Possible Clues:

• Person who is voluntarily absent from home or country (inf)
• Play back recording, including kiss for someone far from home
• Person living outside their native country, in short
• Former lover with gentle touch who's moved away
• Banished sweetheart glib about kiss
• One living abroad formerly — with a light touch
• Residence permit holder, maybe
• Person living abroad, perhaps
• Former postman, one making a new life abroad
• Overseas resident