Miles Away - Josh Ritter

Came into this world, I was lost not found

It did not hold me in its arms like it holds me now

So I dreamed myself a bird who could cross the waves

And I woke up just a man who was miles away

Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away

So I went to Cape Canaveral and I went to the moon

And I stayed up there for a year or two

Famous picture of me above the blue parade

A man a million miles up, still miles away

Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away

So I went back to Kansas, it was summertime

Brought flowers to my family by the riverside

At the end of his life, they said my father had changed

I suppose we could have been friends, but I was miles away

Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away

Honey, you don’t belong in a place like this

With your long yellow hair and your hips

But the look in your eye is like the world from space

The way the sun hits off the water from miles away

Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away

Honey, can you leave your light on?

Honey, can you leave your light on?

Honey, can you leave your light on?

Honey, can you leave your light on?

I’m miles away, miles away

Miles away, miles away