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Getting Closer Lyrics
One step, two steps
Getting closer, getting closer
Let them believe me
Let them wonder if I lie
Yeah
I know what you buy
But I'm not selling
I know what you buy
I'm not gonna try
You never take
You think that you're just right
You never did that just right
(Doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Is it good (doesn't matter, just right)
Done for you (just right)
Is it good (doesn't matter, just right)
Done for you (just right)
You're gonna miss out (doesn't matter)
Done for you
You're gonna miss out
Done for you
You're gonna miss
I've got to say that it hurts
I've got to say that
One step, two steps
Getting closer, getting closer
Let them believe me
Let them wonder if I lie
Yeah
I know what you buy
And it's wall to wall
I know what you buy
And you know just what you want
Just what you
Who said it matters (it doesn't matter)
What's missing (just right, just right)
You're gonna miss it (it doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Who said it matters (it doesn't matter)
What's missing (just right, just right)
You're gonna miss it (it doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Who said it matters (it doesn't matter)
What's missing (done for you)
You're gonna miss it
I've got to say that it hurts
I've got to say that...
Getting closer, getting closer
Let them believe me
Let them wonder if I lie
Yeah
But I'm not selling
I know what you buy
I'm not gonna try
You think that you're just right
You never did that just right
(Doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Is it good (doesn't matter, just right)
Done for you (just right)
Is it good (doesn't matter, just right)
Done for you (just right)
You're gonna miss out (doesn't matter)
Done for you
You're gonna miss out
Done for you
You're gonna miss
I've got to say that
Getting closer, getting closer
Let them believe me
Let them wonder if I lie
Yeah
And it's wall to wall
I know what you buy
And you know just what you want
Just what you
What's missing (just right, just right)
You're gonna miss it (it doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Who said it matters (it doesn't matter)
What's missing (just right, just right)
You're gonna miss it (it doesn't matter, just right, just right)
Who said it matters (it doesn't matter)
What's missing (done for you)
You're gonna miss it
I've got to say that...
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A tricky one. Sounds like some personal / autobiographical stuff in there. The only thing that's fairly clear to me is that the "I know what you buy / I'm not gonna try" stuff is about some sort of illegal drug(s).
BTW, this absurd site currently says '"Getting Closer" as written by Billy Joel'. Billy Joel also has a song by that title, but he didn't write this one, dumbasses, and despite all the different "Edit Lyrics", "Edit Wiki", and comment options, there's no way to submit a correction to basic song data like that. Also, it's inappropriate that the site currently says 'Lyrics submitted by PersonMan92, edited by DHarkless', because my edits (I added the "call-and-response" lines) do not show up -- it said when I submitted them that they would have to be approved by the content licensor first, which I assume will never occur. In the meantime, lyrics.wikia.com has the missing lines.
There doesn't seem to be any way to edit old comments, so I'll just note here that thankfully, since my last comment, the site has been updated to allow you to edit the "Wiki", as they now refer to it, so I have just removed the spurious information about Billy Joel being the songwriter and have added the correct information. Also, I see I was being too pessimistic in thinking that the content licensor would never approve my updates to the lyrics, as I see that has since happened, so the "edited by DHarkless" is now accurate....
There doesn't seem to be any way to edit old comments, so I'll just note here that thankfully, since my last comment, the site has been updated to allow you to edit the "Wiki", as they now refer to it, so I have just removed the spurious information about Billy Joel being the songwriter and have added the correct information. Also, I see I was being too pessimistic in thinking that the content licensor would never approve my updates to the lyrics, as I see that has since happened, so the "edited by DHarkless" is now accurate.
Cool, they now allow longer usernames than when I joined, so the lyrics now say "edited by Dan Harkless" rather than "DHarkless".
Cool, they now allow longer usernames than when I joined, so the lyrics now say "edited by Dan Harkless" rather than "DHarkless".
Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/
Dan Harkless http://harkless.org/dan/