Halfway to Paradise: The Complete Epic Masters 1961-1964

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
Yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away

All you have to do is touch my hand
to show me you understand
And something happens to me
that's some kind of wonderful.
Any time my little world is blue
I just have to look at you
And ev'ry thing seems to be some kind of wonderful
I know I can't express this feeling of tenderness
There's so much I want to say
But the right words just don't come my way
I just know when I'm in your embrace
This world is a happy place
And something happens to me
That's some kind of wonderful.
Some kind of wonderful, some kind of wonderful.
Some kind of wonderful, some kind of wonderful,
wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
Some kind of wonderful.

I'll be there when all your dreams are broken
Answer your unspoken prayer
When the little things you're doin'
Don't turn out right
Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

I'll miss you, and in my dreams I'll kiss you
Then wish you luck on your new affair
So baby if you need me
All you have to do is call me
And don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

There whenever you need to know
That there is someone who cares

So if your new love
Isn't your true love
Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there

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There whenever you need to know
That there is someone who cares

So if your new love
Isn't your true love
Don't you worry darlin', I'll be there
Don't you know I'll be there
Don't you, don't you worry darlin'
Don't you know I'll be there
I'll be there

I loved you and left you
And kissed a hundred more
But til I met you
Oh, I never knew
What I was looking for

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Whoa, you've got the loving touch
Yeah, yeah, the loving touch
Your charms are much too much
Baby, you've got the loving touch

Just enough of the stuff
You need to satisfy
Your fingertips, oh,
Just make me flip
Baby, you don't even try

(CHORUS)

Oh, life's play, then someday
We've got to end the show
And, uh, when we kiss
Oh, I know this is
The only way to go