Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Dylan
Vocals
Daniel Lanois
Electric Guitar
Duke Robillard
Electric Guitar
Tony Garnier
Bass
Jim Keltner
Drums
Brian Blade
Drums
Jim Dickinson
Keyboards
Augie Meyers
Organ
Tony Mangurian
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Daniel Lanois
Producer
Chris Carrol
Assistant Engineer
Jack Frost
Associate Producer
Mark Howard
Engineer
Lyrics
You took a part of me that I really miss
I keep asking myself how long it can go on like this
You told yourself a lie, that's all right mama I told myself one too
I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
You took the silver, you took the gold
You left me standing out in the cold
People ask about you, I didn't tell them everything I knew
Well, I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
I'm drifting in and out of dreamless sleep
Throwing all my memories in a ditch so deep
Did so many things I never did intend to do
Well, I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
I need your love so bad, turn your lamp down low
I need every bit of it for the places that I go
Sometimes I wonder 'til it's just what it's all coming to
Well, I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
Well, I don't dare close my eyes and I don't dare wink
Maybe in the next life I'll be able to hear myself think
Feel like talking to somebody, but I just don't know who
Well, I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
Yes, the last thing you said before you hit the street
"Gonna find me a janitor to sweep me off my feet"
I said, "That's alright mama, you, you do what you gotta do"
Well, I'm trying to get closer, I'm still a million miles from you
Rock me, pretty baby, rock me all at once
Rock me for a little while, rock me for a couple of box
And I'll rock you too
I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
Well, there's voices in the night trying to be heard
I'm sitting here listening to every mind-polluting word
I know plenty of people put me up for a day or two
Yes, I'm trying to get closer, but I'm still a million miles from you
Writer(s): Bob Dylan
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com