[Intro]
Soft acoustic guitar strumming, gentle pedal steel whispers
Warm, intimate female vocal enters
[Verse 1]
When we first met, we started out as friends,
Not looking for anything more, just late-night talks that never end.
You in your cell, me here in California’s light,
Talking ‘bout everything and nothing into the night.
You knew how to make me smile, felt like I’d known you all my life,
Same songs, same old movies, our hearts intertwine.
Funny how lonely hearts can meet and create a spark,
Though miles and walls kept us worlds apart.
[Pre-Chorus]
I was home in California,
You were locked up in Colorado’s chains,
But somehow the distance faded,
Every time you whispered my name.
[Chorus]
Miles between you, these walls and me,
Steel bars, time, and geography.
But when we talked, you felt so near,
Like you were almost standing here.
You became my happy place,
My calm, my smile, my saving grace.
I was your baby girl, it’s true,
Even with miles and walls between me and you.
[Verse 2]
We’d laugh and listen to songs for hours,
Watch the same movies, proving ‘em wrong with our powers.
That love can grow in broken places,
Or survive time and empty spaces.
We talked and dreamed of long rides on the Harley,
Wind blowing in your hair, free and hardly worried.
Dancing by the lake like we didn’t care,
Star-filled skies, a cabin tucked away somewhere.
Just you and me, free someday,
Holding onto hope when the nights were gray.
[Pre-Chorus]
You’d say goodbye before the line went dead,
“I love you, baby girl,” is what you said.
[Chorus]
Miles between you, these walls and me,
Keys and doors and years still to be.
But every word you’d say,
Made the distance slip away.
You became my happy place,
My warmth in a cold, damn space.
I was your baby girl, it’s true,
Even with miles and walls between me and you.
[Bridge]
Losing you, someone I loved so much,
Wasn’t the hardest part — losing my friend hurt more, as such.
The silence felt like forever,
Missing your devilish laugh, that cocky attitude clever.
I always knew you’d never be mine,
Still I let my heart cross that line.
When we connected again I felt the happiness I didn’t know,
But didn’t know the sadness and unanswered questions would follow.
[Chorus (Soft)]
Now we’re just friends, and I’m okay,
But sometimes I drift back to yesterday.
When time stood still on a prison phone,
And I didn’t feel so damn alone.
[Final Chorus (Build)]
Miles between you, these walls and me,
But love doesn’t always need to be free.
It just needs truth and a heart that stays,
Through broken nights and better days.
Love found a way in a broken place.
Even though we’re just friends now, I want you to know,
I still sometimes find myself going back to the time
When it felt like time stood still,
And I was your baby girl.
[Outro]
Terry, I promise you one thing,
That is I’ll always love you,
And our memories will forever stay with me.
You’ll always be the part of my heart,
That feels free, full, and forever happy.
