Monologue / (They Long to Be) Close to You

Lyrics

[Part I: Monologue] [Interlude] Hello, hello, how are you? I wonder if I can borrow About ten minutes of your time You know how it is when you feel all alone You feel like you gotta talk to somebody I wanna talk to you Listen to me Sittin' here, sippin' on a glass of wine And I'm trying my best not to lose my mind (Not to lose my mind) You know, thinkin' about the word, ha, "commercial" That's a funny, funny, funny word You know, what's funnier than that? When show people use it You know what I'm talking about, like, uh Record companies Presidents, vice presidents, producers And a little engineer But you know what? I feel down in my heart I don't care what it is If I can get into it, it's commercial enough for mе But anyway, I remember a littlе while back I walked into a recording studio with just me and my guitar Ha I remember startin' out on a song Sort of went somethin' like this Well, it had the same melody anyway The head man called in the president, vice president And just one of his producers, huh And an engineer (And an engineer) You know, they all sit around with their heads dropped down While I was trying to get over, huh You could hear a pin fall I know you all know what I'm talkin' about And I'm still there trying to get over But anyway, as I got down to doing my thing Or should I say, doing the best that I could I'll never forget what they told me One of the guys got up and said "I like you, and I ain't saying that you can't sing" But as they all began to leave the conference table They kept on saying, "Watch, you're not commercial" Commercial, commercial No, you're not commercial, oh So I went on out Or should I say, I sold out But like I said before, music is music That's how it is That's the way it is Well, I don't change my style Because I still have the same heart But just like the man said He said, "Bobby, it's gotta be funky" Ooh-ooh, oh yeah I came back and now I wanna sing Something that I wanna sing A little song that says, uh It says, uh [Part II: (They Long To Be) Close To You] [Verse 1] Why do birds suddenly appear Every time you're near? Just like me, they long to be Close to you, yeah Why do stars fall down from the sky Every time you walk by? Just like me, can't you see They just wanna be close to you Yeah, listen to me [Chorus] On the day that you were born Angels got together and decided To create a dream come true So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair Of gold and star-light in your eyes Of blue, ooh, oh-woah [Verse 2] That is why all the guys in town follow you Follow you around Follow you around, follow you around? Just like me, they just wanna be close to you Well, why do stars fall down from the sky Every time you walk by? Yeah It's just like me, they just wanna be A little bit closer to you, I know, I know [Chorus] On the day that you were born The angels got together and decided To create a dream come true So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair And I see rainbows when I look at you, oh, oh [Outro] That is why all the guys in town follow you You around? Just like me, they long to be closer to you I think I got a reason to say oh, oh I wanna be closer to you Let me say it one more time, one more time I'll go anywhere you want me to go Buy you anything that you want me to buy But oh baby, ah yeah baby I gotta, I gotta get a little closer to you Oh, oh, yes sir (Close to you) Sometimes I wake up all night long Knowing that my love is so far away from home