Richard Adler & Jerry Ross - Near to You

{MEG, spoken}
Now that you're gone, I miss Joe more than ever

{YOUNG JOE, spoken}
He's closer than you think...

(sung)
He's near to you
Near to you
Though you think he's far away
He's near to you, so near to you
As near as April is to May

Can't you feel him there
In his favorite chair
Staring at the fireplace?
Oh so near to you
Always near to you
Why you might as well be face to face

For it's just as though he were standing as close as I
I know it's hard to imagine, but try

If he's really dear to you
He's near to you
You may be far apart, and yet
If he's in your heart
Really in your heart
How near to you can he get?

{MEG}
He's near to me, near to me
Even though he's far away
He's near to me, so near to me
As near as April is to May

{JOE}
If he's really dear to you

{MEG}
He's dear to me

{JOE}
He's near to you

{MEG}
He's near to me

{JOE}
You may be far apart and yet

{MEG}
If he's in my heart

{JOE}
Really in your heart
How near to you

{MEG}
How near to me

{JOE}
How near to you

{MEG}
How near to me

{JOE & MEG}
Can he get?