Great Distance

They've torn up the highway from here to wherever you are
But I hear that song in my head and you are here anyway
Maybe it was just a time and a place; maybe it was just too hard
You gave me something good and then you took it away
But on the night you came to my door
and your hair was soaking wet
We made love in that stormy city to
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Come on in my kitchen
Fall to sleep from a great distance

What were we drinking? I guess it was whisky,
we drank a lot in those days
There was something I wanted to tell you.
Seems I missed my chance there
Because after the whisky and after the laughter
and after you turned away
You asked if I loved you but by then there was no right answer
But I remember we danced in my kitchen
and laughed till we both were in tears
And what I still want to tell you is what you still don't want to hear
So don't listen
Fall to sleep from a great distance

What about all of your time on the highway
and all of the friends that you made
And all of the lovers you turned to for comfort
and all of that smoky whisky
And all of the laughing and all of the fighting
and all of the running away
And what if you'd let me love you,
what would I do with all of that history
So tonight in this stormy town
I'll light fifty candles and watch them burn down
Play Come On In My Kitchen
Fall to sleep from a great distance
Come on in my kitchen
From a great distance

©2000 Annie Gallup