The Blue Distance

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[Verse 1]
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Across the railroad tracks, down the gravel road
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headlights throw a beam   on the way back home.
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Lie down, lie down, listen wide awake
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To the trains that roll, to the sound time makes.

[Verse 2]
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It passes through the air like a summer storm
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Catching on my sleeve   like a rose's thorn.
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Sometimes it whispers, sometimes it roars
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Flies like the wind, waits by the door.

[Refrain]
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And I know you know and that’s all I need
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When the light of day looks like night to me
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When you’re far away and I’m all alone
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I can’t explain, I know you know.

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[Verse 3]
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It fills up my chest, it fills up my eyes
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like an old glass jar filled with fireflies.
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Sometimes I’m still, sometimes I sigh
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Sometimes I’m lost and I don’t know why

[Refrain]
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But I know you know and that’s all I need
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When the light of day looks like night to me.
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When you’re far away and I’m all alone
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I can’t explain, I know you know.

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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In the morning light, before the heat sets in
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Call the dogs to run where the shade has been.
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Across the railroad tracks lay your silver down
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Find it smooth and flat, stars for your crown.

[Verse 5]
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In the blue distance where our lives unfurl
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The edges of the sky,   the beauty of the world.

[Refrain]
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But I know you know and that’s all I need
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When the light of day looks like night to me.
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When you’re far away and I’m all alone
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I can’t explain, I know you know.

[Outro]
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