Lock all the doors an' turn out the lights.   Work this thing through till we get it right.   But if I seem angry an' cold,   Or I don't speak at all,   It's just that old fear,   'cause baby, I'm closer than I appear.      An' here are the facts, as much as I know.   We've got to turn back if we can't let it go.   You know your heart an' your mind.   An' I'm just three steps behind,   But I feel those tears,   'cause baby, I'm closer than I appear.   Yeah, baby, I'm closer than I appear.      'cause somewhere inside, I'm reachin' out for you.   Somewhere inside, we both know the truth.   But I learned lots of rules 'bout what a man's made of,   An' I got to rethink what I know about love.   Hey, I'm willin' to change.   If I still seem the same, well it's just them old fears.   An', baby, I'm closer than I appear.      If I was born to stand here, an' give you nothing but love,   To fill up these years,   Then, baby, I'm closer than I appear.   Yeah, baby, I'm closer than I appear.      Well, come closer, an' I'll come closer.      Well, come closer, closer than I appear.