Youre A Million Miles From Nowhere (When Youre One Little Mile From Home)

Authors

Sam M. Lewis
Joe Young
Walter Donaldson

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1914

Comments

Operatic Edition

Words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
Music by Walter Donaldson

Waterson. Berlin & Snyder Co., Strand Building, 47th St. & B'way, New York

Copyright MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
Copyright Canada MCMXIX by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co.
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Lyrics

VERSE 1
Did you ever feel sad and blue,
Longing for those who long for you?
Wanderers never find rest,
Away from the ones they love best.

CHORUS
You’re a million miles from nowhere,
When you’re one little mile from home;
It’s the song of mother’s tears,
That keeps ringing in your ears.
You just leave the gates of Heaven,
When you leave mother’s arms to roam;
You’re a million miles from nowhere,
When you’re one little mile from home.
You’re a home.

VERSE 2
At the end of each lonely lane,
There’s a mother who waits in vain;
When ev’ry door closes too,
Her arms will be open to you.

CHORUS

Recommended Citation

Lewis, Sam M.; Young, Joe; and Donaldson, Walter, "Youre A Million Miles From Nowhere (When Youre One Little Mile From Home)" (1914). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1753.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1753