Escrita por Bob Marley, foi gravada entre janeiro e abril de 1977 e lançada no disco Kaya, o décimo da banda, em 23 de março de 1978. Foi produzida por Bob Marley and The Wailers. Bob Marley cantou, tocou guitarra base, violão e percussão. Aston Barrett tocou baixo e percussão. Carlton Barrett tocou bateria e percussão. Tyrone Downie tocou teclado e percussão. Alvin Patterson tocou percussão. Junior Marvin tocou guitarra solo. Vincent Gordon tocou trombone. Glen da Costa tocou trompete. Winston Grennan tocou bateria. Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths e Judy Mowatt fizeram backing vocals.
A letra:
My
woman is gone (woman is gone)
My woman is gone (woman is
gone)
She had left me a note hanging on my door
She say she
couldn't take it, she couldn't take any more
The pressure around
me just couldn't see
She felt like a prisoner who needs to be
free
Fools have tried, yeah - wise men have failed
Oh, listen
to me, honey, life could never be another jail
Still we know now,
we'll never see smoke without fire
And everyone you see has a
heart desire
She's gone (she's gone), she's gone (she's
gone)
She's gone (she's gone), she's gone, ye-ah
Oh, mocking
bird, have you ever heard
Words that I never heard?
Oh, mocking
bird, have you ever heard
Words that I never heard?
She
made it through the exit (she just couldn't take it)
She made it
through the exit (she just couldn't make it)
And, oh, my children,
if you see me crying
My woman is gone
If you see me - if you
see me - if you see me
If you see me crying
If you see me - if
you see me - if you see me
If you see me crying
She's gone
(she's gone), she's gone (she's gone)
She's gone (she's gone),
she's gone, ye-ah
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard
Words
that I never heard?
Oh, mocking bird, have you ever heard
Words
that I never heard?
She's gone
A versão de Bob Marley and The Wailers:
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