Gerald: Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
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Just like me they long to be close to you.
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Tamia: Why do stars fall down from the sky every time you walk by?
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Just like me they long to be close to you
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Oh yeah
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Gerald: On the day that you were born, the angels got together
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And decided to create a dream come true
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Yes they did
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Tamia: So they sprinkled moon dust in you hair and sunlight in your eye
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like they do
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(Like they do) do
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Gerald: That is why (that is why)
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All the guys in town (all of the guys)
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Follow you all around
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Both: Just, Just, Just, Just, Just like me they long they long to be
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Gerald: close to you
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Tamia: close to you
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Both: If only for a minute, (closer) ill settle for an hour (closer) and
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if you can stay just for one day that would make me so happy,
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happy baby
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Gerald: See it won’t hurt to give a love a try girl don’t you past
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me by cause I'm that kind of guy who’s gonna love you
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( gonna love) and treat you like a queen
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Tamia: That is why all the girls in town (they don’t mean nothing baby)
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follow you all around
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Just like me (just like me)
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They long to be close to you
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Both: I can feel it when ever we touch, and whenever we talk and whenever
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we walk
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Background: Together,
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Tamia all the time
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Background: Together
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Gerald: close to you
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Gerald: I want to be
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Tamia: I want to be
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Gerald: I want to be
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Come a little closer babe
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Tamia: Come a little closer babe
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Gerald: Lay your head up on my shoulder
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Tamia: On my shoulder baby
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Tamia: Boy you know I can’t deny it
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Gerald: Girl you know I can’t deny it
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Tamia: You done gone and set my soul on fire
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Gerald: How I love to be closer to you baby
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Gerald: Oh I can’t believe
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Tamia: I can’t believe that were
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Both: Hugging and kissing and squeezing each other
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And I am the one to get close to you
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They Long To Be ( Close To You )
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| Gerald Levert |
