Ah yes...John Hiatt! He's one of my favorite songwriters. As a matter of fact, when I was in a band called the Freelance Vandals we opened a show for Hiatt at a club in NYC called Hurrah's back in the 1979. To me, Hiatt is one of the great American songwriters whose work continues to shine so today's lost song is a great John Hiatt tune called Gone.
"Hiatt usually begins a song by noodling around the guitar until he comes up with a melody and chord progression that sounds original. Then he’ll sing gibberish until something comes out that makes sense." (American Songwriter)
"Hiatt finally came into success in 1987, when he released Bring the Family. For the album, Hiatt had a backing band consisting of Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner. Two of the songs on the album have been extensively covered: Have a Little Faith in Me, which has been interpreted by a number of artists, including Joe Cocker, Delbert McClinton, Jewel, Bill Frisell, Mandy Moore and Bon Jovi; and Memphis in the Meantime, which has been covered by Carl Perkins, Chris Smither, Spafford, and Gregg Allman. Most notably, Bonnie Raitt brought Thing Called Love to No. 11 on the US charts with her 1989 release Nick of Time. Following Bring the Family, Hiatt had a string of nine straight studio albums which hit the Billboard 200." (Wikipedia)
GONE
Gone like my last paycheck gone gone away Gone like the car I wrecked gone gone away Gone like a fifth of gin gone gone away Gone like the shape I'm in gone gone away My baby's gone away
Gone like a Nixon file gone gone away Gone like my landlord's smile gone gone away Gone like the furniture gone gone away Gone like the mist of her gone gone away My baby's gone away
Gone like the silhouette there by the bed where she undressed Gone like the candlelight where we made love so sweet and bright Gone like the one last turn she took before I let it burn Gone like everything I earned gone gone away
Gone like my last paycheck gone gone away Gone like the car I wrecked gone gone away Gone like a fifth of gin gone gone away Gone like the shape I'm in gone gone away My baby's gone away
