Tryin' to figure out which way I want this to go   Do I want it to be happy or sad or fast or slow?   Tryin' to work it out what it is I feel   Do I wanna rock you, shock you   Soothe you or move you?      I just wanna write you in a song   Put your smile on paper so you can sing along   I just wanna bottle the sun   Keep your light a secret I can find   When you are gone, gone, gone   When you are gone, gone, gone      You are like a beautiful tree   With roots in the ground so deep   Where they could never be seen   I'm a leaf that's ready to fall   And the wind's gonna blow me   Someday away from it all      I just wanna write you in a song   Put your smile on paper so you can sing along   I just wanna bottle the sun   Keep your light a secret I can find      When you are gone, gone, gone   When you are gone, gone, gone   When you are gone, gone, gone, gone   I just wanna write you in a song      Most people when they can't get away   It makes them more than a little crazy   But I'm the one that can never stay   I'll always have you with me   Always have you with me in this song, this song      I just wanna write you in a song   Put your smile on paper so you can sing along   I just wanna bottle the sun   Keep your light a secret I can find   When you are gone      I just wanna write you in a song   Put your smile on paper so you can sing along   I just wanna bottle the sun   Keep your light a secret I can find      When you are gone, gone, gone   When you are gone, gone, gone   When you are gone, gone, gone, gone   I just wanna write you in a song      So, so, so when you are gone, gone   When you are gone, gone   When you are gone, gone   I, I just wanna write you in a song   Gone, gone, gone