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Thread #38981   Message #553300
Posted By: open mike
18-Sep-01 - 01:21 PM
Thread Name: 9/11: Responding through Music
Subject: Lyr Add: FROM A DISTANCE
This song helps me process all this madness:
This one is by Julie Gold. I first heard Nanci Griffith's version, then Bette Midler's schmaltzed up "hit" of it:

FROM A DISTANCE

From a distance, the world looks blue and green
And the snow-capped mountains white
From a distance, the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

    From a distance, there is harmony
    And it echoes through the land
    It's the voice of peace
    It's the voice of hope
    It's the song of every one (changed from "man")

From a distance, we all have enough
And no one is in need
There are no guns, no bombs, no diseases
No hungry mouths to feed

    From a distance, we all are instruments
    Marching in a common band
    Playing songs of hope
    Playing songs of peace
    They are the songs of every one

          God is watching us; God is watching us,
          God is watching us, from a distance

From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance, I can't comprehend
What all this war is for,

    From a distance, there is harmony
    And it echoes through the land,
    It's the hope of hopes,
    It's the love of loves,
    IT'S THE HEART OF EVERY ONE