Just To Be Close To You - Live / 1977

Just to be close to you girl

Just for a moment, well just for an hour

Just to be close to you girl

Whoa girl, aw baby yeah

Ah you know I've, I've been thru so many changes in my life girl

Aw I've been up real high where I thought I didn't need anybody

Aw and then again I've been down real low where

There was no one in my life who needed me, aw baby

Aw and I found that material things I thought had so much value

Aw child, it didn't really have any value at all

In fact for most of all I found that

That I was a lonely man

A man with no direction, with no purpose

With no one to love, and no one to love me for, for me

Aw then you, then you came into my life

You made my jagged edges smooth

You made my,, ooh-ah, you made my direction so clear and you

And aw woman you became my purpose

More and more girl I find you're my reason for living

You see you're my heart, you're soul

You're my stone inspiration

Baby, that's why I'm standin' here singin'

And opening my arms to you child

I wanna say girl come on why don't you ease the night

Take my hand and we'll live in love forever yeah

Take my hand ohh, we'll be alone you and me yeah

Take my hand, we'll spend our lives together

Together (you and me together yeah) uhh, uh, uh together

You and me together ah-ooh

Just to be close to you girl

Just for the moment baby, well just for an hour

Just to be close to you girl

Ooh-e-baby yeah-e-yeah

(I sing this song to you)

To make love, to be loved by you baby

To have your warm body close to mine

And to whisper words that make you feel like a woman

Girl I know our love would stand the test of time

Just to be close to you girl

I want you all to sing along with me right now

For the moment baby (for the moment baby)

For the moment baby

For the sugar, sugar, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Aw baby oo-ooh-ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah) ah-ooh, ah-ooh

Hey girl I wanna say

"Close to the closer, girl please don't stay closer"

Hey girl my arms are still burnin' under you

Got me yearnin' for your love

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shine on

Shine on me babe (won't you shine on)

(Just to be close to you girl) won't you shine you girl, yeah okay

All the ladies on this side I want to say that

That I don't want to go (shine on)

No-ohh (won't you shine on)

(Just to be close to you girl) without your lovesome girl, uh-huh no no no

And all the ladies on this side I want to say that

I don't wanna go (shine on)

No-ohh (won't you shine on) ooh

(Just to be close to you girl) without your lovesome girl

Remember, all the ladies in the house I want to say these words

(Shine on) girl I love you (girl I love you)

(Won't you shine on) girl I need you (girl, I need you girl)

(Just to be close to you girl) girl you see you're my heart, you're soul

You're my everything (everything to you, everything oh)

I'm trying to be (oh-oh) there yeah, yeah

In (you got my heart) front of all these sugar yeah, yeah

Just to be close yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm trying to be there yeah, yeah

Solemn girl

In front of all that sugar yeah, yeah

Aw just to be close (yeah, yeah) to you girl (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I said close to you (hey girl, I want you in my life, closer to my head)

I wanna be close to you (closer yeah, closer girl we should be closer)

I wanna be close to you (oohh)

I want to be close to you-ooh-oh

Aw thankyou so much

Aw and I really feel close to you too