Near To You Lyrics

NEAR TO YOU

I write words to you everyday

Even when there doesn't seem that much to say

It's just one of the ways

That you let me

Be near to you

In your kitchen making your coffee

Listening to that old radio

Maybe searching for songs that speak to you

Maybe speak to you in the way I can and still sometimes do

It's just another way

That I've found

To be near to you

All you have to do is meet me half way

Even a quarter right now would do

Just to keep the lights on, keep the hurt at bay

You don't even half to ask me to stay

Cause I'm not your mistake, that needs fixing

Can't you let yourself feel right now, all the tenderness that you've been missing

No, I didn't come here, so we could start reminiscing

And all this music in me for you

Is just another way I've found

To get near to you

I'd think you know my heart is genuine and true

But it doesn't supersede those nasty things that I've said

And how I've treated you

I know you look at yourself each day

Look for respect in the mirror, in a kind of way

What would it would take

Maybe a leap of faith

Some crazy kind of chance

But I know you feel you need to

Take a stance

Take whatever time you need

I can wear my nice Sunday pants for you, or maybe put on my flannel pj's

Lets meet in the middle, figure out just how to proceed

Can't you take this opportunity

And just let me

Be near to you

The main thing is that I get to you

Before you've written us off, and say, I'm done, I'm through

The worst words in the English language

Made me feel like you want me to vanish

And left me with having next to no clue

Words that in the past may have worked for you

Maybe there's fancier phrases out there, less hurtful for you to spew

And maybe there's still a thesaurus, my girl, left in you

It doesn't matter what your friends think, or are out there saying

There's ain't no way to convey to you and them

All the good stuff that's still remaining

Just tell me what would it take

To get near to you

Can't you see it hurts us both for you to pretend

It takes more than a hell of a long time

For hearts like yours and mine to mend

You're beautiful in so many intriguing ways

You never once needed me to tell you

In our time together, through all these days

Maybe you can still give me a shot once more, my dear

At getting near to you

I'm asking you to not fool yourself, I know that you feel things

Without me pulling on all of your, all of your damn heart strings

You're going to have to figure this out on your own

Through these cold dark dreary months alone

But I'll find you somehow on your telephone

And maybe I'll be waiting

Sure, even anticipating

I could bring over my inedible baking

And still maybe

I could somehow

Be near to you

There's maybe not as much, as you think to work through

If you let me make you laugh and smile

And open up your heart to me for just a while

I promise I can be, more of the man I know you want to see

less needy, but still versatile

I'll even let you drown me in chamomile

This is my confession for the day

I've looked at all that there is to survey

I know you like to try to control me

Well, honey you know I like to obey

So just let me, just let me

Be near to you