far away written by marty stuart fields are deathly quiet where the cotton used to grow i m a stranger in a land that i used to know in a land a land i ve not forgotten look away far away everything has changed here cept some things inside of me i ve hid em from the world kept them under lock and key like the sound of my mama s voice callin me back home to the place where i belong far away far away don t know why i left you and look how long i ve stayed far away far away how d i get so far away carved my name one sunday morning on a sweet magnolia tree i cried when i walked away broke my heart to leave took that little piece of me put it in my pocket i ve lost myself a time or two and i never once forgot it far away far away don t know why i left you and look how long i ve stayed far away far away how d i get so far away far away far away don t know why i left you but look how long i ve stayed far away far away how d i get so far away how did i get so far away