So Close To My Heart Lyrics - My Better Self - Dar Williams

I never had a friend as close as you 

So close to my heart 

I dropped everything when you came through 

So close to my heart 

And I put my pens and my paint box aside 

Oh, so close to my heart 

And the river that ran down the rock face dried 

Oh, so close to my heart 

When you were close to my heart 

It was an honor that you ran so free 

So close to my heart 

I thought I'd lost something forever, silly me 

So close to my heart 

But the place you hid in as bare as it seems 

Oh, so close to my heart 

It held my will and its infinite dreams 

Oh, so close to my heart 

When you were close to my heart 

So now you're gone and now we'll both find our ways 

So close to our hearts 

By the forge that leaves a stamp on each day 

So close to our hearts 

And we'll long to make great things in our lives 

Oh, so close to our hearts 

And we'll wonder if what we make survives 

Oh, to the beat of the heart 

It's the work of the heart 

But you were close to my heart