Come Closer is a love ballad by Carl Barat first performed during Dirty Pretty Things' set at Shepherds Bush Empire, London, on April 22nd 2007. It appears as track number 5 on "Romance at Short Notice" with much of the acoustic middle eight replaced by electric guitar. A favourite of both fans and critics, it features a middle eight section wherein Didz Hammond, Anthony Rossomando, and Barat engage in three-part harmony reminiscent of the early, Legs XI -era Libertines sound.
| Romance at Short Notice |  Dirty Pretty Things | Album | 2008-06-30 |
 Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline |  Carl Barat | Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline | 2009-06-09 |
Hails to the chancers
As boredom kills like cancer
We need dreams
For the romancers
And I'm looking to you
Well, the life's so lonely
I need my one and only
If you know love
Come on and show me
Now I'm looking to you
Oh come closer, come closer,
Come closer, come closer, come closer
My resistance is low
Come closer, come closer,
Come closer, come closer, come closer
I'm not letting you go
Had love and I set it free
But it never came back to me, now
The skies all fall ugly
From Bolton to Rugby
As I'm looking for you
Oh come closer, come closer,
Come closer, come closer, come closer
My resistance is low
Don't pay mind to them; you're most beautiful
When you don't bother
So just let it go
Hit the piper, I'll feed the rats
And I won't mind, I won't mind
Smash the compass and burn the maps
I guess we'll be fine
You're loved and you are able
Shall we write that on your grave?
Come closer, come closer,
Come closer, come closer, come closer
My resistance is low
Don't pay mind to them; you're most beautiful
When you don't bother
So just let it go
