'Cause everything I try and everything I do brings me one step closer to you . . .

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There isn't much of a story behind this song. I think the lyrics are pretty self-explanatory.


Jerry Russell, lead and backing vocals
Bob Blanchard, backing vocals
Ray Kim, keyboards
Eddie Kilgallon, drums and keyboards

ONE STEP CLOSER
Words and music by Ray Kim

Verse 1:
Girl, let me take a look at you...
I can't believe I've got you by my side...
I'm wondering what I've been doing wrong all this time,
And what am I suddenly doing right...?

Girl, let me hold you in my arms...
I don't ever want to let you go...
I haven't known this feeling for so long,
A feeling that I lost so long ago...

Chorus:
Whoever you are, wherever you may be,
I know you will be there waiting for me...
'Cause everything I try and everything I do
Brings me one step closer to you...

Verse 2:
Now, as I gaze into your eyes,
I can see the reflection of my soul...
I'm looking at a mirror of my life,
A vision of a past that time stole...

Now that you've opened up my heart,
You've shown me a light I never knew,
And for the rest of my life, I'll always carry with me
The things that I have learned from you...

Chorus:
Whoever you are, wherever you may be,
I know you will be there waiting for me...
'Cause everything I try and everything I do
Brings me one step closer to you...

Bridge:
So many times, I've had to let go and move on...
I've been hurt too many times before to love on the run...
I've been searching for someone to fill this empty space in my life...
Are you the one...?

(instrumental ad lib)

Chorus:
Whoever you are, wherever you may be,
I know you will be there waiting for me...
'Cause everything I try and everything I do
Brings me one step closer...
Brings me one step closer to you...


Copyright 1992, Ray Kim