Nearer Than Closeness

Ten o'clock hang it up close and lock the door
Throttle back engines roar wheels up
You're gone again
And I miss you already
In the air you are there in my dreams
For the fleeting moments I can sleep
Until you call
You're safe and sound and homebound

I am blue and I am missing you
My Transatlantic lover
You are several thousand miles
From my arms again
There's a gaping, you-sized hole here
Since my love has gone away
And I'm counting the days
Until you're home again
'Cause when you're gone
You're gone far too long

Love is
Where you are, love
No matter where you are
Nearer than closeness
Closer than just nearby

I come home I’m alone
But somehow it's not home
I hear the silence bounce from wall to wall
I miss the sound of you
I miss the way it feels
To hold you holding me
I miss your gentle touch
Your smiling eyes your lovely kiss
I miss the smell of you
I miss all of you

Ten hours of work provided
Adequate distraction
But now I can't keep my mind off you
And wishing you were here
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder
But I cannot imagine being
Fonder than I am of you
I'm in love with you
And when you're gone I'm gone

Love is
Where you are, love
No matter where you are
Nearer than closeness
Closer than just nearby

Double scotch
Get in line get on board and get a seat
Get a grip get more scotch
Wait forever on the tarmac
I drift off thinking of you
I wake at 30,000 feet
In a sea of darkness
Punctuated by a million
Distant city lights and stars
And I am on my way home

Because home is where the heart is
In your green and pleasant land
Who knew that I could be so homesick
For a place I've never seen
Closing the distance at 500 miles an hour
And I'm counting the hours
Until I'm home again
'Cause where you are, wherever you are
That's home

Love is
Where you are, love
No matter where you are
Nearer than closeness
Closer than just nearby