3,000 Miles Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Seraphimgirl 

Cover art for 3,000 Miles lyrics by Tracy Chapman

I think this girl singing is still dreaming of the good things she needs, and of happiness some, but she says right now where she is the best she can do is just not to get dragged down or killed or disappear, so she'd SETTLE for safe and terror free, she doesn't need a lot she's not a greedy person, she'd love love I think and faith and the garden but she has had so much bad and so much danger around her that her goals have diminished to just wishing for safe and terror free. I can relate. I think that's what this song is about.

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