When I was 22 I shared an apartment on campus with three friends...one of them was named “Leith” and he had hundreds of CDs including The Proclaimers “Sunshine on Leith” so we listened to the 500 miles song...
(Adding story about girl to make story more James Fordian) I had a crush on this girl Anne, introduced her to Leith, and of course they started dating and eventually got married! they live in Philly and we’ve hung out with the kids...can’t say I have kept in touch with many other people from college
Back to the song, it became a hit years later, I think, when it was included in Benny and Joon
Or I could have it all backwards