Songtext So far away Stephen Duffy

So far away

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
There's always were contrasting ways
To help you through the night
From bright morning star
To morning Sun

But they are so far away
That I won't even ask them to stay

I've been looking for a way to be true
A way out of the blue
Calling but I can't get through
To explain myself to you

The constant repetition
Of details from the past
The painful human anguish
Of why can't true love last
Whilst living in the wreckage
Of all we have done

But you are so far away
That I won't even ask you to stay

The day the Berlin Wall came down
And other days forgotten
Nostalgia isn't what it was
Farewell then, Johnny Rotten

Brian Jones and Jackson Pollock
Chairman Mao, see you later Allen Ginsberg
You changed the world somehow
The times when we weren't crying
Have been fun

But they are so far away
That I won't even ask them to stay
No way
No, I won't even ask them to stay