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