So Near and Yet So Far (From "You'll Never Get Rich")

So Near and Yet So Far - Fred Astaire/Rita Hayworth

I so often dream

We might make a team

But so wild a scheme

I must banish

For each time I start

To open my heart

You vanish

We might find some isle

Where lotuses smile

And our time beguile Going native

But how can we go

Unless you are co Operative

My dear I've a feeling you are

So near and yet so far

You appear like a radiant star

First so near then again so far

I just start getting you keen

On clinches galore with me

When fate steps in on the scene

And mops up the floor with me

No wonder I'm a bit under par

For you're so near and yet so far

My condition is only so so

Cause whenever I feel you're close oh

You turn out to be oh

So Far

No wonder I'm a bit under par

For you're so near and yet so far

My condition is only so so

Cause whenever I feel you're close oh

You turn out to be oh

So Far