in 1961. INTRO: E B E #1. [E]I want to [A]be your [E]lover, but your friend is all I've [B]stayed. I'm only [E]half[E7]way to [A]paradise. So [E]near, yet [B]so far, a[E]way. #2. I long for [E]your lips [A]to kiss [E]my lips, but just when I think they [B]may, you lead me [E]half[E7]way to [A]paradise, so [E]near, yet [B]so far...