Nanci Griffith - Where Have You Been lyrics

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