[Intro]
Just to be close to you, girl
Just for a moment
Well, just for an hour
Just to be close to you, girl
Oh, baby
[Verse 1]
Aw, you know I've been through 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 that needed me
Aw, and I found that material things I, I thought had so much value
Aw, girl, didn't really have any value at all
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, girl, then you, then you came into my life
You made my jagged edges smooth
You made my, whoo, you made my direction so clear
You, aw, woman, you became my purpose, my reason for living
Girl, you see, you're my heart, you're my soul, you're my stone inspiration, baby
Oh, that's why I'm standing here singing and opening my arms to you
I wanna say, child, why don't you...?
[Pre-Chorus]
Take my hand
Aw, we'll live and love forever, yeah
Take my hand
Mm, we'll be alone, you and me, yeah
Take my hand
Girl, we'll live our lives together, yeah, together
Mm, together, yeah
Aw, aw, aw, together, together
[Chorus]
Just to be close to you, girl
Just for amoment, baby
Well, just for an hour
Just to be close to you, girl
Hey, hey
[Verse 2]
I've been out there searching so very long, baby
Searching to find somebody just like you
And for some folks, it takes a lifetime, sugar
To find in this world a dream come true
Why don't you...?
[Pre-Chorus]
Take my hand
Oh, we'll live in love forever, yeah
Take my hand
Girl, we'll be alone, you and me
Take my hand
We'll spend our lives together, together
Together, aw, aw, aw, together
Oh yeah, together
[Chorus]
Just to be close to you, girl
Just for the moment (Aw, just for the moment)
Aw, just for the hour
Just to be close to you, girl
I need you, baby
[Verse 3]
To make love, to be loved by you, baby
To have your warm body close to mine
To whisper words that make you feel like a woman
Girl, I know our love will stand the test of time
[Chorus]
Just to be close to you, girl
For the moment, baby, for the moment, baby
For the moment, baby, for the sugar, sugar
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Post-Chorus]
Hey, girl, I wanna say
Closer, and closer, girl, please hold me closer
My arms are still burning
Girl, you got me yearning for your love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Shine on, won't you shine on?