[Intro] [Fingerpicked acoustic guitar, soft harmonica] [Verse 1] I left my coat beside the station door With rain from three forgotten towns The morning train kept calling through the mist While sunlight touched the rooftops brown I carry maps of countries yet unknown And names I cannot leave behind But every road across this wide old land Feels less alone with you in mind [Chorus] You are the light between the miles The quiet place my restless heart can find Though I may roam through changing skies Your name keeps turning softly in my mind [Verse 2] I crossed the fields of northern Germany Where windmills turned above the grain Then followed rivers through the Lowlands Beneath a soft September rain The bells of Bruges were fading in the dusk As evening settled on the square And every distant road I chose to take Seemed to carry echoes of you there [Chorus] You are the light between the miles The quiet place my restless heart can find Though I may roam through changing skies Your name keeps turning softly in my mind [Verse 3] I watched the Rhine move past old castles And climbed through forests dark and green The mountain roads led down to Austria Where blue lakes mirrored every scene I heard a church bell in a village street And saw the snow above the pine The whole wide world was opening ahead Yet your memory stayed close to mine [Bridge] If the northern lights should find me Or the southern waters shine From the Baltic to the Mediterranean Your heart will travel here with mine [Verse 4] I crossed the plains of Hungary Where golden fields met endless skies Then rode beside the Danube While evening birds began to rise Through Balkan hills and quiet border towns The road grew narrow, steep and long But every language that I heard along the way Could not make your memory less strong [Chorus] You are the light between the miles The quiet place my restless heart can find Though I may roam through changing skies Your name keeps turning softly in my mind [Verse 5] I followed roads through olive country Where the warm Atlantic breezes blow Past old stone villages in Portugal And vineyards in the hills below The western ocean thundered by the cliffs As evening turned the water gold And I knew that love need not be a chain To keep a wandering heart from growing cold [Bridge] If the seasons change the roads I take If the northern wind should call I will keep one window in my heart Where your evening shadows fall [Verse 6] Tomorrow I may cross another border Past fields and rivers, towns and rain No promise waits at every bend ahead But I would take this road again For every mile from east to west Has shown me something true and kind The farther I have travelled through this world The nearer you have stayed in mind [Final Chorus] You are the light between the miles The quiet place my restless heart can find Though I may roam through changing skies Your name keeps turning softly in my mind From the Baltic to the southern sea Your light is always mine [Outro] [Soft harmonica, acoustic guitar and distant accordion fading]
