Lyrics:

My eyes adored ya
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored ya
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored ya
So close, so close and yet so far

Carried your books from school
Playin make-believe you're married to me
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walkin home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways

All my life I will remember
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
I know I won't ever forget ya, my childhood friend
So close, so close and yet so far

Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind

CHORUS

All my life I will remember
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
I know I won't ever forget ya, my childhood friend
So close, so close and yet so far