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Far And Away

by Friends

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Far And Away 03:46
Far far and away the best days Of our life we still recall Nothing to say anyway All we used to do was Fall in the waterfall Float away and never care at all Time time and again we would end This affair that we’d begun Only intend to be friends All we used to do was Run where the rivers run Hide on the mountainside Burn in the summer sun Ride on the ebbing tide all right Say what I should be saying Feel what I could be feeling Stay where I should be staying Here when I could be far away Up up and away, never stay In a life of childhood games Never betray yesterday In another world I’m Saving myself for you Though I see you everywhere However old it’s always new However long I’ll still be there oh yeah Years after the years we were here We return each summertime Shedding our fears and our tears Fall like cherry blossom We’ve come far from where we started Seems like only yesterday Feels as though we’d never parted Only waiting till you say okay Say what I should be saying Feel what I could be feeling Stay where I should be staying Here when I could be far away Say what I should be saying Feel what I could be feeling Stay where I should be staying Here when I could be far away and away and away and away … Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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When you lay down your life In the far fields of sorrow And you pray through the night And you see no tomorrow any more When the pain never hurts God and faith, king and country When you crawl through the dirt When you climb from the trenches Then you die every minute of the day In a world of your own In a place you remember Where the work has all gone In a land fit for heroes There’s a new order coming in its place Guns away, run away Come away, get away from here today Run away, come away Get away from here today In the depths of the town In the heart of the city With the lights going down When they strike without pity We must hide all our privilege away Come away, run away Hide away, get away from here today Run away, hide away Get away from here today Never go, never know Never so afraid as now Never go, never know Never so afraid as now When they crawl through the streets Like a new model army Out of sight, out of reach When they kill without mercy Then we hide in our doorway till it ends And the pain in your body never mends And we’re still burning bridges in the end Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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Could I dream of any more than I never knew what I could miss Until I saw you smiling Until I heard you laughing Never understanding why I never understand Never ever ending till I’m back where I began I thought I could never feel the same I thought you never knew my name Until I heard you say it Until I heard you shout it Never understanding why I never understand Never ever ending till I’m back where I began I could never have believed my ears But never in a thousand years I thought you’d never notice I thought you must be joking I thought I must be dreaming Could I dream of any more than this I never knew what I could miss It always leaves me wanting It only leaves me nothing Never understanding why I never understand Never ever ending till I’m back where I began My life is living twice as fast As if it couldn’t ever last Another thirty minutes As if it ever mattered As if I ever meant it Never understanding why I never understand Never ever ending till I’m back where I began Never understanding why I never understand Over and over and over again Never ever ending till I’m back where I began Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd
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There’s nothing left to say There’s nothing left to do Just look the other way I’ll walk away from you I wasn’t hoping for a perfect ending I wasn’t looking for a perfect friendship I never wanted all of this to happen I never wanted anything at all I never meant to stay I never saw the time I only wrote to say Don’t write to me again Colours fly away from you Colours take me far from you Never bring me back again Only think about you now and then I never saw the snow I never felt the chill I thought I’d never know And now I never will I’m just waiting for the warmer weather I’m just trying to put my thoughts together Won’t be long though it seems a lifetime I’m just waiting for the sun to shine again Written by William Jones Published by Summerhouse Music Ltd

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Far And Away was Friends' second single, released in 12" format only. The title track is one of the band's most popular songs both live and broadcast, being a classic piece of romantic, acoustic pop with a nostalgic feel. Burning Bridges and Over And Over are in a harder, almost gothic mould with choruses of brass blasts alternating with vocals. The End Of The Affair is an elegiac acoustic number featuring mainly voice and acoustic guitar. Like the first album Let's Get Away From It All, Far And Away is the definitive sound of early Friends from the late 80s.

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released July 28, 2011

William Jones: voice, acoustic & electric guitar
Greg Bone: electric & acoustic guitar
Norman Baron: trumpet
Martyn Clarke: trumpet
Bruce Pearson: keyboards
Edwin Pearson: bass
Chris Wood: drums

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