Lyrics for From A Distance by Bette Midler - Songfacts

From A Distance
by Bette Midler

Album: Some People's Lives (1990)

Charted: 6 2

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From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
From a distance the ocean meets the stream
And the eagle takes to flight

From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
It's the voice of hope
It's the voice of peace
It's the voice of every man

From a distance we all have enough
And no one is in need
And there are no guns, no bombs and no disease
No hungry mouths to feed

From a distance we are instruments
Marching in a common band
Playing songs of hope
Playing songs of peace
They are the songs of every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance

From a distance you look like my friend
Even though we are at war
From a distance I just cannot comprehend
What all this fightings for
From a distance there is harmony
And it echoes through the land
And it's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
It's the heart of every man
It's the hope of hopes
It's the love of loves
This is the song for every man

God is watching us
God is watching us
God is watching us from a distance

God is watching us
God is watching
God is watching us from a distanceWriter/s: JULIE GOLD
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 6

Dusk Blackman from Albany, Georgia (u.s.a.)There are no problems from a distance.
Kendall from Norfolk, VaI liked Lorrie Morgan's version.
Rebecca from Ballymena, EuropeThis is a cool song we sang it in chior
Pete from Nowra, Australiapopular song at funerals ........
Lou Siffer from Denver, Dc From a serious or possibly idiotic point of view.(I don't believe in god, or satan.) This song might explain the reasons for the state of the world today. "From a distance" everything is perfect. And god is watching us "from a distance."
Not to put too much philosophical weight on the lyrics of a pop song but it's just something that popped into my head when I first heard the song.
Steve from Gaithersburg, MdDuring her testimony before an Intellectual Property Rights task force on September 14, 2004, Ms. Gold said:

"All my life I've been a songwriter, though only recently have I been acknowledged as one, thanks to a song I wrote called "From a Distance," which won the Grammy for song of the year in 1991. Knock wood. And I wrote it in 1985 when I was a secretary. Song writing is my passion and my profession. I'm not a recording artist, as you could plainly hear nor do I have any other substantial business interests in the music industry. I depend entirely upon my songs for my income."

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