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Fix lyrics The Closer I Get To You by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

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(Reggie Lucas, James Mtume)<br />From the album Blue Lights in the Basement (Atlantic Records-February, 1978)<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you make me see<br />Like giving me all you got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />Over and over again<br />I try to tell myself that we<br />Could never be more than friends<br />And all the while inside<br />I knew it was real<br />The way you make me feel<br /><br />Lying here next to you<br />Time just seems to fly<br />Needing you more and more<br />Let's give love a try<br /><br />Sweeter than sweeter love grows<br />And heaven's there for those<br />Who fool the tricks of time<br />With the hearts in love you find<br />True love<br />In a special way<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you make me see<br />By giving me all you got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />Over and over again<br />I try to tell myself that we<br />Could never be more than friends<br />And all the while inside<br />I knew it was real<br />The way you make me feel<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you'll make me see<br />By giving you all I got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The feeling comes over me (me too)<br />Pulling closer<br />Sweet is the gravity!<br /><br />***<br /><br />Produced by Joe Ferla, Roberta Flack and Eugene McDaniels<br />Peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100<br /><br />Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)

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(Reggie Lucas, James Mtume)<br />From the album Blue Lights in the Basement (Atlantic Records-February, 1978)<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you make me see<br />Like giving me all you got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />Over and over again<br />I try to tell myself that we<br />Could never be more than friends<br />And all the while inside<br />I knew it was real<br />The way you make me feel<br /><br />Lying here next to you<br />Time just seems to fly<br />Needing you more and more<br />Let's give love a try<br /><br />Sweeter than sweeter love grows<br />And heaven's there for those<br />Who fool the tricks of time<br />With the hearts in love you find<br />True love<br />In a special way<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you make me see<br />By giving me all you got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />Over and over again<br />I try to tell myself that we<br />Could never be more than friends<br />And all the while inside<br />I knew it was real<br />The way you make me feel<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The more you'll make me see<br />By giving you all I got<br />Your love has captured me<br /><br />The closer I get to you<br />The feeling comes over me (me too)<br />Pulling closer<br />Sweet is the gravity!<br /><br />***<br /><br />Produced by Joe Ferla, Roberta Flack and Eugene McDaniels<br />Peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100<br /><br />Donny Hathaway (1945-1979)