Far away
Both terms in one sentence
- Wilco is of course from Chicago; the song is about missing a significant other in a far away city (so it's probably about lead singer Jeff Tweedy on the road wanting to go home to Chicago and his wife).
Source: Useful Notes / Chicago L - Usually this would be because X is someone whom they thought was dead, missing, far away, or otherwise impossible to encounter at that place and time.
Source: Why, Thank You, X! -
Silly Love Songs: "So Far Away", which is basically the narrator missing his girl.
Source: Music / Brothers in Arms
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