Barry Manilow Album

There's a light behind your eyes.
I see it shining, it only fades when you cry.
There's a heart that beats so strong,
I feel it dying when the night time lasts too long.
Now you and I have lived out centuries,
and all I can say is what you've offered to me.

Please don't be scared, cause I stood there too,
between survival and the right thing to do.
Cause only the strong admit their fears,
and if you really need me I'll always be here.

The parties and the lights
fade to memories in the still of the night.
And you wonder in your mind
if there's nothing left to show for all the time.
Cause feeling pain's a hard way
to know you're still alive,
but someday someone
will make you glad you survived.

So (repeat chorus)

Cause feeling pain's a hard way
to know you're still alive,
but someday someone
will make you glad you survived

(repeat chorus)

No matter where you are,
if you really need me, I'm never far.

If you're looking for the dream you dreamed of,
open your eyes.
If you're looking for the one and only
in your life, oh darling.

If you're looking for a friend to turn to,
someone to care,
when all the world is out to hurt you,
I'll be there, oh darling.

Reach out your hand, reach out for me,
I'll be walking beside you through it all
and we'll stand tall.

When we're blown by the wind,
torn by the storm,
we'll always find the love we need
to keep each other, keep each other warm.

Well you talk about toleration,
well I know the score,
and if you ever want liberation
there's the door, oh darling.
Living in love is bittersweet,
you've got to have faith on a lonely street.
But I'll be walking beside you
through it all, and we'll stand tall.

(repeat chorus)

(2nd chorus) come sail into my arms,
the harbor of my heart,
and trust that love is all we need to keep each other,
keep each other warm.

(repeat 2nd chorus twice)

We'll keep each other warm,
we'll keep each other warm,
we'll keep each other warm,
we're gonna keep each other warm

You're a girl after my own heart,
you know your own mind.
We are a similar kind, separate yet intertwined.
We speak with a single voice,
but now we must make a choice
whether to fall in love.

Once and for all
do you really want to have someone for good?
Would you stay in love forever if you could?
Do you want a friend who's always standing by,
when your back's against the wall, once and for all.

We're a pair cut from the same cloth,
deep in our own souls,
alone and yet perfectly whole,
but seemingly in control.
Afraid not knowing just where we are,
but knowing we've come so far,
so far that we just might make it.

Once and for all, search your heart
and then I want you to decide.
Is simple love enough to keep you by my side?
Can we stay together through the thick and thin,
through troubles big and small,
once and for all?

(repeat chorus)

once and for all, once and for all.

So you have finally made up your mind
take one last look at who you're leaving behind
we lost the ending we were too late
but we took time enough to devastate
when people never say things
they lead themselves astray
CHORUS:
oh oh oh
The one that got away
gave me everything
I never had
oh oh
the one that got away
gave me everything I never
I had no problems you had no doubts
we were the ones they used to talk about
we saw no windows we had no door
I used to wonder what the shouting's for
when people never say things
they watch their love decay
REPEAT CHORUS
When loves take it too far
they bow their heads and say
REPEAT CHORUS
One that got away (repeat 3x)
(fade out)

Every rainbow has to have an end
a pot of gold or dreams foretold
may not be there my friend
in this high and mighty world we live in
sometimes we have to break
sometimes we have to bend
until the good times come again
CHORUS:
I'll see you then
when the good times come again
when you and I have made it back
from the people and the places we have been
I'll see you then
when the good times come again
the door that we go out of
is door that we come in
when the good times come again
when the good times come again
hope we both survive the world out there
you'll never know what wind will blow
so don't forget I care
and don't forget the way we felt together
sometimes we have to hold
to all the good that's been
REPEAT CHORUS 3X
(fade out)

It's three in the morning
you're no were in sight
and all that I wanted was to be with you tonight
the love in your eyes
is fading so fast
no matter how hard we try
some good things never last
but what good is holding on
when you know
that all you can think about
is letting go
they say if you love someone
then set them free
if they come back again
then in the end
it was meant to be
I thought we were lovers
I thought we were friends
I guess when reality steps in
it all depends
we live for the future
we learn from the past
no matter how hard we try
some good things never last
when all you can think about
is letting go
be true to yourself my love
that's all I ever wanted you to be
just don't forget to smile
when you think of me
I'll reach for the stars
I've got them in sight
there's someone who really needs me
out there in the night
we live for the future
we learn from the past
no matter how hard we try
some good things never last

