[Verse 1]
Cdim7 C
Away from you
Dm7 G
There is no music,
C7 F
There is no sunlight,
Dm G Cmaj9
The world is gray.
Cdim7 C
Away from you
Dm7 G
The clocks are frozen,
C7 F
And time's a traveller
Dm7 G7 C
Who's lost his way.
[Refrain]
F
The people I meet
Gm
Might as well be statues,
Bb
The words we exchange
C
Might as well be Greek.
F
The room that I'm in
G7 Em
May be bright and cheerful
Am D G
But to me it's dim and bleak.
[Verse 2]
Cdim7 C
I'm half alive
Dm7 G
Until the moment
C7 F
The door swings open
Dm G Cmaj9
And you walk through.
F
Now my world starts to glow
G
Like a stained-glass window
Am
And what was old and cold
G
Is warm and new.
Cdim7 C
And so you see
F G Am
Why I can never be
D F G C
Away from you.
[Verse 3]
Cdim7 C
Away from you
Dm7 G
The world is lifeless
C7 F
As though creation
Dm G Cmaj9
Has gone awry.
Cdim7 C
The trees are bare,
Dm7 G
There are no flowers,
C7 F
The fields are thirsty,
Dm7 G7 C
The streams are dry.
[Refrain]
F
We live, you and I,
Gm
For a breath of sunlight,
Bb
So brief an escape
C
From a world of gray.
F
Our moments of warmth
G7 Em
Have been touch and go, love,
Am D G
But tonight, we'll touch and stay.
[Refrain]
F
The people I meet
Gm
Might as well be statues,
Bb
The words we exchange
C
Might as well be Greek.
F
The room that I'm in
G7 Em
May be bright and cheerful
Am D G
But to me it's dim and bleak.
[Verse 4]
Cdim7 C
I'm half alive
Dm7 G
Until the moment
C7 F
The door swings open
Dm G Cmaj9
And you walk through.
F
Now my soul is afloat
G
On a wave of music
Am
That I could feel such joy
G
I never knew.
Cdim7 C
And so you see
F G Am
Why I can never be
D F G C
Away from you.