Released: September 17, 1990
Songwriter: George M. Green Daryl Hall Jon Bon Jovi Danny Kortchmar
Producer: Danny Kortchmar Jon Bon Jovi
They met on the dance floor in the old high school gym
He fell like a rock, she kinda liked him
And his heart beat like thunder, as they moved cross the floor
When the music was over, she slipped out of his arms, and out the door
Yeah a man loves a woman, but he can't understand
Why she's sad when she stares, at the ring on her hand
Or she sits in some club, where the long shadows fall
Drops a coin in the jukebox, not the phone on the wall
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
We believe in tomorrow, maybe more than today
We're so close, so close, yet so far away
Some people think, if you really believe
That's what you need to solve all the mysteries
Yea I know someone, who just heads for the sun
She says "I don't wanna be wise, I just wanna stay young"
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
We believe in tomorrow, though we're stuck in today
Baby we're so close, so close, yet so far away
There's a restless look in your eye tonight
There's a secret hurt in my heart
And the dream that pulls us together girl
Is a dream, that's gonna tear us, tear us apart
There's a restless look in your eye tonight
Oh, are you lookin' for some way out of here
We gotta fight to keep it together girl
For the dream, that keeps us
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
Who would of thought girl that we'd end up this way
Getting so close, so close
So far away
We're living in a dream world
Yet we're livin' today girl
Just you and me baby
Gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try
He fell like a rock, she kinda liked him
And his heart beat like thunder, as they moved cross the floor
When the music was over, she slipped out of his arms, and out the door
Yeah a man loves a woman, but he can't understand
Why she's sad when she stares, at the ring on her hand
Or she sits in some club, where the long shadows fall
Drops a coin in the jukebox, not the phone on the wall
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
We believe in tomorrow, maybe more than today
We're so close, so close, yet so far away
Some people think, if you really believe
That's what you need to solve all the mysteries
Yea I know someone, who just heads for the sun
She says "I don't wanna be wise, I just wanna stay young"
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
We believe in tomorrow, though we're stuck in today
Baby we're so close, so close, yet so far away
There's a restless look in your eye tonight
There's a secret hurt in my heart
And the dream that pulls us together girl
Is a dream, that's gonna tear us, tear us apart
There's a restless look in your eye tonight
Oh, are you lookin' for some way out of here
We gotta fight to keep it together girl
For the dream, that keeps us
So close, yet so far away
So close, yet so far away
Who would of thought girl that we'd end up this way
Getting so close, so close
So far away
We're living in a dream world
Yet we're livin' today girl
Just you and me baby
Gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try, gotta try
more tracks from the album
The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates
- You Make My Dreams
- Don’t Hold Back Your Love
- Family Man
- You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
- Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
- How Does It Feel to Be Back
- Starting All Over Again
- I Don’t Wanna Lose You
- It’s a Laugh
- Everything Your Heart Desires
- Missed Opportunity
- Possession Obsession (Special Mix)
- Do It for Love
- When The Morning Comes
- Camellia
- Back Together Again (Remastered 2003)
- Did It In A Minute (Remastered 2003)
- Promise Ain’t Enough
- Las Vegas Turnaround (The Stewardess Song)
- Rich Girl
- Adult Education
- I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
- Method of Modern Love
- Out of Touch
- One on One
- Say It Isn’t So
- Maneater
- Private Eyes
- Kiss On My List
- Everytime You Go Away
- Downtown Life
- So Close
- She’s Gone
- Your Imagination
- Wait for Me
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are (Remastered)
From the albums
- Change of Season (1990)
- Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates (2004)
- The Essential Daryl Hall & John Oates (2005)
Hall & Oates popular songs
- You Make My Dreams
- Rich Girl
- Maneater
- Out of Touch
- I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
- She’s Gone
- Sara Smile
- Private Eyes
- Kiss On My List
- Adult Education
- Wait for Me
- Family Man
- When The Morning Comes
- One on One
- Say It Isn’t So
- Method of Modern Love
- Philly Forget Me Not
- Everytime You Go Away
- Do It for Love
- So Close
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are
- I’m Really Smokin’
- Waterwheel
- Alone Too Long