The Blue Distance Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Verse 1]
Across the railroad tracks, down the gravel road
Headlights throw a beam on the way back home
Lie down, lie down, listen wide awake
To the trains that roll, to the sound time makes
It passes through the air like a summer storm
Catching on my sleeve like a rose's thorn
Sometimes it whispers, sometimes it roars
Flies like the wind, waits by the door

[Chorus]
And I know you know and that's all I need
When the light of day looks like night to me
When you're far away and I'm all alone
I can't explain, I know you know

[Verse 2]
It fills up my chest, it fills up my eyes
Like an old glass jar filled with fireflies
Sometimes I'm still, sometimes I sigh
Sometimes I'm lost and I don't know why

[Chorus]
But I know you know and that's all I need
When the light of day looks like night to me
When you're far away and I'm all alone
I can't explain, I know you know