It approaches but I'm still a state away
So bottle up, bottle down, is how I live
To help you asleep when you get scared
It's still from day to day
It's nice to come home for a weekend
But you won't see me 'cause I won't be there
Sun comes up, sun goes down and I, I begin
Makes it harder to call, I don't bother
The money's gone just one more song before I turn in
Our babies have known no father
That you won't see me 'cause I won't be there to
When I am lost and you are not, then no one wins
As I pull up, you walk out and we smile again
It approaches but I'm still a state away
I can't erase what the past is
Help you asleep when you get scared
It's still from day to day
Yeah, it's the absence you're afraid
It's the absence you're afraid and the night
The days grow long as I trek on and I hate knowing
It's time to face circumstances
Yeah, it's the absence you're afraid of the night
It's the absence you're afraid and the night
The water's up, water's down and I, I can't swim
I'm surviving but it's still from day to day
The children have grown, how I've missed them
