Jon Lowry - Till You're Looking Back Lyrics

I drove twelve hundred miles up the Northeastern coast
Left the highway took the long way through the town that was my home
And my imagination must have made it bigger
'Cause it's not what I remember
So I took a walk down the road to the shore
It didn't seem quite as steep or as far as before
And I thought "I must be getting taller
Or everything is getting smaller"
So is it me that's changed
Can you please explain

Why a lake looks big till you reach the ocean
And a light looks bright till you see the sun
And it can seem so far to where you're going
Till you're looking back on where you just came from

I married the love of my life and I said
There's no way I could love her anymore than I did
But looking back I can say now for sure
That I only love her more

'Cause a lake looks big till you reach the ocean
And a light looks bright till you see the sun
And it can seem so far to where you're going
Till you're looking back on where you just came from

When I catch a glimpse of the life yet to come
Where the pain and the sorrows are swallowed in love
As I survey the land that I'm leaving
I'm sure that I'll be thinking

That a lake looks big till you reach the ocean
And a light looks bright till you see the sun
And it can seem so far to where you're going
Till you're looking back, oh till you're looking back
And you are finally, finally home