So Far Away Lyrics - Singles - Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time

When I was a young, young man 

Back in the twentieth century 

Well, you made your own amusements then 

Flying to the moon 

The benefit of hindsight 

Is always black and white 

And there always were contrasting ways 

To get you through the night 

From bright morning star to morning sun 

But they are so far away 

That I wont even ask them to stay 

Ive been looking for a way to be true 

A way out of the blue 

Calling but I cant get through 

To explain myself to you 

The constant repetition 

Of details from the past 

The painful human anguish 

Of why cant true love last? 

Whilst living in the wreckage 

Of all we have done 

But you are so far away 

That I wont even ask you to stay 

The day the Berlin wall came down 

And other days forgotten 

Nostalgia isnt what it was 

Farewell then Johnny Rotten, Brian Jones 

And Jackson Pollock, Chairman Mao 

See you later Allen Ginsberg 

You changed the world somehow 

And the times when we werent crying 

Have been fun 

But they are so far away 

That I wont even ask them to stay 

No way, I wont even ask them to stay