Halfway To Paradise Recorded By Billy Fury Verse 1 G D I want to be your lover but your friend is all I've stayed G C G G I'm only halfway to paradise so near yet so far away Verse 2 G D I long for your lips to kiss my lips but just when I think they may G C G D G You lead me halfway to paradise so near yet so far away Bridge D G D G Bein' close to you is almost heaven but seein' you can do just so much D G Em D7 It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure and that my heart is forbidden to touch Verse 3 G D So put your sweet lips close to my lips and tell me that's where they're gonna stay G C G D G Don't lead me halfway to paradise so near yet so far away keepin the 60's alive Bob & Ken 'the 60's men'