Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Only when you're gone  
  Gonna need a hammer and nails  
  To construct this bitter love song  
  This cruel testamented song  
  That rings out only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Only when you're gone  
  Oh  
  
  Rude are the tongues of love  
  That speak of mercy for us all  
  And leave us only with a song  
  And leave us only with a song  
  Now it's a cold and hollow whisper  
  That consuits my body when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Only when you're gone  
  Oh  
  
  And its only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Your ghost runs through me in that special way  
  It's a nice old town  
  My hometown  
  Come for the darkness in this prison cell  
  I love you long and I love you well  
  
  So bury me in the kitchen  
  Bury me in the stones  
  Oh, bury me everywhere you go  
  In the shadows of the hallway  
  Oh, for we do no longer know  
  What we can no longer hold  
  On days like these our heads fill up with smoke  
  And our memories grow old  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Only when you're gone  
  
  Only when you're gone  
  Only, only when you're gone  
  Only when you're gone  
  And away  
  Only when you're gone  
  
  Gone away  
  And gone away  
  Oh