Closer Than I've Ever Been Before Song Lyrics and Chords
Closer Than I've Ever Been Before Song Lyrics and Chords by Johnny Paycheck
Closer Than I've Ever Been Before
Recorded by Johnny Paycheck
Written by Robert Duncan and Porter Jordan
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I can't explain this sen
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sation
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cause this
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feelin's all brand
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new
Burnin' with antici
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pation
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at the thought of holding
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you
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Somethin' tells me that I
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never
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ever
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want nobody
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more
So hon if this ain't the
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Then I'm
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closer than I've
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ever been
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before
I can always feel the sun
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shine
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even
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when it's pourin'
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rain
I don't try to under
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stand it
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but it sure is a welcome
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change
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Some say love can be con
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fusing
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but one
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thing I know for
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sure
So hon if this ain't the
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Then I'm
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closer than I've
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ever been
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before
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I feel like I've got wings and
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I can fly
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This feelin's takin' me
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high
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er and
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higher and
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higher
And I believe my thoughts you
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angel
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has just
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opened
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heaven's
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door
So hon if this ain't the
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Then I'm
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closer than I've
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ever been
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Oh I'm
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closer than I've
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closer than I've
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ever been
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closer than I've
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ever been
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before
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Closer Than I've Ever Been Before?
- The song Closer Than I've Ever Been Before was sang by Johnny Paycheck.
Who is Johnny Paycheck?
- Johnny Paycheck (born Donald Eugene Lytle May 31, 1938 - February 19, 2003) was an American country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "outlaw movement" popularized by artists Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000. In 1980, Paycheck appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits (season 5).
