There was a real low point in my life long ago. My marriage to my first wife had ended. A feeling of failure crept over me not just as a husband but as a father. You see I had raised a little girl as my own for around 10 years. It wasn't so much that my relationship to her mother was beyond repair, it was the fact that I knew in my heart that she had to go with her mother. They were moving far away. That was devastating for me because I knew I wouldn't be there to see her grow up to become the extraordinary woman she is now. This song was and still is a song for her.
William Simpson - Lead Guitar
Keith Forrest - Saxophone.
Nearer To Me
Another day, another dollar
Another day chained to this collar
It's very unclear to me
how things can stay the same but feelings change
So day by day, I feel my way
I wish that you could be nearer to me
I wish that you could be nearer to me
Time and time again, I think of you
Time and time again, I know you think of me too
But even as time moves on
and our hearts are split by space alone
Time and time again, I'll be reachin for you
I wish that you could be nearer to me
I wish that you could be nearer to me
No right or wrong, only our hearts
No right or wrong, just accept this start
For me and you, there will always be
those gifted times we hold so dear
And I'll always reach for, despite the years
I wish that you could be nearer to me
I wish that you could be nearer to me
© Douglas Tomooka