Long Distance Lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's only so many songs that I can sing to pass the time
And I'm runnin' out of things to do to get you off my mind, oh-oh
All I have is this picture in a frame (Ah)
That I hold close to see your face every day

[Chorus]
With you is where I'd rather be
But we're stuck where we are
And it's so hard, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you were here with me
But we're stuck where we are
And it's so hard, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me

[Post-Chorus]
It's so hard, it's so hard
Where we are, where we are, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me
It's so hard, it's so hard
Where we are, where we are, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me

[Verse 2]
Now the minutes feel like hours and the hours feel like days
Whoa, while I'm away
You know right now, I can't be home
But I'm comin' home soon, comin' home soon
All I have is this picture in a frame
That I hold close to see your face every day
[Chorus]
(With you)
With you is where I'd rather be (Where I'd rather be)
But we're stuck where we are (Oh)
And it's so hard (Oh), you're so far (Oh)
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you were here with me (You were here with me)
But we're stuck where we are (Oh)
And it's so hard (Oh), you're so far (Oh)

[Bridge]
Can you hear me cryin'? Oh (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Can you hear me cryin'? Oh (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Can you hear me cryin'? Oh (Oh-oh, oh-oh)
Oh-whoa, oh
Oh-oh, oh-whoa, oh

[Chorus]
With you is where I'd rather be (Where I'd rather be, whoa)
But we're stuck where we are (Oh)
And it's so hard (So hard), you're so far (So far)
This long distance is killin' me
I wish that you were here with me
(I wish you were here with me, you were here with me)
But we're stuck where we are (Stuck where we are)
And it's so hard (So hard), you're so far (So far)
This long distance is killin' me
[Post-Chorus]
It's so hard, it's so hard
Where we are, where we are, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me
It's so hard, it's so hard
Where we are, where we are, you're so far
This long distance is killin' me

[Outro]
There's only so many songs that I can sing to pass the time

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“Long Distance” is the second and last single from Human. The R&B ballad is about Brandy wanting her lover to be near. It peak at number thirty-eight on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and topped the Billboard US Dance Club Songs. The music video was released to Youtube on October 25, 2009.

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What did Brandy say about "Long Distance"?
Genius Answer

Brandy talked to MTV back in 2008 about “Long Distance”, and how the song deals with the difficulties of long-distance relationships.

Whether it’s a significant other or your daughter, a lot of people are away from the people they love. I met some lady, and she was telling me her husband is away in Iraq right now. I was like, ‘I have the perfect song for you.’ Just being in a long-distance relationship, that experience is weird. You’re not able to have that time, and you need that time.

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The Boom Boom Room (Burbank, CA)
Release Date
October 15, 2008
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