Story Behind The Song
Meeting my daughter for the first time when she was 12 and becoming part of her life as she turned 15 , I pressed her to go and paid for her college. Now married with 3 beautiful children she says we never "bonded" and I mean nothing to her. The right thing (I talk about in the song)was I didn't allow her mother with two kids to slip into poverty instead supported best I could and even put both girls through college.( this inspite of a broken ankle that wouldn't heal as long as I stayed on it) I would rather be hated than to mean nothing..
Song Description
Unconditional love is a lot better when it doesn't have to be unconditional.
Sometimes even though we do the right thing ,life doesn't work the way wish no matter how hard we wish
| Song Length |
4:08 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Composed, Charming |
Subject |
Justice, Love for Child |
| Similar Artists |
Ringo Starr, Alice Cooper |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
At a distance By Melvin John Harvill
There's nothing I can say , or ever do
That could make me be,
anything to you
My child kept from me, at a dis tance
When my help was called , I gave my all
But you could not see ,
what you mean to me
So I watch and I worried, at a dis tance
Chorus
At a dis tance I observed ,
as you bloomed from a girl
And as you came wise, drifting from my eyes Turning to go,
your own separate way I always thought ,
you'd come to see
The script written ,
long before you and me
Doing right is sometime's ,
not good enough
verse
Now as the years ,
continue to pass
The hurt still cries ,
the pain it does last
and torments me ,
at a dis tance
If for one last time ,
you would hear my voice
The source of this pain,
was never my choice
We both got burned ,
by the dis tance
Chorus
If words of a poet ,
be my only remains
My destiny is ,
more of the same
Caring for you ,
at a dis tance
Repeat last verse
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