Never Been Gone

(Carly Simon/Jacob Brackman)

The wind is coming up strong and fast

And the moon is smiling on me

Miles from nowhere so small at last

In between the sky and the sea

I'm bound for the island

The tide is with me

I think I can make it before dawn

It's night on the ocean

I'm going home

And it feels like I've never

I've never been gone

Seagulls cry and the hills are green

And my friends are waiting for me

Freed ambition is all a dream

Let me drown my pride in the sea -

I'm bound for the ocean

The tide is with me

I think I can make it by dawn

It's night on the ocean

I'm going home

And it feels like I've never

I've never been gone

Oh it feels like I've never

I've never been gone