Songwriter: Brian Kittrell Album: This Long Broken Road Duration: 03:39

The Story Behind the Song

A breakup song built around leaving quietly instead of leaving loudly. There's no confrontation here, just a note on the counter and a decision that's already been made -- the relief of walking away from a promise that kept getting broken. "No place like gone" reframes leaving not as loss but as the first clean breath in a long time.

Also Performed By

This Long Broken Road is released in multiple performer editions, each with its own real performance — durations differ by artist, not just persona.

Edition Duration ISRC
This Long Broken Road 03:55 QT65W2535573
This Long Broken Road: His 03:54 —
This Long Broken Road: R&B Edition 03:43 —

Listen

Streaming links below are for the full This Long Broken Road: Hers edition — individual song previews aren't split out by the catalog.

Lyrics

Sadie McCoy's own lyric delivery can vary slightly from Brian Kittrell's original — a dedicated transcript for this edition isn't published yet. See the Brian Kittrell performance for his published lyrics.

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