Written by: Gerry Goffin, Carole King
#39 May '61 Hot 100

I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed
Im only halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away

I long for your lips to kiss my lips
But just when I think they may
You lead me halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away, mmm

Bein close to you is almost heaven
But seein you can do just so much
It hurts me so to know your hearts a treasure
And that my heart is forbidden to touch, so

Put your sweet lips close to my lips
And tell me thats where theyre gonna stay
Dont lead me halfway to paradise
Mmm, so near, yet so far away

Oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away
FADE
Yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away

See also:
JustSomeLyrics
82
82.99
Robi Draco Rosa robi draco rosa-Mas y Mas Lyrics
RAP-R&B-AUTRES What Goes Around... Lyrics