From a Distance Lyrics

Saint Teresa, your patron childs come home.Were you there to greet her?Did your angels know her songs?And all of her sorrows:Did you lift them from her brow?And did you kiss her ha...Read Full Lyrics

From a distance the world looks blue and greenAnd the snow-capped mountains whiteFrom a distance the ocean meets the streamAnd the eagle takes to flightFrom a distance there is har...Read Full Lyrics

In the wee small hours of the morningWhile the whole wide world is fast asleepYou lie awake and think about the girlAnd never ever think of counting sheepWhen your lonely heart has...Read Full Lyrics

I'm sitting on a southbound trainStaring at the skyI'm thinking of my childhoodAnd I'm trying not to cryWhile a stranger sleeps against meAnd it feels like I'm his wifeTowns and ci...Read Full Lyrics

The drops from the faucet like a nervous heartBeat on my porcelain sink a rhythm avant-gardeI page through the phone book, reach for my fountain penIs he comin' in for the holidays...Read Full Lyrics

And I love you soThe people ask me howHow I've lived till nowI tell them I don't knowI guess they understandHow lonely life has beenBut life began againThe day you took my handAnd ...Read Full Lyrics

We don't live on easy streetBut it's homeLooking out on the open roadWhere you'll go it aloneTo the last of our simple daysWe'll wave goodbyeAnd down this road we've grownAnd it's ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, I used to wish I was a hard line taker, and they'd say,"Six to one a half dozen'll break her",'till I fell in love with a young man who sang the bluesOh, bless my daddy, he war...Read Full Lyrics

The wing and the wheel, they carry things awayWhether it's me that does the leavin or the love that flies awayThe moon outside my window looks so lonely tonightOh, there's a chunk ...Read Full Lyrics

Well, I work this corner from eleven to fiveThe hands get cold around midnightYou're askin' me if I've got the time, well I don't knowBut you're wastin' mine tonight[Chorus:] Whoa,...Read Full Lyrics