When He's Gone – English Lyrics

• By: Bee Gees

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

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♪ STORMY NIGHTS, ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN WAITING SATISFY YOU, OH YEAH ♪

♪ BUT HIS LOVE IS JUST A GAME ♪

♪ AND HE'S SELLNG YOU THE SAME OLD LIES ♪

♪ AND I'M HANGIN' ON THE WIRE ♪

♪ AND NO CLOSER TO THE FIRE ♪

♪ AND YOU DON'T HEAR ME WHEN I CRY ♪

♪ YOU MAY NEED SOMEONE TO LEAN UPON ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ AND WHAT IS LEFT IS A LOVE SO STRONG ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE TO WHAT EXTENT MY MIND IS GOING TO ♪

♪ YOU WOULDN'T DENY ME IN YOUR DREAMS ♪

♪ YOU COULDN'T BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE ♪

♪ IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW ♪

♪ AND I'D BE THE ONLY ONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU REMEMBER ♪

♪ FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS, OH YEAH ♪

♪ I SWEAR TO YOU I PRAY ♪

♪ THAT YOU FEEL THE BATTLE RAGE ♪

♪ FOR THE SAVING OF MY SOUL ♪

♪ AND IT'S A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE ♪

♪ YOU KNOW IT'S KEEPIN' US ALIVE ♪

♪ AND BABY I DON'T WANNA DIE ♪

♪ YOU MAY NEED SOMEONE TO LEAN UPON ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ AND WHAT IS LEFT IS A LOVE SO STRONG ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE TO WHAT EXTENT ♪

♪ MY MIND IS GOING TO ♪

♪ YOU WOULDN'T DENY ME IN YOUR DREAMS ♪

♪ YOU COULDN'T BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE ♪

♪ IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW ♪

♪ AND I'D BE THE ONLY ONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ I WILL BE SOMEONE YOU LEAN UPON ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE, WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

♪ WHEN HE'S GONE ♪

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gone /ɡɔːn/ A1	verb - left or departed from a place
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
need /niːd/ A1	verb - to require something because it is essential
lean /liːn/ B1	verb - to rest against or on something for support
someone /ˈsʌmwʌn/ A1	noun - an unspecified person
strong /strɒŋ/ A1	adjective - having great physical power or strength
believe /bɪˈliːv/ A2	verb - to accept that something is true
deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ B2	verb - to state that something is not true
belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ B1	verb - to be a member or part of a group
see /siː/ A1	verb - to perceive with the eyes
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the element of a person that enables them to think and feel
dreams /driːmz/ A2	noun - a series of thoughts, images, and sensations during sleep
battle /ˈbætl̩/ B1	noun - a sustained fight between armed forces
soul /səʊl/ B2	noun - the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being
struggle /ˈstrʌɡl̩/ B2	noun - a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint
survive /səˈvaɪv/ B2	verb - to continue to live or exist
alive /əˈlaɪv/ A2	adjective - living, not dead
die /daɪ/ A2	verb - to stop living