Half Moon Bay / When You're Not Near Me ~ Dan Fogelberg

From Dan Fogelberg "Full Circle" album (released 2003)
Dan Fogelberg talked about HALF MOON BAY -- "It's just a place in my mind, a nice title, just a name that came into my head one night. I wanted it to feel kind of oceanic. I felt it was a little instrumental signature piece with strings I wanted to revisit, like the opening of Twin Sons (Of Different Mothers), Captured Angel, and Innocent Age. It's separate from 'When You're Not Near Me' (the second track), but I wrote it intentionally knowing it would go into the second track, so I wrote it so it would end in the same key. The sequencing of this album was important to me. When you work on something as long as this it changes obviously. It is one of the reasons it didn't come out last year. Something wasn't quite right. This winter when I was in Hawaii, for some reason it dawned on me to change the sequencing. When I came home I was ready to do that. It flowed better. 'Once In Love' was so strong I didn't want to bury it. Everybody who heard it said, "That's a radio tune." I said, 'OK, great, then I should move it up. Elliot Scheiner, who has won Grammys working with the Eagles and Steely Dan, mixed the album. He's one of the best and is the reason the album sounds so good."

When You're Not Near Me (Lyrics)

When youre not near me
The time dont seem to move as easy
When youre not near me
The sun dont seem to feel the same
The days dont shine as brightly
And the nights dont taste as sweet
And this soul of mine feels
lost and incomplete
When youre not near me

When youre not near me
I make the sound of one hand clapping
When youre not near me
I leave no footprints in the sand
And I can find no solace
in the lonely silver sea
Im only half as strong and half as free
When youre not near me
When youre not near me

Dont be long my love
Oh, dont be long my love
It wont be long until
I hold you in my arms again

When youre not near me
There is no laughter in my spirit
When youre not near me
There is no spirit in my laugh
You are like a magnet to that iron part in me
And this longing never seems to let me be
When youre not near me
When youre not near me

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[charldrunner]

Just BEAUTIFUL!!! ***** : )

[JMEagle101]

Thank you Charlne, when ever you are running on the half moon bay, just remember that I think of you, may Dan's music inspire you and keep on running...

[Mariaglenn]

And here I was thinking it would be a great song for you to do Bill...smiling..great minds think alike...

It's lovely...so well sequenced..

Bingo..Bill's Done It Again!!!

Hugs,

River...

[bobby7771117]

It's amazing how many old Dan Fogelberg fans never heard this wonderful, great, new material! It is simply lovely! BobbyK

[sivany1000]

looooooove it

[LiveAndLuvMusic]

ive never heard this song... so is 0:00 to 1:19 a different song?

[pfrick57]

I go and watch your videos for the beautiful way you make Dan's music come to life. Please keep making videos - you have a wonderful talent. Thnaks Bill!

[Dudesterwithlife]

HALF MOON BAY FTW HMB LOCALS YEEA

[Dudesterwithlife]

HALF MOON BAY FTW!!!!!!!!!!

[Tabbyinblack]

My husband and I were married on the beach in Half Moon Bay in 2002. It's the most beautiful place in the world to me :)

[headcaseworker]

Such beautiful music and that wonderful voice...

We miss you, Dan...