My eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on youMy eyes adored you like a million miles away from meYou couldn't see how I adored youSo close, so close and yet so farCarried your books from schoolPlayin' make believe you're married to meYou were fifth grade, I was sixth when we came to beWalkin' home every day over Barnegat Bridge and BayTill we grew into the me and you who went our separate waysMy eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on youMy eyes adored you like a million miles away from meYou couldn't see how I adored youSo close, so close and yet so farHeaded for city lights, climbed the ladder up to fortune and fameI worked my fingers to the bone made myself a nameFunny I seemed to find that no matter how the years unwindStill I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss and the love I left behindMy eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on youMy eyes adored you like a million miles away from meYou couldn't see how I adored youSo close, so close and yet so farAll my life I will remember how warm and tender we were way back thenWhoa babyOh the feeling, sad regrets I know I won't ever forget youMy childhood friendMy eyes adored you though I never laid a hand on youMy eyes adored you like a million miles away from meYou couldn't see how I adored youSo close, so close and yet so far