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NEVER TOO FAR FROM MY MIND
Nicholas McCarthy

Well, hello, my old friend! How's the world treating you?
You look much the same, and you say I do too.
My memories of you are all soft and kind,
And you were never too far from my mind.

Absence makes the heart fonder, or so we are told,
And there's something quite special about friendship that is old.
In words that are spoken, there are ties that bind.
You were never too far from my mind.

You were never too far from my thoughts all the time.
I traveled this wide world while you stayed behind,
And though the miles in between us were many and wide,
You were never too far from my mind.

Well, it's many the long year since I went away,
And I still see you see your sad smile to this very day.
In parting, there's always some things left behind,
And you were never too far from my mind.

Oh, time changes most things and some people too,
But nothing can change how I feel about you.
So, hello, my old friend! Though it has been a long time,
You were never too far from my mind.

You were never too far from my thoughts all the time.
I traveled this wide world while you stayed behind,
And thought the miles in between us were many and wide,
You were never too far from my mind.

You were never too far from my mind.

[Sung by
Mac & O' (Nicholas McCarthy & Sam O'Doherty) on "To My Children I'm Irish," Rego Irish, 1993
Dominic Kirwan on "Music's Back," Ritz, 1997.
Julie Delaney on "Two Hearts," 2006.]