You're Nearer 1940 'Too Many Girls'

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 09 Mar 2005

Time is a healer,
but it cannot heal my heart,
my mind says I've forgotten you
and then I feel my heart,
the miles lie between us,
but your fingers touch my own,
you're never far away from me,
for you're too much my own.

You're nearer
than my head is
to my pillow
Nearer
than the wind is
to the willow.
Dearer
than the rain is
to the earth below,
precious as the sun to the things that grow.
You're nearer
than the ivy
to the wall is,
Nearer
than the winter
to the fall is,
leave me, but when you're away,
you'll know you're nearer
for I love you so.

You're nearer
than my head is
to my pillow
Nearer
than the wind is
to the willow.
Dearer
than the rain is
to the earth below,
precious as the sun to the things that grow.
You're nearer
than the ivy
to the wall is,
Nearer
than the winter
to the fall is,
leave me, but when you're away,
you'll know you're nearer
for I love you so.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
str bass
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You're Nearer 1940
from "Too Many Girls"
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Music by Richard Rodgers
© 1940 by Chappell & Co. (renewed)
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Robert Bird, practising jazz pianist, was round my place the other day
and we fell to discussing really nice tunes. This one cropped up and
I thought I'd see what we had forgotten.
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