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John Hiatt's sales have never quite matched his reputation. Hiatt's songs were covered successfully by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, yet it took him 13 years to reach the charts himself. Of course, it nearly took him that long to find his own style. Hiatt began his solo career in 1974, and over the next decade he ran through a number of different styles from rock & roll to new wave pop before he finally settled on a rootsy fusion of rock & roll, country, blues, and folk with his 1987 album Bring the Family.
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Distance Lyrics

John Hiatt

You are the beautiful lover
My lover
I am the distant shore
So far away
There is so much to uncover
Loves hiding
What is this distance for
What is it for
Out of the dark I am falling
Im fallin
Into your warm candle flame
So bright
A butterfly pinned to loves calling
Loves calling
Why must this magic be named
Must it be named
Weve filled the air
With silent stares
But still no one dares
We are strangers
The sad jealous praise
As the symphony plays
And we are the foolish arrangers
The foolish arrangers
Repeat verse one