Too much empty air

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It’s early

the birds are loud
with song & the dawn
is slick with dew

I’m over here
you’re over there
we’re miles & dreams apart
there’s too much empty air

between us two

I often want to talk
to turn & say a word
inconsequential things
but I’m talking in my sleep
writing in the dark

for I’m over here
you’re over there
there’s miles & dreams & heart
there’s too much empty air
between us two.

The days fly by
like years
we’re running out of time

we couldn’t meet before
my footsteps took me far
I circled twice the world
I searched among the stars

I couldn’t find a tune
love an empty word
four letters in a row

until I knew
until I knew

but I’m here
you’re over there
we’re miles & dreams apart
there’s too much empty air
between us two.

You asked me if I would?
I kind of said ‘I do’
it's now we have a chance
& through the inky blue
the slow deep stream of sleep

we can journey to the sun
leap the milky way
galaxies unwind
we can vanish into space

but tonight I’m on my own
I’m here you’re over there
we’re miles and miles apart
there’s too much empty air
between us two.