Verse
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You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
E7 Bm
You told yourself a lie; that's all right mama, I told myself one too
F#7 E7 Bm
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 2]
Bm
You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold
E7 Bm
People ask about you; I didn't tell them everything I knew
F#7 E7 Bm
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 3]
Bm
I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
E7 Bm
Did so many things I never did intend to do
F#7 E7 Bm
Well I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 4]
Bm
I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low
I need every bit of it for the places that I go
E7 Bm
Sometimes I wonder just what it's all coming to
F#7 E7 Bm
Well I'm tryin' to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 5]
Bm
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
E7 Bm
Feel like talking to somebody but I just don't know who
F#7 E7 Bm
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 6]
Bm
The last thing you said before you hit the street
"Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
E7 Bm
I said, "That's all right mama... you... you do what you gotta do"
F#7 E7 Bm
Well, I'm tryin' to get closer; I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 7]
Bm
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
E7 Bm
And I'll rock you too
F#7 E7 Bm
I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you
[Verse 8]
Bm
Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard
I'm sitting here listening to every mind polluting word
E7 Bm
I know plenty of people who would put me up for a day or two
F#7 E7 Bm
Yes, I'm tryin' to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you