Songs about distance

[GateandGarden]

I'm trying to get through something at the moment, so I was wondering if y'all could give me the titles of your favorite songs about how much distance (the geographical kind) sucks. And I'll even get specific--how much it sucks that you're in Louisiana and someone you love is in Arkansas. I doubt there's a song about that in particular but I thought I'd put that out there. :laugh:

Any recommendations welcome and appreciated. :)

[ontheEdgeof17]

Je T'aime Encore (I Love You Still) - Celine

[GypsySorcerer]

"The Space Between" - Dave Matthews Band

[DrummerDeanna]

My all-time cheesy favorite song about distance: Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt and um Beabo Bryson?? I don't know - it's from An American Tail - and it's such a great song :D

Good luck getting through whatever it is you're going through, Hillary - we're all here for ya! :o

[Moony]

My all-time cheesy favorite song about distance: Somewhere Out There - Linda Ronstadt and um Beabo Bryson?? I don't know - it's from An American Tail - and it's such a great song :D

Omigaw! I love that song!! :xoxo:

Sorry, Hil, I really don't know of any songs like that offhand. If I think of some, I'll be sure to let you know.

..wait... there's always Too Far From Texas :p

[WildInTheWind]

I can't think of the name of it, that Carol King song, maybe it's called So Far Away? Goes like this:
So far away.....Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know that you're just time away
Long ago I reached for you, and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
How I wish I could, but you're so far away

One more song about moving along the highway
Can't say much of anything that's new
If I could only work this life out my way
I'd rather spend it being close to you
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know you're so far away
Yeah, you're so far away

Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely
Nothing else to do but close my mind
I sure hope the road don't come to own me
There are so many dreams I have yet to find
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know you're so far away
You're so far away
Yeah, you're so far away
You're so far away

[GODDESS6]

I can't think of the name of it, that Carol King song, maybe it's called So Far Away? Goes like this:
So far away.....Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know that you're just time away
Long ago I reached for you, and there you stood
Holding you again could only do me good
How I wish I could, but you're so far away

One more song about moving along the highway
Can't say much of anything that's new
If I could only work this life out my way
I'd rather spend it being close to you
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
Doesn't help to know you're so far away
Yeah, you're so far away

Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely
Nothing else to do but close my mind
I sure hope the road don't come to own me
There are so many dreams I have yet to find
But you're so far away
Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?
It would be so fine to see your face at my door
And it doesn't help to know you're so far away
You're so far away
Yeah, you're so far away
You're so far away
becky, i love this song, thanx for reminding me of it, time to bust out the tapestry cd!!!! :xoxo: :wavey: :thumbsup: ~

[DrummerDeanna]

YES!!! So Far Away - GREAT suggestion - that's a really great "far away" song :nod:

[goldie]

How about Fireflies??


To survive the distance ....

[Johnny Stew]

My favorite Dire Straits song... "So Far Away."

Here I am again in this mean old town
And you’re so far away from me
And where are you when the sun goes down
You’re so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just can’t see
So far away from me
You’re so far away from me

I’m tired of being in love and being all alone
When you’re so far away from me
I’m tired of making out on the telephone
And you’re so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just can’t see
So far away from me
You’re so far away from me

I get so tired when I have to explain
When you’re so far away from me
See you been in the sun and I’ve been in the rain
And you’re so far away from me

So far away from me
So far I just can’t see
So far away from me
You’re so far away from me

[Serrart]

Some of my favourites:
Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel
Recuerdos De La Alhambra - Andres Segovia (an instrumental, but still)
Ain't No Mountain High Enough- Aretha Franklin
A Million Miles Away - Rory Gallagher

Romy

[GateandGarden]

Thank you all very much. :xoxo: You've helped. :)

[heyjupiter678]

A few from Tori: :)

1000 Oceans (http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0N88Y3HQLWLO02D3B49UWZZAWQ)

China (http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1DUJCODVUN1S815QSFN8NF8L48)

Toast (http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=39Y0NW20IJ9D93GQ3LCIIVF3EG)

[GateandGarden]

Thank you Mikki! :xoxo:

[irishgrl]

500 miles by Peter Paul and Mary (tho I love the HOOTERS version best) In fact, I love ANYTHING by the Hooters)

If you miss the train I’m on, you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles, a hundred miles,
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

Lord I’m one, lord I’m two, lord I’m three, lord I’m four,
Lord I’m 500 miles from my home.
500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles, 500 miles
Lord I’m five hundred miles from my home.

