A heartbreaking song describes the narrator missing his woman that he loves, and he is wondering and worrying when she'll ever return. He pleads how he's expected to make plans when he still never understands if she'll ever come back home to him. He thinks never gave enough attention. But he believes she failed to mention how long will she be gone.
Music video
The music video was directed by Steven Goldmann. The video starts out with a woman running out of the house, then we see the duo playing while spinning around the house, and showing everything turning into rot, and clocks with their hands turning quickly. At the end, the duo fades away into dust particles, and the house appears to have rotted out, and the pages on the calendar that was flipping throughout the video are all gone.
Cover versions
Country music singer Jason Aldean covered the song from The Last Rodeo Tour.
Chart positions
"How Long Gone" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of June 29, 1998.
