Verse 1
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I want to be your lover but your friend is all I've stayed
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I'm only halfway to paradise so near yet so far away

Verse 2
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I long for your lips to kiss my lips but just when I think they may
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You lead me halfway to paradise so near yet so far away

Bridge
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Bein' close to you is almost heaven but seein' you can do just so much
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It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure 
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and that my heart is forbidden to touch

Verse 3
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So put your sweet lips close to my lips and tell me that's where they're 
      D
gonna stay
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Don't lead me halfway to paradise so near yet so far away