Closer than a girl can get to trouble If she hasn't yet got in it Well, it started out like any show Up from the dark to the light's warm glow Did you hear that dedication When I came up on the stage And you came on lion, all courageous And I stepped up to your cage Just to see if we would go I crossed the bridge, I thought you'd know Now my sun is up, already hot With two rays on two straying thoughts But each one warm to make me glow Or burn me if I'm not careful It's not hard, it's too easy I get it and I get to be Closer than a girl can get to trouble If she hasn't yet got in it So now can I step lightly back between Where you are and where I've been And back into that thing we do Where it's me and it's just you And it's not hard, it's too easy I get it and I get to be Closer than a girl can get to trouble Without getting in it