"A Long Way from Home" lyrics and music by Benjamin Newman ( GD G C GD / GD C -G D / 1st / GD C D G ) / GD G C GD / GD G CG D / 1st / C G D G / You're a long way from home, such a long road you've traveled, And while you were away, many years went by... So feel free to roam, for the world cannot hold you. Maybe you'll be the one who will teach us to fly... / " / GD C -G D / " / CD CG C D / It was a still summer night, and the full moon was rising, And the stars shone as bright as ever stars did shine, And you said "I have to leave, for the stars are calling, "Don't wait up for me, I'll be gone a long, long time." / " / GD C -G D / " / " / Then you took to the sky on wings of woven sunlight, And I watched you fly away 'til I could no longer see... For I knew you had to try, for the stars were calling, Yet I pray they'll be kind, and return you to me. Yet time cuts like a knife, and the days pass like moments, And the years have been kinder to you than to me, For in the few years you've been gone, the world's turned a hundred. Now there's nobody left that you love here to see. So feel free to roam, for the earth cannot hold you, And the world that was home isn't home any more, And you're a long way from home, such a long road you've traveled; Maybe you'll teach us all what true courage is for...