I want to be your lover But your friend, is all I'll stay I'm only half-way 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 leave me half–way to paradise So near yet so far away 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, trea- 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 leave me half way to paradise So near yet so far away So near yet so far away So near yet so far away So near yet so far away