
- Lyrics intro: Nearly a thousand miles away - Verse 1: - Lyrics: I think of you everyday About those simple moments together Conversing over our morning coffee While the kids still slept away Our little moment together daily - Chorus: - Lyrics: Wish I held on longer The day I went away That I could store that warmth Of your love within me To sustain me for days I could never hold enough - Verse 2: - Lyrics: We do this so often Every time it should be easier, It’s not, it’s really not It hurts that I can leave As easily as I do - Bridge 1: - Lyrics: God, you bless with strength To bear the distance away From the one I love Surely now, maybe someone else? - Chorus Repeat with Variation: - Lyrics: Someone else can bear this Surely someone else, not me I have gone willingly where needed. Saved and comforted those You’ve placed in my path Surely it’s been enough now For so many, many years - Verse 3: - Lyrics: Julie my love, I’m sorry This anguish this loneliness Emotional fatigue wrought selflessly Distance damned, I’ll be home soon Wait just a little longer. - Bridge 2: - Lyrics: Forgive me for the tears The endless stream of uncertainty Wondering if I’m alive still The distant echo grainy calls Trying to understand, syllable said Hello, Dear- are you there? - Chorus Repeat: - Lyrics: (Repeat the first chorus for emotional continuity.) - Outro: - Lyrics: The sweet descend towards home We’ve done this part well So apprehensive, anxious exciting That sweet forever again embrace “My love, I’ve returned” The distance will be a memory Until I’m called away again. This time, Lord, not again? It hurts to think, yes I will go where needed Isaiah 6, 8.

