Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday)
Written by Dewey Bunnell, Bill Mumy, and Robert Haimer, ©1991
Found on Encore: More Greatest Hits and Highway.

Another evening, the rain falling down
It's been a long time, since you've come around
A little laughter, and we had it all
It's so misleading, the things you recall

Turning the pages
We open the cages
Now I know that
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away

Take a look at the person inside
You realize there is nothing to hide
I remember the things that we said
So very simple the lives that we led

Turning the pages
We open the cages
Now I know that
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away

I recall how it used to be
And I can feel it, feel it surrounding me

Turning the pages
We open the cages
Now I know that
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away

I recall how it used to be
And I can feel it, feel it surrounding me

Oh, nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh
Nothing's so far away as yesterday, wo, oh

Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet) America resurfaced as a recording entity with Encore: More Greatest Hits, a compilation CD released by Rhino Records in 1991 that included four new tracks. Among these was "Nothing's So Far Away (As Yesterday)," a Bunnell/Mumy/Haimer tune that deserved greater exposure. "The title is Robert's," says Dewey. "It was a great concept: I guess we were trying to show that you have to live your life day-to-day. I thought that it had a great hook and a great melody." "That song hails back to around 1986," says Haimer. "I think that the title came from something that my mother had said. I suggested it, and then Dewey and Bill wrote most of the lyrics."