From the recording Surviving The Dream
This is a simple, blues-tinged country song I wrote about someone I had to love from a distance.
Lyrics
The sun is descending, the moon’s on it’s way
A whippoorwill sings out a sad old cliche
Now don’t try and tell me it’s better this way
Why are you so far away?
There’s a lyric it leaves on the tip of my tongue
It’s broad and it’s narrow it’s old and it’s young
It’s all that I feel but I just couldn’t say
Why are you so far away?
Why are you so far away?
Why are you so far away?
It’s all that I feel
But I just couldn’t say
Why are you so far away?
The stars are beginning to twinkle and shine
Till they’ve each found their place- I’m still looking for mine
But they’ll all disappear when the night turns to day
Why are you so far away?
Why are you so far away?
Why are you so far away?
It’s all that I feel
The stars disappear and the night turns to day
Why are you so far away?
I should forget you and try to move on
But you’re stuck in my head like that whippoorwill’s song
And I know if I did, I’d regret it someday
Why are you so far away?