they're still here

Sometimes relationships are so close that physical distance can't separate people

I came home from work the other evenin’;
you had all the photos on the floor;
the ones of you and me when we were courtin’
and the pictures of the boys standin’ at the door;
seems we’re always looking for somethin’
somethin’ that we ain’t lost at all.

They’re still here; they still love to see you smile;
they’re still here; though they’ve gone a thousand miles;
they’re still here.

When the kids left home and headed off to college,
I thought that it would break your heart in two;
you’d always been there for each other
and you felt like someone’d cut a piece from you;
seems we’re always lookin’ for somethin’
somethin’ that we ain’t lost at all.

They’re still here; they still love to see you smile;
they’re still here; though they’ve gone a thousand miles;
they’re still here.

And now their time at college is all done;
they’ve settled down and got good jobs out east;
married now, with family on the way,
and they both know that your love just can’t be beat;
seems we’re always lookin’ for somethin’
somethin’ that we ain’t lost at all.

They’re still here; they still love to see you smile;
they’re still here; though they’ve gone a thousand miles;
they’re still here.

(©2004 Stewart Bowman)