My eyes adored you

Though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you

Like a million miles away from me

You couldn't see how I adored you

So close, so close and yet so far-ar



Carried your books from school

Playin' make-believe you're married to me

You were fifth-grade, I was sixth, when we came to be

Walkin' home every day over Barnegat Bri-idge and Bay

'Til we grew into the me and you

Went our separate ways



My eyes adored you

Though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you

Like a million miles away from me

You couldn't see how I adored you

So close, so close and yet so far-ar



Headed for city lights

Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame

I worked my fingers to the bone

Made my-yself a name

Funny, I seemed to find

That no matter how the years unwi-ind

Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss

And the love I left behind



My eyes adored you

Though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you

Like a million miles away from me

You couldn't see how I adored you

So close, so close and yet so far-ar



(My eyes adored you) All my life I will remember

(Though I never laid a hand on you)

A warm and tender feelin' way back then

(My eyes adored you) Woh-oh-woh-oh, baby

(Like a million miles away from me

You couldn't see how I adored you)

But I feel inside, regrets (So close)

I know I won't ever forget, you're my childhood friend

(So close and yet so far-ar)



My eyes adored you

Though I never laid a hand on you, my eyes adored you

Like a million miles away from me

You couldn't see how I adored you

* The "Explosive Hits" version fades and ends at this point

So close, so clo