- Artist: Tony Orlando (from his solo pre-Dwan
career) - peak Billboard position # 39 in 1961 - later charted by Bobby
Vinton at # 23 in 1968 - Words and Music by Carole King and Gerry
Goffin
I want to be your lover But your friend is all I've
stayed I'm 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 (heaven) But seein' you can do just so much It
hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure) And that 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 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