Some distant highway

Story Behind The Song

This is an incredibly personal song - a tribute to a great man - a husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend. A gap in all our lives that can never be filled.

Song Description

A Tribute to my Dad who passed away in May of 2005. Miss you Dad.

Song Length 6:05 Genre Pop - Rock
Tempo Slow (71 - 90) Lead Vocal Male Vocal
Mood Poignant, Moving Subject Father, Sadness
Language English

Lyrics

Some distant highway
Written by Graeme Michael Hall
© 2006, Big G?s Publishing, All rights reserved


Verse
This is a song about a father
An ambitious and driven man
Who knew if you believed
That you can do anything - then you can
Who grew up among the iron and steel
In a northern working town
Became a business man
When the closed those steel mills down

Build
Dad ? you kept
Your dreams in sight
But you had your share
Of sleepless nights
But you never gave up
We grew up in a house full of love
And in life?s darkest hours
You were a guiding light

Chorus
But tonight you?re on some distant highway
And it?s like we?re a million miles apart
I hold your memory in the images of my mind
Hold you forever in my heart

Verse
When I look back on my whole life
You were always there for me
The kind of father
That I?m struggling to be
I miss your quiet determination
Your sense of right and wrong
I miss your faith in me
I still can?t believe you?re gone

Build
Right now, my feelings are bottled up inside
And no one sees the tears I cry
But I know, through faith
We?ll meet in heaven someday
But until then
I know you?re watching from on high

Chorus
Tonight you?re on some distant highway
And it?s like we?re a million miles apart
I hold your memory in the images of my mind
Hold you forever in my heart

Verse
I know no one lives forever
But I miss you just the same
I search for signs of you
Like rainbows after rain
If I watch my kids, my sister, my brothers
Then I see you every day
In certain gestures
Or the things they do or say

Build
Right now, the families hurting deep inside
But we hold on to stories about your life
You were a great man to me from the start
And though we?re physically apart
You?re here in spirit
In each and every heart

Chorus
Tonight you?re on some distant highway
And it?s like we?re a million miles apart
I hold your memory in the images of my mind
Hold you forever in my heart

Lyrics Graeme Michael Hall Music Graeme Michael Hall
Producer Graeme Michael Hall Publisher Graeme Michael Hall, Big G?s Publishing
Performance Graeme Michael Hall Label Graeme Michael Hall
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