Not a shirt on my back, not a penny to my name
Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way
This a-away, this a-way, this a-way, this a-way,
Lord I can’t go a-home this a-way.

If you miss the train I’m on you will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.


HOOTERS VERSION:
If you missed the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles,
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
And the land that I once loved is not my own
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two,
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home
A hundred tanks along the square
One man stands and stops them there
Someday soon the tide'll turn and I'll be free
I'll be free, I'll be free
I'll come home to my country
Someday soon the tide'll turn and I'll be free
If you missed the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two,
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home...
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home...
I'll be free, I'll be free
I'll come home to my country
Lord I'm five hundred miles away from home
You can hear the whistle blow five hundred miles


or Sailing (http://www.rlyrics.com/R%5CRodStewart/Sailing.asp)
(Gavin Sutherland, 1972)

I am sailing, I am sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

I am flying, I am flying,
like a bird 'cross the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds,
to be with you, to be free.

Can you hear me, can you hear me
thro' the dark night, far away,
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

Can you hear me, can you hear me,
thro' the dark night far away.
I am dying, forever trying,
to be with you, who can say.

We are sailing, we are sailing,
home again 'cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free.
Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free,
Oh Lord.

those are two I think are appropriate...

[mylittledemon]

Missing You by John Waite
Heart of the Matter by Don Henley
Best of My Love by the Eagles
Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough by Patty Smyth
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
With or Without You by U2

[darklinensuit]

Too Far From Texas (dodging eggs)

- Jake

[WelshWitchPMD]

Well, there is 2000 Miles by The Pretenders but that is usually considered a Christmas song.

There is another song and I am not sure of the name or who it is by but I think that it is from the 80s era. It goes something like "I would walk 5000 Miles." I am not sure if that is what you are looking for, however.

[The Tower]

"Hey Kind Friend" by the ever-awesome Indigo Girls

Hey kind friend, don't know when I'll see you again
On a ferry boat bound for Victoria laying down to hide from the wind
Big dipper hangin over the city
You know everything now is different for me
Ain't no use in explainin the scenery

Hey kind friend
Won't you help me forget where I been
Help me remember who I am....

I was too late in Spokane
So I caught a ride through the Cascade range
I saw the sun dying in Olympia running down on Capitol Lake

So I ask you for some relief
And it's one true root that you bring to me
3am it's good company

Hey kind friend
Help me forget where I been
Help me remember who I am
Hey kind friend- I don't know when I'll see you again
It's OK friend

So I'll meet you in New Orleans or I'll see you round
Cause I don't know if it's worth coming down now
I'm calling you from a gold rush town...
I'm OK friend

AND

"Blue Motel Room" by the incomparable Joni Mitchell

I've got a blue motel room
With a blue bedspread
I've got the blues inside and outside my head
Will you still love me
When I call you up when I'm down

Here in Savannah it's pouring rain
Palm trees in the porch light like slick black cellophane
Will you still love me
When I call you up when I get back to town

I know that you've got all those pretty girls coming on
Hanging on your boom-boom-pachyderm
Will you tell those girls that you've got German Measles
Honey, tell them you've got germs

I hope you'll be thinking of me
Because I'll be thinking of you
While I'm traveling home alone
Tell those girls that you've got Joni
She's coming back home

I've got road maps
From two dozen states
I've got coast to coast just to contemplate
Will you still love me
When I get back to town

It's funny how these old feelings hang around
You think they're gone
No, no
They just go underground
Will you still love me
When I get back to L.A. town

You and me, we're like America and Russia
We're always keeping score
We're always balancing the power
And that can get to be a cold cold war
We're going to have to hold ourselves a peace talk
In some neutral cafe
You lay down your sneaking round the town, honey
And I'll lay down the highway

I've got a blue motel room
With a blue bedspread
I've got the blues inside and outside my head
Will you still love me
When I get back to town

[mylittledemon]

Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad by Def Leppard

[JazmenFlowers]

A few from Tori: :)

1000 Oceans (http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0N88Y3HQLWLO02D3B49UWZZAWQ)

China (http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1DUJCODVUN1S815QSFN8NF8L48)

Toast (http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=39Y0NW20IJ9D93GQ3LCIIVF3EG)

perfect choices...also check out Your Cloud by Tori

[lagringader&r]

How about "Been A Long Time"? :rolleyes:

[LikeAWillow]

I don't know if this has been mentioned already, but Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles?

~Marissa~