Released: March 10, 1997
Songwriter: Maurice Gibb Robin Gibb Barry Gibb
Producer: Barry Gibb Maurice Gibb Robin Gibb Russ Titelman Arif Mardin David Foster Raphael Saadiq Hugh Padgham
[Verse 1]
She'll read your mind
She's smart as a whip
She'll suck you dry
But look at how much I drip?
At the point of ecstasy
I write a symphony
Of poetry in motion
And leavin' me there to die
[Verse 2]
I tell myself let no one take her place
To confide in someone
And look at how much I paid?
I want you next to me
Call it telepathy
We drifted into vision
And look at how much we see?
Ahh
Ah ahh
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
And lovers fall for lovers' friends
We make each other cry
Livin' in each others lives
And tryin' to make the fantasy come true
I just wanna get closer than close to you, baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
[Verse 3]
Your soul is naked
It tells you what you want?
I read your letter
And look at how close I've come?
There's more for us to see
In this philosophy
We both end up in Heaven
And look at how close we'd be
Ahh
Ah ahh
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
I give my heart for you to break
I give my final breath
Nothin' last forever see
We can turn eternity into
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
To the moment you discover
What the best of my love can do
And lovers fall for lovers' friends
We make each other cry
Livin' in each others lives
And tryin' to make the fantasy come true
I just wanna get closer than close to you, baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
[Outro]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I just wanna get closer than close to you
(My love)
To the moment you discover
What the best of my love can do?
(My love)
Baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I just wanna get closer than close to you
(My love)
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
(My love)
Baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
She'll read your mind
She's smart as a whip
She'll suck you dry
But look at how much I drip?
At the point of ecstasy
I write a symphony
Of poetry in motion
And leavin' me there to die
[Verse 2]
I tell myself let no one take her place
To confide in someone
And look at how much I paid?
I want you next to me
Call it telepathy
We drifted into vision
And look at how much we see?
Ahh
Ah ahh
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
And lovers fall for lovers' friends
We make each other cry
Livin' in each others lives
And tryin' to make the fantasy come true
I just wanna get closer than close to you, baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
[Verse 3]
Your soul is naked
It tells you what you want?
I read your letter
And look at how close I've come?
There's more for us to see
In this philosophy
We both end up in Heaven
And look at how close we'd be
Ahh
Ah ahh
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
I give my heart for you to break
I give my final breath
Nothin' last forever see
We can turn eternity into
[Chorus]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
To the moment you discover
What the best of my love can do
And lovers fall for lovers' friends
We make each other cry
Livin' in each others lives
And tryin' to make the fantasy come true
I just wanna get closer than close to you, baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
[Outro]
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I just wanna get closer than close to you
(My love)
To the moment you discover
What the best of my love can do?
(My love)
Baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
I just wanna get closer than close to you
(My love)
I know that one way or the other
Any test of my faith will do
(My love)
Baby
I just wanna get closer than close to you
Mythology
- Closer Than Close
- Rings Around the Moon
- Angel Of Mercy
- Swan Song
- Barker of the UFO
- Spirits (Having Flown)
- I Can’t Help It
- The Singer Sang His Song
- The Longest Night
- Fallen Angel
- Above and Beyond
- Trafalgar
- Overnight
- Wildflower
- Man in the Middle
- Holiday
- Walking on Air
- Islands in the Stream
- House of Shame
- Spicks and Specks
- Words
- Too Much Heaven
- You Win Again
- It’s Just the Way
- Love So Right
- Don’t Forget to Remember
- First of May
- You Know It’s for You
- The Bridge
- Love Me
- Country Woman
- Massachusetts
- And the Sun Will Shine
- I Can’t See Nobody
- I Started a Joke
- To Love Somebody
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Jive Talkin’
- If I Can’t Have You
- Night Fever
- More Than a Woman
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Tragedy
- Run to Me
- My World
- On Time
- Heartbreaker
- Alone
- Odessa
- Omega Man
- Dimensions
- Embrace
- Sir Geoffrey Saved the World
- I Am the World
- Love You Inside Out
- Lay It on Me
- Suddenly
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Stayin’ Alive
- Still Waters (1997)
- One Night Only (1998)
- Love Songs (2005)
- Mythology (2010)
- How Deep Is Your Love
- Stayin’ Alive
- You Should Be Dancing
- To Love Somebody
- I Started a Joke
- More Than a Woman
- Too Much Heaven
- Night Fever
- Words
- Tragedy
- Islands in the Stream
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Massachusetts
- Emotion
- You Win Again
- New York Mining Disaster 1941
- Alone
- I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You
- Holiday
- Love You Inside Out
- Nights on Broadway
- Rest Your Love on Me
- World
- Jive Talkin’