When You're Not Near Me

When you’re not near me

The time don’t seem to move as easy

When you’re not near me

The sun don’t seem to feel the same

The days don’t shine as brightly

And the nights don’t taste as sweet

And this soul of mine feels

lost and incomplete

When you’re not near me

When you’re not near me

I make the sound of one hand clapping

When you’re not near me

I leave no footprints in the sand

And I can find no solace

in the lonely silver sea

I’m only half as strong and half as free

When you’re not near me

When you’re not near me

Don’t be long my love

Oh, don’t be long my love

It won’t be long until

I hold you in my arms again

When you’re not near me

There is no laughter in my spirit

When you’re not near me

There is no spirit in my laugh

You are like a magnet to that iron part in me

And this longing never seems to let me be

When you’re not near me

When you’re not near me