CLOSEST TO MY HEART

Words and Music by Mike Clifford

Copyright 2002

Another lonely night, far from home

Just a small town girl in New York City

A distant voice, she calls me

From a pay telephone

Her brief recorded message makes me smile

Closest To My Heart she’ll always stay

In every word and every way

She’s with me though she’s gone

In separate lives and separate places

Crowded bars and empty spaces

Closest To My Heart she’ll always stay

A year ago today she left our home

And went away to find a life worth looking for

A thousand miles away, we hold on for the day

When we’ll be together once again

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