I'm a mile away from where I belong,
and I'm a mile away from home.
I'm lying awake at the thought of you gone,
and I'm a mile away from home.
On top of the world he thought,
let down when he hit the spot,
dead stare in the mirror as he drove.
Had room for growing up,
he got cold feet so he had to run
to a city with a history in love.
Knowing she relies on me,
but I'm on my way to an unpredicted fall.
Feet under the covers now,
lips sealed tight 'til I hear a sound,
the sound of a soon redeeming call.
I'm a mile away from where I belong,
and I'm a mile away from home.
I'm lying awake at the thought of you gone,
and I'm a mile away from home.
Now I know I never dreamed to be a movie star,
but I'm hiding in the Hollywood Hills.
I have learned regret from a coward's mouth,
wouldn't let her know how I feel.
Held up and I am stuck in line,
Can barely get around on the 405.
Headed downtown in a half-full automobile.
Now that deep inside I see the light,
I'm a runaway victim left alone.
At night though you lay so far, we both stare out at the same old stars,
wishing for direction, where to go.
I'm a mile away from where I belong,
and I'm a mile away from home.
I'm lying awake at the thought of you gone,
and I'm a mile away from home.
Oh, but I could never forget the guilty look in your eyes at the end.
I walk the line like a merry-go-round, thought I'd learned, but I lost you again.
And all at once if the world stopped spinning, maybe you could let me win (you could let me win).
Oh, but I could never forget the guilty look in your eyes at the end.
And
I'm a mile away from where I belong,
and I'm a mile away from home.
I'm lying awake at the thought of you gone,
and I'm a mile away from home. (x3)