“I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed.
I'm only halfway to paradise,
So near, yet so far away.”

—  Carole King

Halfway to Paradise (1961), co-written with Gerry Goffin, first recorded by Tony Orlando, later by Billy Fury
Song lyrics, Singles

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