Just another bar, loud guitars
Smoke, candles burning low
And the same old boys, their backs to the bar
Staring across a crowded floor
Then I hear a familiar sound
Your voice laughing out loud
From a distance 
I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like 
I want toBut 
I can love you from a distance
So I take a chair in a corner somewhere
You can't see me but 
I can look at you
And I remember those times when 
I looked in your eyes
The way that he now looks at you
Deep down 
I know it's over
But it hurts me when he's so much closer
From a distance 
I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like 
I want toBut 
I can love you from a distance
And if I can't hold you near me
I'll just hold on to your memory
From a distance 
I can see you
Dancing slowly with somebody new
But I can't hold you like 
I want toBut 
I can love you from a distance
I'll always love you from a distance