String Quartet String Quartet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.837153 By Carole King. By Carole King. Arranged by Paul Cowell. Contemporary,Pop. Score and parts. 13 pages. Paul Cowell #3479289. Published by Paul Cowell (A0.837153). So far away is a track from the 1971 album Tapestry by Carole King. It is a gentle ballad about a lover who is far away, ideal for weddings and other quiet occasions.Carole King wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on Tapestry, several of which had already been hits for other artists such as Aretha Franklin's (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman and The Shirelles' Will You Love Me Tomorrow (in 1960). Rod Stewart made a cover version of So far away in 1995.