Since You’ve Been Gone — A sunlit empty Central Valley porch holds one chair and a guitar case while curtains and migrating birds trace the feeling of absence

The songbook

Since You’ve Been Gone

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr. Listen to the recorded versions and follow the lyric below.

Original Doug Heyes lyrics · AI-generated music & vocals

In this brief surviving passage, an absent lover's departure is followed by a reckless motorcycle ride. Speed replaces reflection as the narrator pushes forward without concern for what might last. The small fragment leaves the relationship unexplained, concentrating instead on the dangerous momentum of someone trying to outrun an absence.

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Recorded versions

3 recordings. Different voices and arrangements bring another side of the song into the light.

Lyrics

Since You’ve Been Gone

Words by Douglas Heyes Jr

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Since you've been gone.
I ride a motorcycle way too fast.
I've got the hammer down I'm at full blast
I never worry if it's gonna last

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