[Intro]
Ooh...
Oh-whoa, yeah
Ooh, baby, ooh, baby, ooh...

[Verse 1]
Are we lovers forever
Or just borrowing days
I know when we're together
Feels like something that should last always
Temporary temptation
Or a permanent joy
Should I make preparation
To be cast aside like broken toy

[Chorus]
I don't know, tell you, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Ooh, baby
I don't know, tell you, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Ooh-ooh, baby

[Verse 2]
From the middle of nowhere
Through the outskirts of bliss
To the inroads of heaven
When my lips feel your kiss
Just how far have I traveled
Where have you taken me
Will love's riddle unravel
Or forever be a mystery

[Chorus]
I don't know, tell you, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Ooh-ooh...
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Oh, baby, baby, baby

[Saxophone solo]
Ooh, I love the nearness of you, baby, yeah

[Verse 3]
Ooh, if we ever got parted
I'd be lost, that's a fact
How we ever got started
Well, as I look back to be exact

[Chorus]
I don't know, tell you, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Ooh-ooh...
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you
Ooh-ooh...

[Outro]
I don't know too much about it
But I know I can't do without it
I know is that I love, I love the nearness of you, yeah
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
All I know is that I love the nearness of you, baby, oh...
I love the nearness of you, baby, yeah
Ooh, I love the nearness of you, ooh...
I don't know too much about it
But I know I can't do without it
I know, I know I love the nearness of you, baby...