Intro
Verse
G A D
Came into this world, I was lost not found
G D A G
It did not hold me in its arms like it holds me now
G A D
So I dreamed myself a bird who could cross the waves
G D A G
And I woke up just a man who was miles away
Chorus
G D G D G
Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away
Verse
G A D
So I went to Cape Canaveral and I went to the moon
G D A G
And I stayed up there for a year or two
G A D
Famous picture of me above the blue parade
G D A G
A man a million miles up, still miles away
Chorus
G D G D G
Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away
Verse
G A D
So I went back to Kansas, it was summertime
G D A G
Brought flowers to my family by the riverside
G A D
At the end of his life, they said my father had changed
G D A G
I suppose we could have been friends, but I was miles away
Chorus
G D G D G
Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away
Verse
G A D
Honey, you don't belong in a place like this
G D A G
With your long yellow hair and your hips
G D A D
But the look in your eye is like the world from space
G D A G
The way the sun hits off the water from miles away
Chorus
G D G D G
Miles away, miles away, miles away, miles away
Outro
G D
Honey, can you leave your light on?
D G
Honey, can you leave your light on?
G D
Honey, can you leave your light on?
D G
Honey, can you leave your light on?
G D G
I'm miles away, miles away
D G
Miles away, miles away