in 1961. INTRO: E B E #1. E A E I want to be your lover, B but your friend is all I've stayed. E E7 A I'm only halfway to paradise. E B E So near, yet so far, away. #2. E A E I long for your lips to kiss my lips, B but just when I think they may, E E7 A you lead me halfway to paradise, E B E so near, yet so far away..mmm.. CHORUS: B E Being close to you is almost heaven. B E But seeing you can do just so much. B E It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure.. Bbm Gb B B7 and that my heart is forbidden to tou...ch, so... #3. E A E Put your sweet lips close to my lips, B and tell me that's where they're gonna stay. E E7 A Don't lead me halfway to paradise, A E B E Oh, so near, yet so far away. OUTRO: E B E so near, yet so far away. E B E so near, yet so far away. A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.