Here's your chance to chat with good ol' Grandpa Joe in his very own thread.  Let's start by making a list of song lyrics that include "so far away".  I'll start with two of my favorites:

Brother - AIC  "you were always so far away.."

So Far Away - Staind  "now that we're here, it's so far away..."

EASY!!! I LOVE IT...........

Flock of seagulls:

I RAN

"And I ran......... I ran so far away."

HA HA HA HA

So Far Away - Dire Straits

Here I am again in this mean old town... 

What an awesome idea JennTrav for a personal blog.  I love A Flock Of Seagulls.  I Ran and Nightmares were two of my favorites.  Reminds me of early MTV. 

Thank you bionicanna.  One of these days, I'm gonna ask for an autograph.  You are sooo talented.  Love Dire Straights and Mark Knopfler's unique vocals and guitar style.  This is gonna be fun. 

I'm thinkin about posting some live karaoke for your thread.  Any suggestions?

Alan Parsons Project - So Far Away

"It's a long way to go
We can't wait one more day
We need someone to light up the way
We may run out of time
Can you hear what we say?
Because heaven is so far away"

I'm sorry, but somebody has to say it:

"Voodoo" by Godsmack.

"I'm not the one who's so far away

when I feel the snake bite enter my veins"

I don't know what it means, but what they hey, I like this song. Not as good as "Brother," though. 

Dream Theater - "Endless Sacrifice"

"I'm so far away
And so alone
I need to see your face
To keep me sane
To make we whole"

Opeth - "In Mist She Was Standing"

"Passing the lake I know so well,
I am near yet so far away."

Opeth - "Benighted"

"Come into this night
Here we'll be gone
So far away
From our weak and crumbling lives"

Testament - "Sewn Eyes Shut"

"Is there no shame
Is life so bad without you?
So far away
and I still can't fight you"

Evanescence - "Before the Dawn"

"And maybe tonight,
We'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn"

There's another one I can think of off the top of my head, but it's so obvious, so I'll let someone else tackle that one. ;)

Rifugium:

Dream Theater - "Endless Sacrifice"

"I'm so far away
And so alone
I need to see your face
To keep me sane
To make we whole"

Opeth - "In Mist She Was Standing"

"Passing the lake I know so well,
I am near yet so far away."

Opeth - "Benighted"

"Come into this night
Here we'll be gone
So far away
From our weak and crumbling lives"

Testament - "Sewn Eyes Shut"

"Is there no shame
Is life so bad without you?
So far away
and I still can't fight you"

Evanescence - "Before the Dawn"

"And maybe tonight,
We'll fly so far away
We'll be lost before the dawn"

 

There's another one I can think of off the top of my head, but it's so obvious, so I'll let someone else tackle that one. ;)

fucker, I was gonna post the Opeth ones

Paradise Lost - Hallowed Land

"You'd love to be so far away
It's not a long way to go, it's gonna end in your pain
Green open handed stranger
Create the turmoil, you're not sane
I want the last one to go to embers will revive,
So stay"

 Alice in Chains - Dam That River

"Oh, You Couldn't Dam That River
And Maybe I Don't Give A Damn Anyway
So You Couldn't Dam That River
And It Washed Me So Far Away"

and for the win

Nine Inch Nails - The Great Below

"I can still feel you
Even so far away
I can still feel you
Even so far away
I can still feel you
Even so far away
I can still feel you
Even so far away
Even so far away
Even so far away
Even so far away
So far away"

Hell Yeah! You guys ROCK!  Some of these songs are new to me so I'm gonna have to check em out.  Thought some more: 

Enya - If I Could Be Where You Are  "Winter lies before me, now you're so far away"  

Crossfade - So Far Away "i'm so far away - i've been changing but you'll never see me now"

Guess this blog needs a bump, so I'll share an observation from the home I moved into late last year.  From the front it looks like any other suburban neighborhood.  My first impression of my neighborhood was that it sort of resembled a beige and grey version of the one in the movie Edward Sissorhands.  However, in the back yard there's a creek at the end of the property.  The grass line comes to a point in the back and it sort of looks like the bow of a ship now that the creek and meadow below are flooded. 

So far away

 I think Rod Stewart sings it.  And I know reba mcintyre sings it too.