A Million Miles Away Behind The Door 1969 'Paint Your Wagon'

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 05 Oct 2003

Send back the world,
there's too much night for me.
The sky is much too high
to shelter me when darkness falls.
Four cabin walls
would be just right for me.
I need a threshold I can cross
where I can sit and gather moss
for ever more,
A million miles away behind the door.
Roll up the plains,
there's too much view for me.
There's so much space between
the waiting heart and whispered word,
it's never heard.
One room will do for me;
where ev'ry evening I can stare
at someone smiling from his chair
across the floor,
A million miles away behind the door.
No fears; no fools; no lies; no rules.
Just doing with my life what life is for.
A million miles away behind the door.

Soft karaoke
Words
str 25
str 50
str 110
fr hrn 60
brass 75
flute
bassoon
piano t clef
pizz str
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A Million Miles Away Behind The Door 1969
from "Paint Your Wagon"
Music by André Previn
Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
copyright 1969 by Alan Jay Lerner and Famous Music Corp.
sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 05 October 2003 at 17.19
in association with Doug Grierson
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