He was gone, gone, gone into the bluenDidn't take that long nTo disappear from viewnLeft all his mates huddled in the pubnTo the coast that London no longer lovednnHis palm tree moonlight and new buddies in the barnPacific pills and golden rainbow grassnHe felt at home at lastnWent out in the evening to find a sadder girlnDon't feel bad you know you're not alonenAnd this is your new homennHe was gone, gone, gone into the bluenDidn't take that long nTo disappear from viewnAnd he rolled, rolled, rolled to the harmonynWith a shirt of pearls and a kinder seannHe wrote me threaded letters of how he had it madenGot some desert sounds and the sound was greatnPlayed with the friends he'd madenWrote the black words with tears in their eyesnAbout some girl he'd marriednAnd how she'd died, oh how she'd diednnHe was gone, gone, gone into the bluenDidn't take that long nTo disappear from viewnFrancisco blows so long, so slownAnd his pale beer eyes filled up so lownnAnd I understandnTo feel complete and live inside miragenOh, I understandnTo feel complete to write down the miragenAnd sing hello morning goodbyesnTo sing hello morning goodbyesnAnd sing hello morning goodbyes...nnHe was gone, gone, gone into the bluenDidn't take that long nTo disappear from viewnAnd he rolled, rolled, rolled to the harmonynWith a shirt of pearls and a kinder sea