Going Gone In Love

“Deep in the waters of love I’m falling…Goin’ once–Goin’ twice–Goin’ gone.”

Nanci Griffith

“Goin’ Gone” is one of my favorite Nanci Griffith songs. She wrote it. She performs it. I should probably leave it at that.

At the risk of sounding sexist, I’ll say that only a woman could write this song. And, it’s probably appropriate that only a woman should sing it. At least in public.

So, why am I sitting here singing it for you?

Because it’s just so damn beautiful. I can’t freaking help it. Here’s my cover of the song.

As life is interrelated, the effort to cut oneself off from the other has the impact of cutting oneself off from oneself and life itself. We deny part of ourselves when we deny the other, as the other is indeed a part of us.

John A. Powell