Lyrics
Well I woke up on the couch with my two dogs licking my face
Waking up on the couch with dogs licking face, surrounded by cans and bottles, indicating a messy and chaotic lifestyle.
There were cans and bottles just strewn all-over the place
Cans and bottles scattered around, reflecting disorder and neglect in the living space.
My cattle were calling out to me from their barn
Cattle calling from the barn, signaling responsibilities on the farm.
'Cause I shudda been out there feeding them their corn
Regret for not feeding the cattle, suggesting negligence in farm duties.
Tell me how can I live all alone on the land without you
Expressing difficulty in living alone on the land without a significant other.
She's gone
Repetition of "She's gone," emphasizing the departure of the speaker's wife, Debbi, taking the kids but leaving the dogs.
She's gone
-My Debbi's taken the kids and
-She's gone
-She's gone
-She left me the dogs but
-She's gone
-She said that she wanned more than work
Debbi's desire for more than work, feeling the need to be free, missing city lights, and finding leaving easy.
That she needed to be free
-She said that she missed the city lights
-That it wasn't so hard to leave at all
-My buyer said the cheese and butter markets had all crashed
Financial challenges in the past with cheese and butter markets crashing, now markets are fine but the speaker still faces low prices.
The milk price paid to me would have to be slashed
-But all this happened a long long time ago
-Now the markets are fine but the price to me stays low
-Tell me how can I live all alone on the land without you
Questioning how to live alone on the land without Debbi.
She's gone
Repetition of the departure of Debbi, taking the kids but leaving the dogs.
She's gone
-My Debbi's taken the kids and
-She's gone
-She's gone
-She left me the dogs but
-She's gone
-She said that she wanned more than work
Reiteration of Debbi's reasons for leaving, expressing the ease of leaving.
That she needed to be free
-She said that she missed the city lights
-That it wasn't so hard to leave at all
-I can't even look for her
Unable to search for Debbi due to farm responsibilities, feeling trapped and unable to escape the farm's demands.
'Cause my stock need me
-I'm on a perpetual treadmill
-And I can't escape
-Unless I let the whole farm go
-My Debbi wasn't born into this very hard life
Regret for involving Debbi in a difficult farm life, working tirelessly with no returns.
Should never have asked her to become my wife
-When you're working seven days a week from dawn till dusk
-And with nothing to invest you sit and watch your John Deere rust
-Tell me how can I live all alone on the land without you
Continuation of the struggle to live alone on the land without Debbi.
She's gone
Reiteration of Debbi's departure and reasons, emphasizing the difficulty of living alone.
She's gone
-My Debbi's taken the kids and
-She's gone
-She's gone
-She left me the dogs but
-She's gone
-She said that she wanned more than work
-That she needed to be free
-She said that she missed the city lights
-That it wasn't so hard to leave at all
-We used to ride out on the range almost every day
Recollection of riding on the range and selling horses due to financial constraints, expressing disappointment in children becoming unpaid labor.
But I hadda sell the horses 'cause they didn't pay their way
-I wanned my kids to grow up feeling free
-But they just became unpaid hands working for me
-Tell me how can I live all alone on the land without you my love
Repeating the struggle of living alone on the land without love.
She's gone
Repetition of Debbi's departure, taking the kids but leaving the dogs, along with reasons for leaving.
She's gone
-My Debbi's taken the kids and
-She's gone
-She's gone
-She left me the dogs but
-She's gone
-She said that she wanned more than work
-That she needed to be free
-She said that she missed the city lights
-That it wasn't so hard to leave at all
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