When He's Gone

[Written by Patterson Hood]

She sits alone and stares out the window

The thoughts pour out, the morning sun pours in

She paints a smile on her lips

And looks at herself in the mirror as her day begins

She scrubs in basins never clean

It won't wash off the smell of compromise

He opens the door for her, there's kindness in his smile

But she loathes the need in his eyes

[Chorus]

She can't stand to have him around

But she always misses him when he's gone

She burns like an effigy, when he's gone

It makes her mad how attached she's become

And if it were up to me, I'd prove her wrong

But it's too bad it's someone else's song

He might come home after she's sleeping

And quietly admire the smile on her lips

He crawls up beside her, she presses it

All up against him, and dreams

[Chorus]

She can't stand to have him around

But she always misses him when he's gone

She can't stand to have him around

But she always misses him when he's gone

She can't stand to have him around

But she always misses him when he's gone