I heard your record on the telephone

It was my cousin, Joan

She picked it up from the top 40 rack and then

I read your interview in Rolling Stone

You threw the boys a bone

And so I genuinely felt obliged to call

I know You never meant to hurt us, man

We're just a baby band

You found a quicker way

To scale the wall of fame

The situation's awfully dim

Should we up and go with him?

No way [no way, 1, 2, 3, 4]

CHORUS:

We know exactly where you are, and you're gone [my friend]

Don't know exactly where you're coming from

You've gone away my friend

We know exactly where you are, and you're gone [my friend]

Don't know exactly where you're coming from

Have you gone astray [gone]

I saw your video on VH-1

Looks like they spent a ton

How does it feel to be the flavour for a spell

And I remember when you used to say

"Jesus is the way"

I never thought I'd see your light begin to fade

The situation's awfully dim

Should we up and go with him?

No way [no way, 1, 2, 3, 4]

Don't think we don't miss you

[We think about you every day]

We still love you anyway

[Love don't go away]

There's still this burning question

[I got to know] Why?

[What will people think when they

Hear that I'm a Jesus freak?]

Ah, ah, ah [hey]

[While this is something of fantasy]

[The moral of the story is]

[To stick with your friends]

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, and you're gone [my friend]

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, so long

You've gone away, my friend

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, and you're gone [my friend]

Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, so long

We'll see you someday

Wish you well

Na, na, na, na, na, my friend