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From a Distance<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We can’t measure anyone… or anything at all<\/span><\/p>\n

Long ago, when I was a musician, I used to have an affinity for folk-rock. Although The Beatles were my favorite band, I really like The Eagles, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, and other folk-rock songwriters and composers who have slipped the surly bonds of my aging memory.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of my favorite folk-rock songs is called “From a Distance” by P. F. Sloan. Obscure, maybe, but the haunting melody and lofty lyrics of that song are still wafting through my old brain even today and inspired me to write this – about them and us. <\/span><\/p>\n

So you have a better idea of what this is all about I’ll share the lyrics with you:<\/span><\/p>\n

From a Distance<\/strong>
\n(P.F. Sloan)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever heard a lonely church bell ring?<\/span>
\nHave you ever heard a crying angel sing?<\/span>
\nFrom a distance, from a distance,<\/span>
\nYou can hear a crying angel sing.<\/span>
\nOh, she’s crying for the sadness tomorrow’s sins may bring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever seen a star fall from the sky?<\/span>
\nFrom a distance, <\/span>It looks just like heaven’s lost an eye.<\/span>
\nFrom a distance, from a distance,<\/span>
\nLooks like heaven’s lost an eye…<\/span>
\nNow there’s one less change for God<\/span>
\nTo see you and I<\/span><\/p>\n

Faith my friend is so hard to recognize<\/span>
\nWhen you’re travelling all alone in the night…<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered just how tall is tall?<\/span>
\nFrom a distance,<\/span>
\nThe highest building still looks very small.<\/span>
\nFrom a distance, from a distance,<\/span>
\nThe highest building still looks small.<\/span>
\nOh, we can’t measure anyone or anything at all<\/span><\/p>\n

Faith my friend is so hard to recognize<\/span>
\nWhen you’re travelling all alone in the night<\/span>
\nJust look for the light and…<\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever heard a lonely church bell ring?<\/span>
\nHave you ever heard a crying angel sing?<\/span>
\nFrom a distance, from a distance,<\/span>
\nYou can hear a crying angel sing.<\/span>
\nOh, she’s crying for the sadness tomorrow’s sins may bring.<\/span><\/p>\n

(PF Sloan “From a Distance”).<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you want to hear the song, watch the video below.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n