[00:02.71]I want to be your lover [00:13.87]But your friend is all I've stayed [00:21.43]I'm only halfway to paradise [00:30.46]So near, yet so far away [00:37.21]I long for your lips to kiss my lips [00:45.96]But just when I think they may [00:53.08]You lead me halfway to paradise [01:01.77]So near, yet so far away [01:08.65]Bein' close to you is almost heaven [01:18.02]But seein' you can do just so much [01:24.96]It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure [01:33.65]And that my heart is forbidden to touch, so [01:40.59] [01:41.39]Put your sweet lips close to my lips [01:48.45]And tell me that's where they're gonna stay [01:55.90]Don't lead me halfway to paradise [02:04.71]So near, yet so far away [02:11.27]Oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away [02:18.52]Yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away [02:25.27] [02:25.96]