Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago
jameshillannejanelle.com
Be well, friends. You're in our hearts.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed footage to this video.
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"I've been away so long / I'm navigating by the stars," opens Almost Home, our first single in the era of isolation. For years, easy travel had us chasing dreams. Then COVID-19 stopped the clock. Weeks of suspended animation. Time to reflect, to hear the birds, to dig our hands in the dirt and write new songs. "Let the Rockies be / Let the wild rivers roar." And yet for all the roots we grow, there's always a branch that reaches for the light. Today we're as home as we'll ever be: almost.
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Lyrics:
I've been away so long
I'm navigating by the stars
Every highway takes a toll
And every bridge is a bridge too far.
If I can't go 'round
Then I'm gonna go through
'Cause there ain't nothin' in this crazy world
Will keep me from getting back to you.
A mile on the rails
Is a mile on the road
And the hands of time hold you down
When you're carrying a heavy load.
I'm almost home.
Ain't got far to go.
Just 10,000 telephone poles and two more dreams.
Let the Rockies be.
Let the wild rivers roar.
The only thing I ever know for sure
Is that I never miss you more than when I'm almost home.
Goodbye Lake Louise,
I hardly even knew you.
The only trouble with blue-green eyes
Is how they look right through you.
So hello, Lake Ontario
Shotgun on your Greyhound bus
Last call for Orillia
Fall colours all around us.
A mile on the rails
Is a mile on the road
And the hands of time hold you down
When you're carrying a heavy load.
I'm almost home.
Ain't got far to go.
Just 10,000 telephone poles and two more dreams.
Let the Rockies be.
Let the wild rivers roar.
The only thing I ever know for sure
Is that I never miss you more than when I'm almost home.
jameshillannejanelle.com
Be well, friends. You're in our hearts.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed footage to this video.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"I've been away so long / I'm navigating by the stars," opens Almost Home, our first single in the era of isolation. For years, easy travel had us chasing dreams. Then COVID-19 stopped the clock. Weeks of suspended animation. Time to reflect, to hear the birds, to dig our hands in the dirt and write new songs. "Let the Rockies be / Let the wild rivers roar." And yet for all the roots we grow, there's always a branch that reaches for the light. Today we're as home as we'll ever be: almost.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Lyrics:
I've been away so long
I'm navigating by the stars
Every highway takes a toll
And every bridge is a bridge too far.
If I can't go 'round
Then I'm gonna go through
'Cause there ain't nothin' in this crazy world
Will keep me from getting back to you.
A mile on the rails
Is a mile on the road
And the hands of time hold you down
When you're carrying a heavy load.
I'm almost home.
Ain't got far to go.
Just 10,000 telephone poles and two more dreams.
Let the Rockies be.
Let the wild rivers roar.
The only thing I ever know for sure
Is that I never miss you more than when I'm almost home.
Goodbye Lake Louise,
I hardly even knew you.
The only trouble with blue-green eyes
Is how they look right through you.
So hello, Lake Ontario
Shotgun on your Greyhound bus
Last call for Orillia
Fall colours all around us.
A mile on the rails
Is a mile on the road
And the hands of time hold you down
When you're carrying a heavy load.
I'm almost home.
Ain't got far to go.
Just 10,000 telephone poles and two more dreams.
Let the Rockies be.
Let the wild rivers roar.
The only thing I ever know for sure
Is that I never miss you more than when I'm almost home.
