World Away From Me Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

I've been keeping on the run 

I've been traveling with the sun 

I've been singing all my life and getting by 

Got to keep up with what's going on 

In this place I've been so long 

And I guess I'll just keep singing all my life 

And it's so good to come home 

To a woman all alone 

Forgetting how sad loneliness can be 

She will take me from this world 

Then she'll gently take the world away from me 

I'll be coming home at night 

While the kids are sleeping tight 

She'll be lit by firelight and looking fine 

And the kids jump out of bed 

Hello Daddy, what did you get 

Did you think of anything on down the line 

She'll be talking with her smile 

Saying, honey, wait awhile 

The kids have missed you, soon they'll be asleep 

She will take me from this world 

Then she'll gently take the world away from me 

Oh the prophets and the sages 

And the wise men through the ages 

All that's written down on pages from above 

Just can't adequately describe 

What I'm feeling here inside 

It's just useless to be living without love 

And I'll take her by her hand 

Just a woman and a man 

Without trying to understand what we should be 

She will take me from this world 

Then she'll gently take the world away from me