When You've Been Away For A Long Time Lyrics - Kingston Trio

When you've been away from the color of the sky 

When you've been away for a long time 

You will see it true, it's a different shade of blue 

When you've been away for a long time 

When you've been away from the music in your heart 

When you've been away for a long time 

The songs come back again like an old familiar friend 

When you've been away for a long time 

I can hear, I can see, I can feel, I am free 

And I've been away for a long time 

When you've been away from the loving in your soul 

When you've been away for a long time 

I hear it's like a rain that washes all your pain 

When you've been away for a long time 

When you've been away from someone you once knew 

When you've been away for a long time 

If you find it true that someone was just you 

Then you've been away for a long time 

I can hear, I can see, I can feel, I am free 

And I've been away, I've been away 

I've been away for a long time