Where Have You Been Lyrics - Griffith Nanci

Where Have you Been By Kathy Mattea 

Clare had all but given up 

When she and Edwin fell in love 

She touched his face, and shook her head 

In disbelief, she sighed and said 

"In many dreams, I've held you near. 

Now at last your really here. 

CHORUS 

"Where have you been? 

I've looked for you forever and a day. 

Where have you been? 

I'm just not myself when your away." 

Verse 

He asked her for her hand for life 

And she became a salesman's wife 

He was home each night by eight 

But one stormy evening he was late 

Her frightened tears fell to the floor 

'Til his key turned in the door 

"Where have you been? 

I've looked for you forever and a day. 

Where have you been? 

I'm just not myself when your away." 

(Bridge) 

They'd never spent a night apart 

For sixty years she heard him snore 

Now they're in a hospital 

In separate beds, on different floors 

Clare soon lost her memory 

Forgot the names of family 

She never spoke a word again 

Then one day they wheeled him in 

He held her hand and stroked her hair 

And in a fragile voice she said, 

"Where have you been? 

I've looked for you forever and a day. 

Where have you been? 

I'm just not myself when your away. 

No, I'm just not myself when your away."