That Close To You Lyrics - Common Sense - John Prine

Like a bolt of lightning, like a bolt of thunder 

Like a cloudy day, down at the zoo 

Like a drowning man that will never go under 

That close to you, yeah, that close to you 

In the middle of the night 

You'd ask me to make you smile 

You'd come on like a one armed child 

With a hole in its shoe, poor you 

Everybody oughtta know 

It only hurts you for a little while 

So stop putting yourself on trial 

For something you didn't do 

Not you, to me, can't we be just like 

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Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow 

Can I find a little something with a nicer view 

I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow 

Just to be close to you, yeah, that close to you 

In the middle of the night 

You'd ask me to make you smile 

You'd come on like a one armed child 

With a hole in its shoe, poor you 

Everybody oughtta know 

It only hurts you for a little while 

So stop putting yourself on trial 

For something you didn't do 

Not you, to me, can't we be just like 

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Lovers and mothers and brothers and sorrow 

Can I find a little something with a nicer view 

I'm hating to plead but I'm begging to borrow 

Just to be that close to you, yeah, that close to you 

Ooh, that close to you, yeah, that close to you