Songs about being apart

This song is about homesickness. A musician who spend most of his life on the road (touring) away from his little one and thereby missing his child growing up while his away from home.



CHICAGO - Prelude (Little One) / Little One (from the 1977 album Chicago XI)

Written by Danny Seraphine (drums) & David 'Hawk' Wolinski
Lead Vocals: Terry Kath (guitar)

Prelude (Little One)
Lying here as the morning light shines in
Can't believe the reflections from within
To look at your face takes me to a place
That reminds me of the lovely lady I once loved


Little One
Little one it's so nice to have you near me
To feel once again the love you bring here
Oh my little one, I am sorry for the pain you've felt
Say the word and daddy will make it disappear

Oh my little one
Bring your love here
Little one
I need you near

Little one
Don't live in fear of the future
'Cause I will always be there
Oh my little one

Music is my life, I hope you understand
Travelling on the road with me you can see the way we live
Oh my little one
I will always cherish these days with you

As time goes by I hope you see the love I tried to give
Oh my little one
Let your love flow
My little one

Like a flower you'll grow
Someday you'll have your own little one
And you will always be there
Little one, it's so nice to have you near me

To feel once again the love you bring here
Oh my little one, I am sorry for the pain you've felt
Say the word and daddy will make it disappear
Oh my little one

Bring your love here
Little one
I need you near me
Little one

Don't live in fear of the future
'Cause I will always be there
Oh my little one
Let your love flow

My little one
Like a flower you'll grow
Someday you'll have your own little one
And you will always be there

My little one...

 

Please Mr Postman
Memphis TN

 

Won't get much better than this.

 

This one got me through some times.

 

I disagree. I had some stellar picks before this.

 

Here's two that fit the bill from a great Aussie band "Soar":
Endless Highway (MacCarthy) (Vocals by Andrew Holt) »
Home (MacCarthy) | Nicholls, Llewellyn & MacCarthy »

 

"Somewhere In Virginia In The Rain" by Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

 

This song was recorded by the original members of Chicago (1974) but this YouTube video shows the 90's lineup of the band.

 

Tom Waits - Shore Leave



Well with buck shot eyes and a purple heart
I rolled down the national stroll
and with a big fat paycheck
strapped to my hip-sack
and a shore leave wristwatch underneath my sleeve
in a Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels
I rowed down the gutter to the Blood Bank
and I'd left all my papers on the Ticonderoga
and I was in bad need of a shave
and so I slopped at the corner on cold chow mein
and shot billiards with a midget
until the rain stopped
and I bought a long sleeved shirt
with horses on the front
and some gum and a lighter and a knife
and a new deck of cards (with girls on the back)
and I sat down and wrote a letter to my wife

and I said Baby, I'm so far away from home
and I miss my baby so
I can't make it by myself
I love you so

Well I was pacing myself
trying to make it all last
squeezing all the life
out of a lousy two day pass
and I had a cold one at the Dragon
with some Filipino floor show
and talked baseball with a lieutenant
over a Singapore sling
and I wondered how the same moon outside
over this Chinatown fair
could look down on Illinois
and find you there
and you know I love you Baby

and I'm so far away from home
and I miss my baby so
I can't make it by myself
I love you so

Shore Leave...
Shore Leave...

 

A little country flava...

 

An obvious one about the effects of being apart...

 

The forgotten 1970 Canadian classic I'm Gonna Miss You by Mingles is, as the title hints, about an upcoming separation.

Also, I Wish You Could Be Here by the Cyrkle:

 

Many truck driving songs, including this one.


I'll Be Home For Christmas - VA
Darling Be Home Soon - Lovin' Spoonful
500 Miles Away From Home - Bobby Bare