So close yet so far

[colonel snow]

Deleted due to doubts about the information

colonel snow

[John]

It looks that the master is different to the movie version; Elvis sings in the third verse extra "and" (see underlined in the lyrics) on the studio version; the studio version is a splice from take 3 & 4.

The movie version is take 3 according to the lyrics.

colonel snow

studio version
I REACH OUT FOR YOU, BUT EACH TIME I DO, I ALWAYS FIND YOU GONE
I KNOW LOVE IS NEW, I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, IN MY ARMS IS WHERE YOU BELONG
JUST A STEP, AWAY ARE WE FROM PARADISE
TAKE MY HAND,and COME AWAY TO PARADISE MY LOVE
I WANT YOU CLOSE TO ME, I NEED YOU DESPERATELY
OH HERE AM I, WAITING FOR YOU, HERE AM I, PRAYING FOR YOU
HERE AM I, SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR FROM PARADISE

movie version
I REACH OUT FOR YOU, BUT EACH TIME I DO, I ALWAYS FIND YOU GONE
I KNOW LOVE IS NEW, I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, IN MY ARMS IS WHERE YOU BELONG
JUST A STEP, AWAY ARE WE FROM PARADISE
TAKE MY HAND, COME AWAY TO PARADISE MY LOVE
I WANT YOU CLOSE TO ME, I NEED YOU DESPERATELY
OH HERE AM I, WAITING FOR YOU, HERE AM I, PRAYING FOR YOU
HERE AM I, SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR FROM PARADISE

This is available on a couple of boot CDs, Come What May and Legendary Performer vol 6. No official release yet.

[Graeme]

Hah! One of my favourite tracks - and yet it was down to Legd Perf 6 that gave me reason to rediscover it.

[Matt Helm]

HARUM SCARUM...HAREM HOLIDAY - the movie and the soundtrack 4 ever! Dear friends, my words!.... Matt

[MichaelRamirez]

Thanks for the contribution of this track! It's one of my favorite ones! All words in this song are in sooth powerful!

[Mountain Mist]

I love this song, too.



Thank you.

[Pacer]

It looks that the master is different to the movie version; Elvis sings in the third verse extra "and" (see underlined in the lyrics) on the studio version; the studio version is a splice from take 3 & 4.

The movie version is take 3 according to the lyrics.

colonel snow

studio version
I REACH OUT FOR YOU, BUT EACH TIME I DO, I ALWAYS FIND YOU GONE
I KNOW LOVE IS NEW, I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, IN MY ARMS IS WHERE YOU BELONG
JUST A STEP, AWAY ARE WE FROM PARADISE
TAKE MY HAND,and COME AWAY TO PARADISE MY LOVE
I WANT YOU CLOSE TO ME, I NEED YOU DESPERATELY
OH HERE AM I, WAITING FOR YOU, HERE AM I, PRAYING FOR YOU
HERE AM I, SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR FROM PARADISE

movie version
I REACH OUT FOR YOU, BUT EACH TIME I DO, I ALWAYS FIND YOU GONE
I KNOW LOVE IS NEW, I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU, IN MY ARMS IS WHERE YOU BELONG
JUST A STEP, AWAY ARE WE FROM PARADISE
TAKE MY HAND, COME AWAY TO PARADISE MY LOVE
I WANT YOU CLOSE TO ME, I NEED YOU DESPERATELY
OH HERE AM I, WAITING FOR YOU, HERE AM I, PRAYING FOR YOU
HERE AM I, SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR FROM PARADISE

This is available on a couple of boot CDs, Come What May and Legendary Performer vol 6. No official release yet.

Funny, have the bootleg come what may and I always thought they ripped the consumer off ..cause i thought both takes (i think there were 2 takes of so close yet so far from paradise on that bootleg?) were absolute identical and were the master, albeit in mono.