They met on the dance floor

In the old high school gym

It felt like a rock

She kinda liked him.

And his heart beat like thunder

As they moved 'cross the floor

When the music was over

She slipped out of his arms

And out the door, yes she did.

Yeah, a man loves a woman

But he can't understand

Why she's sad when she stares

At the ring on her hand.

Or she sits in some club

Where the long shadows fall

Drop a coin in the jukebox

Not the phone on the wall.

So close, yet so far away

So close, yet so far away

We believe in tomorrow

Baby more than today

We're so close

So close, yet so far away.

Some people think

If you really believe

That's what you need

To solve all the mysteries.

Yeah, I know someone

Who just heads for the sun

She says, "I don't wanna be wise

I just wanna stay young".

So close, yet so far away

So close, yet so far away

We believe in tomorrow

But we're stuck in today

Baby we're so close

So close, yet so far away.

There's a restless look

In your eye tonight

There's a secret hurt

In my heart (so close)

And the dream that pulls us together, girl

Is a dream, that's gonna tear us, tear us apart.

There's a restless look

In your eye tonight

Oh, are you lookin' for some way out of here

(So close)

We gotta fight to keep it together, girl

For the dream that keeps us.

So close, yet so far away

So close, yet so far away

Who would of thought, girl

That we'd end up this way

Getting so close, so close

So far away.

We're living in a dream world

So close, so far away

Yet we're living today, girl

So close, so far away

Just you and me, baby

So close, so far away

Side by side by side by

Side by side by side by side

So close, so far away

So close, so far away

So close, so far away.