So Close

Rachel Proctor

She gets in from work, takes off her coat
 sits down hard and lights a smoke, 
 slips off her shoes
 She's thinking just how'd nice it be 
 to have someone to rub her feet, 
 and just to talk to
 And mama, she don't understand, w
 hy she can't seem to find a man
 She says, "Are you even tryin'?"
 Oh but it's true what they say about good men,
 they're either gay, married or just wanna be friends
 Makes a girl feel like cryin'

 Jaded, tried and sick of the whole damn thing
 It just seems cruel to think that she might be
 So close

 Just three doors down and one floor up,
 he pours some wine in a coffee cup, turns the TV on
 He tells himself it could be worse,
 he's got his friends and he's got his work, 
 it ain't so bad alone.
 When his younger brothers done got kids, a dog, a cat and a privacy fence, 
 and a pretty wife, a bed to match his sheets
 And the kids call him uncle and he's glad they do,
 but he always hurts a little bit too,
 'cuz lately, he's afraid that's all he's ever gonna be

 Jaded, tried and sick of the whole damn thing
 It just seems cruel to think that he might be
 So close

 The elevator stops, they both get on,
 she fumbles in her purse, he's on the phone,
 and their eyes never even meet
 And it's sad to think they look so hard,
 and it's all right there in that elevator car,
 hmm, the irony, So Close

 Yeah, yeah
 So Close
 Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah
 So Close