ann)
• To Do What I Do
• Tonight I Climbed The Wall
• Too Much Of A Good Thing
• Tropical Depression
• True Love Is A Golden Ring
• Trying Not To Love You
• Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
• Under The Influence
• Up To My Ears In Tears
• USA Today
• Vou Seguir Te Amando (I'll Go On Loving You) (part. Leonardo)
• W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)
• Wait a Minute
• Walk On The Rocks
• Walkin' The Floor Over Me
• Wanted
• Way Down In My Whiskey
• We're All God's Children
• What A Day Yesterday Was
• What a Friend We Have in Jesus
• What Kind Of Man
• When Daddy Let Me Drive
• When God Paints
• When I Saw You Leaving (For Nicey)
• When Love Comes Around
• When Somebody Loves You
• When The Cat Goes Out
• When The Love Factor's High
• When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder
• When We All Get to Heaven
• Where Do I Go From Here (A Trucker's Song)
• Where Have You Gone
• Where I Come From
• Where The Cottonwood Grows
• Where Were You
• Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
• Wherever He Leads I'll Go
• Whistling Dixie
• White Christmas
• Who I Am
• Who Says You Can't Have It All
• Who's Cheatin' Who
• Wild And Blue
• Winter Wonderland
• Wishful Drinkin'
• Woman's Love
• Work In Progress
• Working Class Hero
• Write It In Red
• www.memory
• You Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie (feat. Bellamy Brothers)
• You Can Always Come Home
• You Can't Give Up On Love
• You Don't Have To Paint Me A Picture
• You Go Your Way
• You Never Know
• You'll Always Be My Baby
• You're Not Drinkin' Enough
• You've Been Lonesome, Too