Closer to You - Lyrics - Darden Smith

Darden Smith is an Austin-based singer-songwriter known for his lyrics and for weaving folk and Americana influences with rock, pop, and the musical roots of his home state. His debut album, "Native Soil," was released in 1986. His fourteenth album, Love Calling, came out August 27, 2013. Over the past decade, Smith has developed two programs, The Be An Artist Program and SongwritingWith . Both use collaborative songwriting to work with groups ranging from children in the classroom to soldiers returning home from combat. Smith established SongwritingWith:Soldiers as a separate non-profit organization in 2012. In a recent presentation for TEDxAustin called "Fearing Your Gift," Darden Smith discusses what led him to these projects and how, going forward, creativity is central to everything he does.

You would think I was born yesterday The way I act sometimes Like I'd never heard your good message Deaf, dumb & blind Speak harsh to my children Impatient with my lover And that man on the street, he cut me off in traffic You should've heard me scream And just when I think I'ved pushed it too far Worried about the battle and blowing the war That's when I hear Your voice in my ear with Love so simple, Love so plain Coming down on me like the rain With sweet forgiveness no matter what I do And it makes me want to get Just a little bit Closer to you 'Cause Lord, I carry these demons Temptation, I've had my fun But lately I have been thinking There's work to be done I know how to be gentle It's just that I forget If someone makes me angry, someone's in a hurry, I can let 'em just rush on by And take that deeper breath Because this is the battle, yeah this is the war This is really worth fighting for And I have no fear As long as you are near with Love so simple, Love so plain Coming down on me like the rain Sweet forgiveness no matter what I do And it makes me want to get Just a little bit Closer to you These things I say and do I wish that you did not see I'm thanking you now For never giving up on me and Love so simple, Love so plain It's coming down on all of us like rain With sweet forgiveness no matter what we do And it makes me want to get Just a little bit Closer to you Oh, closer to you