How can I tell you how I feel inside
   Will the truth throw you away
   Sometimes I look into your eyes and start to cry
   Cause we come so close, then we back away
   Are we so afraid to surrender all
  
   We come so close to perfect love
   What in the world are we so frightened of
   Why can't we gamble on desire
   Let the spark of love finally catch fire
   So close to perfect love
  
   You and I always walk a slender line
   Of what is false and what is real
   We're not as fragile
   As we sometimes like to feel
   We can spend our lives running all the time
   Or we can make a stand together
  
   We come so close to perfect love
   What in the world are we so frightened of
   Why can't we gamble on desire
   Let the spark of love finally catch fire
   So close to perfect love
  
   You can take off those white gloves
   I know what you're dreaming of
   You and I are running out of alibi's
  
   Let the spark of love finally catch fire
   We come so close to perfect love
   What in the world are we so frightened of
   Why can't we gamble on desire
   Let the spark of love finally catch fire
   So close to perfect love
  
   So close, baby
   So close to perfect love
   So close, we come so close
   We come so close, baby
   We come so close to perfect love
   Oh, what are we frightened of
   So close, we come so close
   We come so close to perfect love