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So Close Yet so Far

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(Byers)

Information:
Joy Byers wrote So Close Yet So Far (From Paradise) for Elvis's 1965 movie Harum Scarum. Elvis recorded the song in February (probably the 24th) 1965 at RCA's Nashville studios.

Lyrics:

So close, yet so far from paradise
I hold you in my arms in paradise is mine

Then you slip away like a child at play

And here am I so close, yet so far from paradise

When you are close to me it's paradise
We kiss, oh, my love, paradise is mine

Then suddenly you're gone from me like a floating star I see

And here am I so close, yet so far from paradise

I reach out for you but each time I do

I always find you gone
I know love is new, I'll take care of you

In my arms is where you belong

Just a step away are we from paradise
Take my hand, come away to paradise
My love, I want you close to me, I need you desperately

Oh, here am I, waiting for you
Here am I, praying for you
Here am I, so close, yet so far from paradise

Where it was released:

Released for the fist time on Harum Scarum »

LPs/CDs:

- Harum Scarum (1965) »

- Mahalo From Elvis (1978) »
– Pickwick Pack (1978) »

- Collectors Gold (1991) – box set

- Double Features: Girl Happy / Harum Scarum (1993)

- Command Performances – The Essential 60’s Masters II (1995)

- Harum Scarum (2003) – FTD »

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