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Artist: Gerry Rafferty
Canonical path: /rafferty-gerry/next-to-me
Related lyric paths: 6
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Next To Me
Read Next To Me lyrics by Gerry Rafferty on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Next To Me
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Each day you try on a different person
Trying to find out who you really are
Now I think I have a way of knowing
When I'm very close I'm not too far.
Hmmmmmmm la-la-la-la-la Hmmmmmmm
I don't know just when I really found me
Times I wonder why it took so long
Only thing I know is deep inside me
When I'm there it makes me feel so strong.
Hmmmmmmm la-la-la-la-la Hmmmmmmm
(...with ELO-sounding backing vocals...)
Each day you try on a different person
Trying to find out who you really are
Now I think I have a way of knowing
When I'm very close I'm not too far.
Hmmmmmmm la-la-la-la-la Hmmmmmmm
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Gerry Rafferty performs "Next To Me", and this lyric page sits inside the Gerry Rafferty catalog on LyroVerse.
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