Songwriter: Danny Kortchmar Jon Bon Jovi George M. Green Daryl Hall
Producer: Tom “T-Bone” Wolk Daryl Hall John Oates
They met on the dance floor
In the old high school gym
It felt 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, yes she did
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
Drop 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
Baby 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
Yeah, 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
But 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 (so close)
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
(So close)
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
So close, so far away
Yet we're living today, girl
So close, so far away
Just you and me, baby
So close, so far away
Side by side by side by
Side by side by side by side
So close, so far away
So close, so far away
So close, so far away
In the old high school gym
It felt 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, yes she did
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
Drop 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
Baby 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
Yeah, 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
But 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 (so close)
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
(So close)
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
So close, so far away
Yet we're living today, girl
So close, so far away
Just you and me, baby
So close, so far away
Side by side by side by
Side by side by side by side
So close, so far away
So close, so far away
So close, so far away
VH1 Behind the Music: The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection
- You Make My Dreams
- Everything Your Heart Desires
- So Close (Unplugged Version)
- She’s Gone (live)
- Somebody Like You
- Every Time You Go Away (live)
- Heartbreak Time
- Do What You Want, Be What You Are
- Sara Smile
- Maneater
- Say It Isn’t So
- One on One
- Out of Touch
- I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
- Rich Girl
- Do It for Love
- 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
- Without You
- Only Love
- Nothing At All