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Just To Be Close To You

Lionel Richie

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Just To Be Close To You

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Just to be close to you girlJust for a moment, well just for an hourJust to be close to you girlOh well ah baby awYou know I've been thru so many changes in my life girlAw I've been up real high where I thought I didn't need anybodyAw and then again I've been down real low whereThere was no one in my life who needed meAw and I found that material things I thought had so much valueAw girl didn't really have any value at allThere was a lonely manA man with no direction, with no purposeWith no one to love and no one to love me for, for meAw girl then you, then you came into my lifeYou made my jagged edges smoothYou made my direction so clear and you aw womanYou became my purpose my reason for livin' girlYou see you're my heart, you're soulYou're my stone inspirationBaby oh that's why I'm standin' here singin'And opening my arms to youI wanna say child why don't youTake my hand and we'll live in love foreverYeah take my hand ooh, we'll be alone you and me yeahTake my hand girlWe'll live our lives together yeah togetherTogether yeah togetherJust to be close to you girlJust for the moment baby, just for an hourJust to be close to you girl, hey, oohI've been out there searchin' so very long babySearchin' to find somebody just like youAnd for some folks it takes a lifetime sugarTo find in this world a dream come trueWhy don't you take my handOh, we'll live in love forever yeahTake my hand girl, we'll be alone you and meTake my hand we'll spend our lives together,Together, together, togetherJust to be close to you girlJust for the moment just for the hourJust to be close to you girlI need you babyTo make love to be loved by you babyTo have your warm body close to mineTo whisper words that make you feel like a womanGirl I know our love will stand the test of timeJust to be close to you girlFor the moment baby, for the moment babyFor the moment babyFor the sugar, sugar, yeah, yeah,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,My arms are still burnin' girlYa got me yearnin' for your loveYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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