Lyrics to
Let Me Just Follow Behind

This version of Let Me Just Follow Behind was released by Bette Midler in 1976.

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Oh, to have you walking so near.
You’re an angel, my dear,
and you ease my mind.
I’ll not kiss or hold you, my dear.
Would you let me just follow behind.

Now, I have loved me many fine men.
Oh, so many fine men
had a bed to share.
I would trade these lovers gladly, my friend,
for a glimpse of you standing there.

How will I know when I reach heaven’s door?
In your eyes I’ve seen it before.

If I never, never, never, never see you again,
though the path it may bend
and be filled with strife;
though the years may come and go without end,
I will think of you all of my life.

How will I know when I reach heaven’s door?
In your eyes I’ve seen heaven before.

Oh, to have you walking so near.
You’re an angel, my dear,
and you ease my mind.
I’ll not kiss and hold you, my dear.
Would you let me just follow behind?

Hmm, hmmmm. Mm hmmm, mm hmmm.
Would you let me just follow behind?

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The lyrics to Let Me Just Follow Behind are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Bette Midler in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Let Me Just Follow Behind are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Bette Midler and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Let Me Just Follow Behind back when it was created.

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