Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Arif Mardin
Remixer
Steve "Fontz" Gelfand
Bass Guitar
Bernard Purdie
Drums
Jimmy Douglass
Remixer
Marvin Stamm
Flugelhorn
Pat Reibillot
Organ
Ralph MacDonald
Percussion
Richard Tee
Piano
Joe Farrell
Saxophone
Chris Bond
Synthesizer
Daryl Hall
Background Vocals
Hugh C McCracken
Electric Guitar
John Oates
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Daryl Hall
Songwriter
John Oates
Songwriter
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Arranger
Christopher Bond
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Arif Mardin
Producer
Jimmy Douglass
Mixing Engineer
Chris Bond
Mixing Engineer
Lewis Hahn
Mixing Engineer
Stephen Innocenzi
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Ooh
Ooh
[Verse 1]
Everybody's high on consolation
Everybody's trying to tell me what is right for me, yeah
My daddy tried to bore me with a sermon
But it's plain to see that they can't
Comfort me
[Verse 2]
Sorry, Charlie, for the imposition
I think I've got it
Got it
I got the strength to carry on, yeah
I need a drink and a quick decision
Now it's up to me, ooh
Ooh, what will be
[Chorus]
She's gone, oh, I (She's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd better learn how to face it
She's gone, oh, I (She's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd pay the devil to replace her
She's gone
And she's gone, oh, I, what went wrong?
[Verse 3]
Get up in the morning, look in the mirror
I'm worn as her tooth brush hanging in the stand, yeah
My face ain't looking any younger
Now I can see love's taken her toll on me
[Chorus]
She's gone, oh, I (She's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd better learn how to face it
She's gone, oh, I (And she's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd pay the devil to replace her
She's gone
And she's gone, oh, I, what went wrong?
[Verse 4]
Think I'll spend eternity in the city
Let the carbon and monoxide choke my thoughts away, yeah
And pretty bodies help dissolve the memories
They can never be
What she was, to me
Was to me
[Chorus]
She's gone, oh, I (She's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd better learn how to face it
She's gone, oh, I (And she's gone, oh, I'd)
I'd pay the devil to replace her
She's gone
And she's gone, oh, I, what went wrong?
[Chorus]
She's gone, oh, I
I'd better learn how to face it
She's gone
She's gone
I can't believe that she's gone
Oh, I
I'd pay the devil to replace her
She's gone, oh, I
I better learn how to face it
She's gone
She's gone
I can't believe that she's gone
Oh, I
I'd pay the devil to replace her
[Outro]
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone
She's gone
She's gone
She's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's gone, she's gone
She's
She's gone
Written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates