Close to Tears/First Attempt

Song	Performed by...	Author
Close to Tears	Ricky Johnson and Peary Forrest	Ricky Johnson, words and music

Close to Tears was my first serious attempt at writing a song that I could sell. I did the music in my bedroom using a Commodore 64 as the sequencer. Later, I dumped this into a Roland MC-500 and added a few things here and there. The lyrics refer to the age old feeling of being dumped. You know... Can't we just be friends?

Close to Tears - words and music copyright 1986 by Ricky Johnson
Say it again, want me to be your friend
I wonder why, you make me cry

When you're near me, I can't help but be...
Close to Tears

Thought you were love, the love that I dreamed of
I wonder why, you were a lie

When you're near me, I can't help but be...
Close to Tears

When you're near me, I'm so blind I just can't see
Things that you do to me, keep bringing me...
Close to tears

Don't say that again, why can't we just be friends
I'll wonder why, you said goodbye

When you're near me, I can't help but be...
Close to Tears