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This Close to Heaven

from Waltzin' in the Water by Errol Walsh

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THIS CLOSE TO HEAVEN

Just tell me that it's over
Don't tell me how you love me so
Don't tell me how it really hurts you
Don't tell me, I don't want to know

Don't tell me that you're sorry
'Cos I've heard it all before
I've heard it each and every heartbreaking time
That you walked out the door
And I don't want to hear it anymore

From the first time that I saw you
There's been a part of you that's always out of reach
Some secret little place where the shadows hide your face
And I could never stray
But I still love you anyway

But I can't go on living this close to heaven
So near but so far away
Your tender mercies are tearing me up.
And I've just got to get away
Darling ...please don't stand in my way

I guess nobody's ever really hurt you
So you don't know how it feels
It's just like tangling with a freight-train
And going down beneath the wheels ‘cos that's exactly how it feels....
But you've got no imagination
And that's the kindest thing that I can think to say
I hope it never comes to you
May your skies be always blue, may they never turn to grey
But that's not for me to say

If it's over, it's over
Let it down easy and let it go
We've been hurting each other for too long
So darling let it go

'Cos I can't go on living this close to heaven
So near but so far away
Your tender mercies are tearing me up and I've just got to get away...
Darling ...please don't stand in my way

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from Waltzin' in the Water, released January 10, 1997

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Errol Walsh Northern Ireland, UK

Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland.

His decades-spanning songwriting career is full of care- worn tales of life, love and luck - all delivered with a mellow, lived-in voice.

"This body of work from a true master will long be remembered after much of the imitations have faded into the mists of time" - Niall Toner, RTE Radio One ... more

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