a thousand miles

from small planes by the innocence mission

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2024 re-pressing. Recorded in 1999, simultaneously with its sister album Birds of my Neighborhood. The vinyl pressing restores the song “ A Thousand Miles” to its original home in this album. Translucent cobalt blue vinyl.

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Autumn 2022 re-pressing of small planes on CD. The includes the bonus song A Thousand Miles. A 6 panel package with complete lyrics.

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A Thousand Miles

My soles catch dogwood petals.
I don’t know who lives here,
where people are walking to a birthday.
I am just passing by.

This boy who sits in sadness
beside me in the traffic,
he is turning farther and farther;
I go straight into town.
A thousand miles near,
a thousand miles far,
a thousand miles away.

Oh I want to be like Sister Margaret Edmund,
whose life connects with so many in this city.
I am inside my door.

Some fellow misunderstood me.
I thought I’d spoken clearly.
Living rooms are such a long way
for words to travel alone.
A thousand miles near,
a thousand miles far,
a thousand miles away.

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from small planes, released November 3, 2021

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“Both sweet and refined, one of the most beautiful albums of the new year, recalling both 60s bands like the Mamas and the Papas, and contemporaries Beach House and Beirut” Rolling Stone, France

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