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i just wanna be close to you
and do all the things you want me to
i just wanna be close to you
and show you the way i feel
ok, i've realised i'm nothing without you,
keeping you close to me is all i want to,
stick together like fred and stephy, when everyone was born
you were always with me
you nevel left me though you knew
there were times i've been really good to you
you'll always be there only girl for me,
casue you i'm no longer lonely
you're precious like diaments and pearls,
ain't nobody like you, girl, haven't you heard,
that's the trouth , that i love you much,
i fall in love again, we'll be kiss and touch
i pray to god that love will never end,
though i do know you haven't saint
i'll be right there for you, your wish is i can
and i'm the one on who you can depend
i just wanna be close to you
and do all the things you want me to
i just wanna be close to you
and show you the way i feel
you see you wanna be close to me,
and i'm doing everything i can,
without you i'm half the men
i want to say girlfriend come again
thanking god cause you're so special
there's one thing i want you to know
leaving you - i don't think so
i'll stay with you , you're my girl, you know
baby girl you gotta believe when
i say lovin' you is also easy
i'm sending you a sms with huggs and many kisses
telling you're the best
still i pray the love will never end although
i do know you haven't saint
i'll be right there for you, your wish is i can
and i'm the one on who you can depend
i just wanna be close to you
and do all the things you want me to
i just wanna be close to you
and show you the way i feel
i feel love, when i'm lying in the midnight hour,
holding you just like a dream,
love is never what it seems, when we touch,
and you're holding me the way you feel
boy, you make my dreams come true
you make my dreams come true
i just wanna be close to you
and do all the things you want me to
i just wanna be close to you
and show you the way i feel
i just wanna be close to you
and do all the things you want me to
i just wanna be close to you
and show you the way i feel
wanna be close to you


　　close to you的创作背景

　　1969年卡朋特兄妹正式以“Carpenters”为名推出了他们的首张专辑《Offering》，其中一首Beatles的老歌“Ticket to Ride”在经过他们的翻唱之后大受欢迎，也因此打开了他们的知名度，各地的电台也纷纷播出了这个全新版本的Ticket to Ride。作曲大师巴特•巴拉克（Burt Bacharach），也通过电台广播认识了这两位新人，非常欣赏他们的独特演绎，他找到了唱片公司的另一位老板杰瑞•莫斯（Jerry Moss）要求想办法安排“Carpenters”为他在一家医院的慈善义演中献声暖场，还希望理查德能大胆改编一些他自己创作的乐曲做成一首联奏。 

　　对于这个千载难逢的好机会，卡朋特兄妹当然是求之不得的。这时候，老板阿尔伯特找到了理查德，建议他可以试试巴拉克发表于63年的一首“They Long To Be Close To You”，理查德当然不会拒绝这样的好事。1970年6月，“Carpenters”的第二张专辑“Close To You”上市发行，没过几个星期主打单曲“Close To You”就登上了排行榜的冠军宝座，还蝉联了四个星期。鉴于在这张专辑中的突出表现，卡朋特兄妹获得了该年度格莱美“最佳新人”和“最佳流行合唱团体”两项大奖。 

　　但是the Carpenters也不是这首歌的原唱，Dionne Warwick和Dusty Springfield，都演唱过这首歌，但始终没有走红。Richard舒缓的改编突出了温暖的小号独奏和柔润的加利福尼亚式和声的渲染。原作者Burt Bacharach说：“我认为理查德真正抓住了这首歌的精华。” 

　　参考：the Carpenters作品介绍之（2）——(They long to be)Close To You 

　　时代为卡朋特创造了机会，就象十九世纪的美国需要秀兰.邓波尔一样，六十年代的美国将卡朋特捧为了英雄。就在人们里和街道上的毫不间歇的骚乱暴动，经历着史上最大一次代沟问题，而陷入无助和绝望的时候，这对来自Downey小镇的，歌声醇美，轮廓鲜明，总爱唱着爱情歌曲的兄妹便成了救世主，一时间，所有的父母和孩子都开始聆听同一首歌“why do birds,suddenly appear,everytime you are near....”卡朋特用《close to you》搭起了两代人之间的桥梁，歌声里跃动着他们热爱生命的心。

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