Good Old War

While I'm Away

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While I'm Away Lyrics

All night, all night
I've thought of you, I always do
At times I fantasize
You know I miss making love to you, you
I always do, while I'm away from you

I miss your warm hips
I miss your soft kiss
And what your green eyes do when I'm touching you
So please, don't forget me
I would wish for you but you won't come true
While I'm away from you

Every night I turn out the light
And I dream of you babe, I always do
Hold tight, you have to enjoy life
As long as you're what I'm coming home to the skies are blue
While I'm away from you

While I'm away
While I'm away
While I'm away from you

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mizzbizz On Apr 21, 2010

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2010-04-21 04:32:25

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by jeremytwoface

15y ago

I'm pretty sure it's "At times, I fantasize" not "At times I have failed to size"

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by BrittanyCrystal0824

15y ago

While I'm Away Goodwin: I basically thought of all of the things I say to my wife on the phone when I'm on tour and put it in a song. This was the last song written for the album. I really wanted the song to feel like a Yann Tiersen arrangement at first, so I asked Dan to play several rhythms at once on the guitar and he did. It’s one of my favorite guitar parts on the album. Tim’s beat is full of ghost notes--which I love--and the vocal arrangement might be the most complex of them all.

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by yumyurk

16y ago

Good old War can get sexy too.

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