NEAR AND YET SO FAR
From the film "Princess Charming" (1934)
(Music: Ray Noble / Lyrics: Max Kester)


Evelyn Laye (Film Soundtrack) - 1934
Robert Naylor & Sylvia Cecil - 1934
Debroy Somers Band - 1934




Sadness has filled my heart
Clouds hide the moonlight above
Lonely I stand apart
Hungry for kisses and love
And yet the man I love is close at hand
I need him so, he does not understand

Near and yet so far
So far away and yet so near
Although we meet
Our ways lie far apart
Such love is bitter sweet
And only ends in heartache

When that yonder star
That shines above, so bright and clear
Is far more near, a million miles away
Than one who will, must hear
The words my lips are saying
Near and yet so far
But near or far to you, dear, own my heart







(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2011)