Verse
Em
You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
A7 Em
You told yourself a lie; that's all right mama, I told myself one too
B7 A7 Em
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 2]
Em
You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold
A7 Em
People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew
B7 A7 Em
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 3]
Em
I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
A7 Em
Did so many things I never did intend to do
B7 A7 Em
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 4]
Em
I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low
I need every bit of it for the places that I go
A7 Em
Sometimes I wonder just what it's all coming to
B7 A7 Em
Well I'm tryin' to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 5]
Em
Well I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink
Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think
A7 Em
Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who
B7 A7 Em
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 6]
Em
The last thing you said before you hit the street
"Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
A7 Em
I said, "That's all right mama... you... you do what you gotta do"
B7 A7 Em
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer; I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 7]
Em
Rock me, pretty baby, rock me 'til everything gets real
Rock me for a little while, rock me 'til there's nothing left to feel
A7 Em
And I'll rock you too
B7 A7 Em
I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 8]
Em
Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard
I'm sitting here listening to every mind polluting word
A7 Em
I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two
B7 A7 Em
Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you