Dwight Yoakam – A Thousand Miles From Nowhere

About The Song

Dwight Yoakam at his very best.

“A Thousand Miles From Nowhere” is eloquent in its heartache, with a literate and sophisticated lyric that is delivered with forlorn sincerity.

And if the songwriting proves his intellectual bona fides, then the song works even better as evidence of his singing. Only an all time great could express so much emotion by simply repeating “Oh, I” three times as Yoakam does in the bridge.

If it isn’t the best single of his career, it’s part of that conversation.

Can we get him in the Hall of Fame already?

This Time produced Yoakam’s final top ten hit, “Fast as You,” as well as two more top thirty singles. Yoakam’s next studio set, Nothing, went gold and produced a solitary top twenty hit with its title track. Yoakam’s last major hit was “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which powered its accompanying hits collection, Last Chance For a Thousand Years, to gold status.

Yoakam earned renown for his acting as the nineties progressed, and his music went on the back burner for many years. However, his enduring legacy was reflected in his first full career retrospective, The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam, which was released quietly in 2004 but has since been certified platinum.

Most recently, Yoakam was featured in the PBS Country Music documentary. His last three releases have charted in the top ten of the Billboard country albums chart, and he continues to be a draw on the road

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Lyrics

I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don’t matter to me
‘Cause I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
And there’s no place I want to be

I got heartaches in my pocket
I got echoes in my head
And all that I keep hearing
Are the cruel cruel things that you said

I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don’t matter to me
‘Cause I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
And there’s no place I want to be
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I
Oh, I

I got bruises on my memory
I got tear stains on my hands
And in the mirror there’s a vision
Of what used to be a man

I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don’t matter to me
‘Cause I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
And there’s no place I want to be

I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
Time don’t matter to me
‘Cause I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
And there’s no place I want to be

Oh I’m
I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
I’m a thousand miles from nowhere
I’m a thousand, I’m a thousand, I’m a thousand