Song Description

Trying to rationalize feelings of love

Lyrics

WE NEVER WERE THAT CLOSE
Frank O'Donnell/Arnie Davidson (c) 2007 ASCAP

We never were that close that I should miss her(him)
We saw each other now and then it?s true
Of course I like that way she (he) looked
A face like that you see in books
Of sculpture from the classic yesteryears
There isn?t very much to say
So why should I go on this way
Especially since we never were that close.

We never were that close that it should matter
We spoke a little now and then I know
Oh sure I loved the things she (he) said
They?re tucked away inside my head
I think of them odd moments through the day
But don?t mistake this glow for tears
I didn?t know her (him) years and years
Why should I weep, we never were that close

There are people who just dance into your life
They are so very carefree, oh so blithe
People always look at them imagining they see
Some cosmic sort of message that could change their destiny
But these people they just sing their little song
The world it only wants to sing along
Some choices are not ours to make
The gods they give, the gods they take
Just take that down and write it on your wall

There are moments that just never let you go
They haunt you, never asking yes or no
Conversations casual on subjects quite remote
A sudden burst of meaning strikes a wild responsive note
Seize the moment cries a voice, before it?s gone
But you conclude it really is all wrong
Imagined love scenes you must kill
You kid yourself you always will
Your time was here but now it?s flown away
We never were that close, just casual at most
Why should I become a ghost in empty air
We never were that close that I should care