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Closer and Closer Apart Lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Calling

2007

[Verse 1]
"Tell me the truth, don't ask me to lie"
These are the things we say
You don't need proof and I'm not going to try
Think we have lost our way
I don't own the sun and I can't raise the moon
So now as the darkness falls
Love's so hard-won and over too soon
Another cruel landing caused
[Chorus]
What I can do is turn now to you
Holding my hand to my heart
All that I know is I'm watching us grow
Closer, closer apart
[Verse 2]
And now all the kings horses and all the kings men
Wait for their clarion call
Pride hears its voices and fear wins again
And there's nothing to break our fall
[Chorus]
All I can do is turn now to you
Holding my hand to my heart
All that I know is I'm watching us grow
Closer and closer apart
Closer and closer apart
[Bridge]
Over, over, over again
The world only spins one way
The past is a distant flicker by now
And a lesson for another day
[Verse 3]
Now my sad little boat floats on out to sea
And you're almost out of sight
I'll remember you, please don't forget me
I whisper with all my mind
[Chorus]
All I can do is turn now to you
Holding my hand to my heart
All that I know is I'm watching us grow
All I can do is turn back to you
And wave with one hand on my heart
All that I know is it's so hard to go
Credits
Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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"Closer and Closer Apart" appears on "The Calling" in 2007.

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