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Thousand Miles Away

from Dirt Road Confessional by Jeffery Straker

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Thousand Miles Away
There's a part of me that's never ever left the farm
There’s a part of me that’s still out on the land
I see an open sky glow and it’s a letter sent from home with a full moon postage stamp
And I’ve crossed through majestic Rocky Mountains let ‘em lift me up defying gravity
And I’ve spent time by the water out on the coast wondering if the tide would pull me out to sea

And I’ve tried my shoes out in the city under bright lights pounding pavement and concrete
All the while comparing the rush and the buzz to gravel roads and dirt beneath my feet

Chorus
I was looking for a place where my heart belonged where beauty would put a smile on my face
And I wonder if I’d have ever seen it if I’d not been looking back from a 1000 miles away

We said good-bye and I thought I’d never turn back to you, felt our love had come and it had gone
But the late night telephone conversations and distance had me thinking I was wrong
When you’re off chasing parts of you that are missing, oh there’s no telling what you’re gonna see
And buried between hope and consequence I met a stranger who looked a lot like me

Chorus

Now I trace the full circle that I’ve come with you staring up at this starry night sky
And I think of all the roads I had to travel to see what was before my very eyes

Chorus

credits

from Dirt Road Confessional, released May 19, 2017
THOUSAND MILES AWAY | Jeffery vocal, piano Murray Pulver electric guitar Stephen Hinson steel guitar

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Jeffery is a Canadian singer-songwriter-pianist (folk-roots) touring 100+ shows yearly. He performs in theatres, clubs, living rooms & at festivals. He's also performed his music in concert with symphony orchestras.
-Western Canadian Music Awards (2019)-Winner
-Roots-Folk Artist of the Year/Saskatchewan Music Awards (2020) ... more

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