I should've called you, brother
I should've been real close
You know I loved you, brother
Enough to take over your post

I guess it's always with me
I guess it will always be there
As I step on the runway I always will see
The boy with the thousand yard stare
(Thousand yard stare)

But you were asleep, my brother
I didn't mean you no harm
You were asleep when they came through the wire
And I couldn't reach the alarm

I guess it's always with me
I guess it will always be there
As I step on the runway I always will see
The boy with the thousand yard stare
(Thousand yard stare)

(Thousand yard stare)
(Thousand yard stare)
(Thousand yard stare)
(Thousand yard stare)
You'll never leave me, brother
Though I watched them fly you back home
I'm still in country, brother
I won't make the world on my own

I guess it's always with me
I guess it will always be there
As I step on the runway I always will see
The boy with the thousand yard stare

I guess it's always with me
I guess it will always be there
When I step on the runway I always will see
The boy with the thousand yard stare
(Thousand yard stare)

The boy with the thousand yard stare