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Steal My Heart Away

The journey's longer than I thought ...


This song has crept up on me and now I find it to be one of the most moving in Van's catalogue.  I think it is a combination of the acknowledgement of past mistakes, the things that 'get in the way' that have elongated the journey to now and the understanding that being with our loved ones can deliver perfect moments in time, where the world 'keeps standing still.' 

A place of safety, comfort and love.


I can hear the sound of violins
I can hear the piper play
And every time the song begins
You just steal my heart away
The journey's longer than
I thought my love
There's lots of things
Get in the way
But every time I think of you
You just steal my heart away
Just like a morning
In May like this
See the heather on the hill
There's a place way up
The mountainside
Where the world
Keeps standing still
Just like the sunshine after rain
I'll come
To be with you will save the day
'Cause I know
When I'm with you again
You just steal my heart away
Just like a morning
In May like this
We see the heather on the hill
There's a place up on
The mountainside
Where the world is
Standing still
Just like the sunshine after rain I'll come
To be with you will save the day 'cause I know
When I'm with you again
You just steal my heart away
'Cause I know
When I m with you again
You just steal my heart away
'Cause I know
When I'm with you again
You just steal my heart away
'Cause I know
When I'm with you again
You just steal my heart away

"Just like sunshine after rain I'll come to be with you again ..."
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