Halfway To Paradise
Johnny Nash"Halfway To Paradise" is a song by Johnny Nash, released in 1991 in the Pop genre. The song is 2:19 long and contains 18 lines and 133 words.
0:08i want to be your lover
0:15but your friend is all i've stayed
0:22i'm only halfway to paradise
0:31so near, yet so far away
0:38i long for your lips to kiss my lips
0:47but just when i think they may
0:53you lead me halfway to paradise
1:02so near, yet so far away
1:11bein' close to you is almost heaven (heaven)
1:18but seein' you can do just so much
1:26it hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure)
1:34and that my heart is forbidden to touch, so
1:42put your sweet lips close to my lips
1:49and tell me that's where they're gonna stay
1:56don't lead me halfway to paradise
2:05so near, yet so far away
2:12oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away
2:19yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away
i want to be your lover but your friend is all i've stayed i'm only halfway to paradise so near, yet so far away i long for your lips to kiss my lips but just when i think they may you lead me halfway to paradise so near, yet so far away bein' close to you is almost heaven (heaven) but seein' you can do just so much it hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure) and that my heart is forbidden to touch, so put your sweet lips close to my lips and tell me that's where they're gonna stay don't lead me halfway to paradise so near, yet so far away oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away
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