Close To You

My Songs

Close To You is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The best-known version is that recorded by the Carpenters American duo in 1970.

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Music replays the past memories, awaken our forgotten worlds and make our minds travel. - Michael Johnson

Why do birds suddenly appear

Every time you are near?

The singing enveloped me. It was furry and resonant, coming from the heart. 

My insides were turning over.

Just like me, they long to be

Close to you

It was the year of a brief but intense infatuation for a good-looking, John Lennon look-alike, basketball superstar.

I remember how I would try to look cute in front of him, but would end up looking stupid.

How saying the nickname I created for him that only my best friend and I knew brought a smile to my face, a twinkle to my eye, and a skipped beat to my heart.

And every time he walked by and smiled... 

Oh, when he smiled... I'd melt and stars would fall down from the sky (even if it were broad daylight). 

Crushes were so awful. 

In my heart, I was singing.

Close to you.

Wa, close to you.

(To be continued)