John Stewart When you've been away from the color of the sky, when you've been away for a long time You will see it true It's a different shade of blue when you've been away for a long time When you've been away from the music in your heart, when you've been away for a long time The songs come back again like an old familiar friend when you've been away for a long time I can hear I can see I can feel I am free and I've been away for a long time When you've been away from the loving in your soul, when you've been away for a long time I hear it's like a rain that washes all your pain when you've been away for a long time When you've been away from someone you once knew, when you've been away for a long time If you find it true that someone was just you, then you've been away for a long time I can hear I can see I can feel I am free And I've been away, I've been away, I've been away for a long time LyricsKeeper