Dan Hicks - How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away

Mitt Romney is back in the news.  Like a bitter ex-wife, he keeps coming back where he isn't wanted, pretending to be something that he isn't.  Yup, there's a country song for that.

Dan Hicks was a songwriter who never really got the attention he deserved.  On the other hand, it might have been his work ethic (he more or less dropped out of recording for ten years) and the alcohol and drugs.  Then again, he wasn't the first recording artist who took that path.

Country music often shows a streak of humor, and Hicks was known for that.  Hicks' style was hard to categorize, ranging from psychedelic rock to folk and to this which is unmistakably country.  He always called the style "folk swing".



How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away (Songwriter: Dan Hicks)

I've talked to your mother and I've talked to your dad
They say they've tried but it's all in vain
I've begged and I've pleaded, I even got mad
Now we must face it, you give me a pain

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
Keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?

Your never ending presence really cramps my style
I dream that it won't always be the same
At first I was attracted but after a while
Have you ever heard of the hard-to-get game?

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
I keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?
And I mean it, too

Out of three billion people, why must it be me?
Oh, why, oh, why won't you cut me loose?
Just do me a favor and listen to my plea
I'm not the only chicken on the roost

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
I keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?