The Farthest Lights

[Verse 1]
At the window by yourself
I'm outside with everyone else
Hold yourself against the chill
And look at me with no expression
In the eyes I know so well
Is a question and a spell
An astronomer all my life
I've never seen a light so pale

[Chorus 1]
The night is clear
When the stars appear
I recite their names
The farthest lights
Only now arrive
Wonder how they've changed

[Verse 2]
Everybody says goodbye
Driving off into the night
I look up when the moon comes out
Then shut the gate and go inside
More distant every day
I will ask but you won't say
Do I watch the sky too much
Familiar and so far away

[Chorus 2]
The stars appear
But they're always there
Up above the day
The farthest lights
Take us back in time
Wonder how they've changed

[Chorus 3]
The stars appear
But they're always there
Up above the day
The farthest lights
Only now arrive
Wonder how they've changed