Gone Daddy Gone Violent Femmes

Gone Daddy Gone Album: Violent Femmes (1983)
by Violent Femmes

"Gone Daddy Gone" is a song written by Gordon Gano and originally recorded by his group Violent Femmes as the first single for their first album, Violent Femmes.

The lyrics use a complete verse from Willie Dixon's 1954 song "I Just Want to Make Love to You", originally recorded by Muddy Waters. For this reason, the song is occasionally referred to as "Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want to Make Love to You", as on Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes. It has two xylophone solos.

A cover version of the song was the third single released in the United States by the American soul duo, Gnarls Barkley, and is taken from their first album St. Elsewhere (2006). An animated music video was also made. The cover version was used in a 2008 commercial for the movie Igor, in the TV series Entourage and Chuck, in the 2006 game Tony Hawk's Project 8 and in the 2007 game Forza Motorsport 2.

Personnel
Gordon Gano - guitar, lead vocal
Brian Ritchie - xylophone, electric bass guitar
Victor DeLorenzo - snare drum and tranceaphone, Scotch marching bass drum, vocals

Written by: Gordon James Gano, Willie Lee Dixon
Album: Violent Femmes
Released: 1983
Gone Daddy Gone
Violent Femmes

Beautiful girl, lovely dress.
High school smiles, oh yes.
Beautiful girl, lovely dress.
Where she is now I can only guess,
'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone,
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone away.

When I see you, eyes will turn blue.
When I see you, thousand eyes turnin' blue,
'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone away.

Tell by the way you that you switch and walk,
I can see by the way that you baby-talk,
I can know by the way you treat your man,
I can love you, baby, 'til it's a-cryin...
'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone away.

Beautiful girl, lovely dress.
Fifteen smiles, oh, yes.
Beautiful girl, lovely dress,
Where she is now, I can only guess
'Cause it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone.
Yeah, it's gone, daddy, gone
Your love is gone away
Gone away
Gone away
Gone away