I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I'll stayed
You lead me halfway to Paradise
Mm-mm, so near, yet so far away

I long for your lips to kiss my lips
And just when I think they may
You lead me halfway to Paradise
Mm-mm, so near, yet so far away

Bein' close to you is almost Heaven
But seein' you can do just so much
It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure
And I know my heart is forbidden to touch

So put your sweet lips close to my lips
And tell me that's where they're gonna stay
Don't lead me halfway to Paradise
Mm-mm, so near, yet so far away

Oh-oh, so near, yet so far away
Mm-mm, so near, yet so far away
Oh-oh, so near