CLOSEST THING TO PERFECT 
(Jerry Chesnut / Walter Woodward)

Jean Shepard - 1971


He's better than any other man I've ever seen before
When I think he's done his best for me, he does a little more
He's weak, but yet he's strong enough that he never lets me down
And he's the closest thing to perfect that I've found


I guess to me no other man compares with him at all
And I'll be close to help him up if ever he should fall
The tender love he's brought to me has taught me how to dream
He's the closest thing to perfect that I've seen


He's been up and he's been down, like any man can be
But it's good to be his woman and to know at times he's needed me
'Cause he loves me and I won't worry as long as he's around
He's the closest thing to perfect that I've found
He's the closest thing to perfect that I've found






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - February 2011)