Word Watch 2, "gone"

Forgive me, but when in doubt, I refer back to country music. There is a country song by Chris Cagle called "What Kinda Gone." Interested from the lecture about polysemy and multiple meanings, I decided to give it a go.  I've included a link to the lyrics, because I will only post the refrain:


Well there's gone for good and there's good and gone
And there's gone with a "long" before it
I wish she'd been just a little more clear
Well there's gone for the day and gone for the night
And gone for the rest of your doggone life
Is it a Whiskey night or just a couple beers
I mean what kinda gone are we talking 'bout here


I thought I would give coming up with my own definition a shot: Gone is an adjective describing what once was here, but is no longer. That established, I decided to take a look at the lyrics. I was a tad let down.
"Gone for good" "good and gone" and "long gone" all imply the same meaning--what's gone is not coming back. "Gone for the day" and "gone for the night" are a little more varied--these at least provide some contrast--what's gone is gone for different sets of time. Then "gone for the rest of your doggone life" returns back to the first set of "gone"s. These "gone"s are not varied meanings of the same word; rather, they are different versions of one meaning.
Sorry buddy, no matter how you say it, your implied meaning is that she, what once was present, is no longer. 


From the OED I found a bit more of a creative set of entires: 1. "lost, ruined, undone" 2. "that has departed or passed away" 3. usage (with adverbs) 4. "very inspired or excited; extremely satisfying; excellent" 5. "those who are dead" and finally the slang "one who is dead or undone; something which is doomed or ended"
I like the slang usage. Just like the words that were in the lecture, the progression from literal to figurative is natural (probably because I'm used to such usage). At any rate, it is not the slang term that throws me off, but rather it's the 4th definition of "excited or excellent." That one I may have issues using in the correct context. 

Unfortunately, this time Country wasn't the way to go.
http://www.lyrics.com/what-kinda-gone-lyrics-chris-cagle.html