Closer to You

Yearning Echoes: J.J. Cale's Sensual Desires in 'Closer to You'
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Lyrics

Wish I was a stocking clanging to your thigh

Expressing a desire to be intimately close, comparing oneself to a stocking clinging to the person's thigh.

Everytime you'd move around I'd view you walking by

Imagining the experience of observing the person while moving around, emphasizing the desire for proximity.

Wish I was your underwear hanging around your waist

Expressing a wish to be as close as underwear, emphasizing intimacy and being around the person's waist.

Everytime you'd shake that thing I'd get a little taste

Describing the anticipation and pleasure of being close when the person shakes their body.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Reiterating the desire to be closer to the person.

Closer, got to get closer, closer to you

Emphasizing the urgency and determination to get closer to the person.

If I was a pair of boots I wouldn't have to beg

If the speaker were a pair of boots, they wouldn't need to beg for attention, expressing contentment with proximity.

I'd be satisfied just being around your leg

Highlighting satisfaction in simply being around the person's leg, suggesting a humble desire for closeness.

When I am dreaming it takes so many trips

In dreams, the speaker wishes to be something the person desires, suggesting a longing for a deeper connection.

I'd pretend that I'm a stick to decorate your lips

Imagining being a decorative object, like a stick, to enhance the person's lips.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Reiterating the desire to be physically closer to the person.

Closer, got to get closer, closer to you

Emphasizing the determination to achieve physical closeness to the person.

If I am a necklace hanging down your front

If the speaker were a necklace, they could respond to the person's desires, emphasizing a desire for responsiveness.

When you feel the time was right I'd notice what you want

Anticipating and recognizing the person's desires when the time is right.

Wish I was a silk shirt draped around your back

Expressing a wish to be like a silk shirt, intimately draped around the person's back.

Right next to your skin tryin' to make contact

Describing the closeness sought, trying to make contact with the person's skin.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Reiterating the desire to be physically closer to the person.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Continuing to express the urgency and intensity of the desire for closeness.

If I had my wishes, If I had my way

If given the opportunity, the speaker wishes to be the same for the person every day, emphasizing constancy.

I'd be all the same to you, each and everyday

Reiterating the desire for consistency and closeness each day.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Expressing the ongoing desire to be physically closer to the person.

Closer, closer, closer to you

Reiterating the urgency and intensity of the desire for physical closeness to the person.

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