Just To Be Close To You - Live / 1977

Just to be close to you girl
Just for a moment, well just for an hour
Just to be close to you girl
Whoa girl, aw baby yeah

Ah you know I've, I've been thru 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 who needed me, aw baby
Aw and I found that material things I thought had so much value
Aw child, it didn't really have any value at all
In fact for most of all I found that
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 then you, then you came into my life
You made my jagged edges smooth
You made my,, ooh-ah, you made my direction so clear and you
And aw woman you became my purpose
More and more girl I find you're my reason for living

You see you're my heart, you're soul
You're my stone inspiration
Baby, that's why I'm standin' here singin'
And opening my arms to you child
I wanna say girl come on why don't you ease the night

Take my hand and we'll live in love forever yeah
Take my hand ohh, we'll be alone you and me yeah
Take my hand, we'll spend our lives together
Together (you and me together yeah) uhh, uh, uh together
You and me together ah-ooh

Just to be close to you girl
Just for the moment baby, well just for an hour
Just to be close to you girl
Ooh-e-baby yeah-e-yeah
(I sing this song to you)

To make love, to be loved by you baby
To have your warm body close to mine
And to whisper words that make you feel like a woman
Girl I know our love would stand the test of time

Just to be close to you girl

I want you all to sing along with me right now
For the moment baby (for the moment baby)
For the moment baby
For the sugar, sugar, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Aw baby oo-ooh-ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah) ah-ooh, ah-ooh

Hey girl I wanna say
"Close to the closer, girl please don't stay closer"
Hey girl my arms are still burnin' under you
Got me yearnin' for your love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shine on
Shine on me babe (won't you shine on)
(Just to be close to you girl) won't you shine you girl, yeah okay
All the ladies on this side I want to say that
That I don't want to go (shine on)
No-ohh (won't you shine on)
(Just to be close to you girl) without your lovesome girl, uh-huh no no no

And all the ladies on this side I want to say that
I don't wanna go (shine on)
No-ohh (won't you shine on) ooh
(Just to be close to you girl) without your lovesome girl

Remember, all the ladies in the house I want to say these words
(Shine on) girl I love you (girl I love you)
(Won't you shine on) girl I need you (girl, I need you girl)
(Just to be close to you girl) girl you see you're my heart, you're soul
You're my everything (everything to you, everything oh)

I'm trying to be (oh-oh) there yeah, yeah
In (you got my heart) front of all these sugar yeah, yeah

Just to be close yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I'm trying to be there yeah, yeah
Solemn girl
In front of all that sugar yeah, yeah

Aw just to be close (yeah, yeah) to you girl (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

I said close to you (hey girl, I want you in my life, closer to my head)
I wanna be close to you (closer yeah, closer girl we should be closer)
I wanna be close to you (oohh)
I want to be close to you-ooh-oh
Aw thankyou so much
Aw and I really feel close to you too