Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Raitt
One of a pair of Bob Dylan covers on Slipstream, “Million Miles” first appeared on Time Out of Mind, Dylan’s 1998 release.
In text accompanying the Wall Street Journal’s preview of “Million Miles,” Christopher John Farley connects the song to early blues artists, influences shared by Dylan and Rait...
You took a part of me
That I really miss
I keep askin' myself
"How long can it go on like this?"
You told yourself a lie
That's all right, I told myself one, too
Well, I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you
You took the silver
You took the gold
You left me standin' out in the cold
People ask about you
I didn't tell them everything I knew
Well, I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you
I'm driftin' in and out
Of dreamless sleep
Somewhow my memory's in a ditch
A ditch so deep
I did some many things
I never did intend to do
And I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you
Well, I don't dare close my eyes
And I don't dare wink
Maybe in the next life
I'll be able to hear myself think
I feel like talkin' to somebody
I just don't know who
Well I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you
Rock me pretty baby
Rock me all at once
Rock me for a little while
And rock me for a couple of months
You know, honey, I'll rock you, too
Well I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you
Well, there's voices in the night
Tryin' to be heard
I'm sittin' here listenin' to every
Mind pollutin' word
And I know, I know plenty of people
That'd put me up for a day or two
Yes, I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles
Yes, I try to get closer
But I'm still a million miles from you