Oh So Close (And Yet So Far Away) - Steve Forbert

I stood listening to those chapel bells

Trying to tell myself it’s just as well

Watched you walking down the aisle that day

Oh so close and yet so far away

It feels so good to sit and talk with you

All the while, sweetheart, it’s torture too

Such sweet, simple words I’d love to say

Oh so close and yet so far away

Oh so close to you my darling

Oh so close I wanna cry

For my love as I sit looking in your eyes

Oh so close to you my darling

It’s so hard for me to stay

Oh so close to you and yet so far away

You confide in me and me in you

That’s what good old friends are 'sposed to do

I got one secret that I can’t betray

Oh so close and yet so far away

Oh so close to you my darling

Oh so close I wanna cry

For my love as I sit looking in your eyes

Oh so close to you my darling

It’s so hard for me to stay

Oh so close to you and yet so far away

Being near you, babe, it’s work for me

Trying to hide this precious misery

It’s a price I guess I’ll always pay

Oh so close and yet so far away

Oh so close to you my darling

Oh so close I wanna cry

For my love as I sit looking in your eyes

Oh so close to you my darling

It’s so hard for me to stay

Oh so close to you and yet so far away

Hey, now

Oh so close to you my darling

Oh so close I wanna cry

For my love as I sit looking in your eyes

Oh so close to you my darling

It’s so hard for me to stay

Oh so close to you and yet so far away