Million Miles (Live in Atlantic City, New Jersey - January 31, 1998) Lyrics

You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
You told yourself a lie, that's all right, mama, I told myself one too
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me hanging out there in the cold
People ask about you, I didn't tell them everything I knew
Well, I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
I'm throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
I did so many things I never did intend to do
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

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
I feel like talking to somebody, Lord, but I just don't know who
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

The last thing that you said before you hit the street
"I gotta find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
I said, "That's all right, baby, you do what you got to do"
I'm trying to get closer but I'm still a million miles from you

There's voices in the night trying to be heard
I'm just sitting here listening to every mind-polluting word
I know plenty of people who'd put me up for a day or two (yes, I hope I do)
I'm trying to get closer, I'm still a million miles from you (yeah)