Within a Mile of Home

Dust falls on the empty halls of my old school
 Where the memories fade like the casualty, a forgotten fool
 Now wide-eyed has become the blind, unspoken rule
 Deeper, only deep is now the word
 The lesson's not the answer you once heard
 Don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down
 She said, "I picked you up each time before you hit the ground"
 Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you
 And the darkness that you left has all but stepped aside
 With disappearing clouds the Sun arrives
 Within a mile of home
 Within a mile of home
 Oh worry, oh my worry, has it been that long?
 The whistle keeps on blowing, but the tune's long gone
 His empty frame cannot explain, there's nothing left inside
 So sing to me a song from yesterday
 When laughter filled the tears that we now make
 Don't turn your back on me, don't ever let me down
 She said, "I picked you up each time before you hit the ground"
 Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you
 If only you had seen what I now see
 And turned the corner where you would have been
 Within a mile of home
 Within a mile of home
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 So sing to me, sing me a song
 A song from yesterday
 And when the laughter drank these tears before the promises
 That now slip away
 Don't turn your back on me, don't turn your back on me
 Don't ever let me down
 Don't turn your back on me, don't turn your back on me
 Don't ever let me down
 We are within a mile, we are within a mile
 Within a mile of home
 We are within a mile, we are within a mile
 Within a mile of home
 We are within a mile, we are within a mile
 Within a mile of home
 We are within a mile, we are within a mile
 Within a mile of home
 Take me home