This is the first time on my own
this is the first time I've ever been alone like this
the silence covers wall to wall
I never knew how suddenly the night can fall
far away
I can here the city screams
drift away
I could be beside you in my dreams
CHORUS:
In another world
I could walk away
pretend there was nothing
I wouldn't need you anyway
in another world
but not in this world
I have no stronghold to defend
but still my heart is outside, beating at the door again
no promises to make or keep
and though I'm free to go
I end up chasing sleep again
drift away
wonder if you think of me
yesterday, is the place I'm going endlessly
REPEAT CHORUS
and though I realize the truth
is not idealized in you
why should I be surprised to find
that you are always on my mind
REPEAT CHORUS 2X
This is the first time on my own
this is the first time I've ever been alone like this
the silence covers wall to wall
I never knew how suddenly the night can fall
far away
I can here the city screams
drift away
I could be beside you in my dreams
CHORUS:
In another world
I could walk away
pretend their was nothing
I wouldn't need you anyway
in another world
but not in this world
I have no strong hold to defend
but still my heart is outside, beating at the door again
no promise to make or keep
one thought I'm free to go
I end up chasing sleep again
drift away
wonder if you think of me
yesterday, is the place I'm going endlessly
REPEAT CHORUS
and though I realize the truth
is not that I desire in you
why should I be surprised to find
that you are always on my mind
REPEAT CHORUS 2X
This is the first time on my own
this is the first time I ever been alone like this
this is the first time I ever been alone like this

Sometimes it's hard to believe
how simple life can be
just when you think
you'll never reach the end
you're finally round the bend and see
there's no need to cry anymore
life's better than before
yesterday fades away into the past
the pain you thought would last
is gone
CHORUS:
and you begin again
sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
but you begin again
even though you're heart is breaking
in time, the sun will shine
and you'll begin again
you'll begin again
life's bittersweet mystery
never tells what will be
you can create your own reality
and make your dreams come true
it's really up to you
if you begin again
sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
but you begin again
even though your heart is breaking
in time, the sun will shine
and you'll begin again
you'll begin again
When you begin again
REPEAT CHORUS

One time in everybody's life
there is a moment
like the moment we knew
and if you're a fool
you'll let it slip away
sometime in everybody's life
there is a feeling
a feeling so real
and once it's gone it can never be replaced
I'm dancing with a shadow
holding on to a dream that'll never come true
still haunted by that old love song
my moonlight memories of you
my heart is like a ghost town
to every stranger that passes on through
all they find there
is what you left behind there
my moonlight memories of you
you thought when you left me
I'll let you go
but here I am loving you more
then you'll ever know
if I could hold you
feel your heart beat
just one more time
there's nothing that I wouldn't do
'cause without your love
I'll never be free of
my moonlight memories of you
one time in everybody's life
there is a moment
like the moment we knew
and if you're a fool
you'll let it slip away
I'm dancing with a shadow
holding on to a dream that'll never come true
still haunted by that old love song
my moonlight memories of you
my moonlight memories of you

Take another step
tell another lie
hide another tear
in the corner of your eye
I don't understand
what kind of game is this we're playing
dancin' in the dark
shadow's in the night
slowly going wrong
trying to make it right
the silence is so loud
I can't hear the words we're saying
CHORUS:
Anyone can do the heartbreak
everybody knows the dance
oh it's so easy to do
you tear a dream in two
to kill a true romance
anyone can do the heartbreak
anyone can make love end
it's gonna take a little pain
some fire and some rain
to bring it back again
I know you're afraid
baby so am I
you think you're going to fall
all you want to do is fly
we're up against the wall
and love is the chance we're taking
so baby look into my heart
tell me can't you see
I belong with you
you belong with me
when I hold you in my arms
we can hear the music playing
REPEAT CHORUS
And it's one step forward
and two steps back
well we keep on moving
but we're only losing ground
we've got to turn this love around
REPEAT CHORUS 2X
(fade out)

On the road so long and lonely
can't believe I'm headed home to stay
God I miss my one and only
a little traveling music please
seems we're always seperating
still she doesn't let me lose my way
home is anywhere she's waiting
a little traveling music please
I may forget how much I care
but once I've left her laughter
two and three days after
I'm aware how much I miss her there
this time I'll stay home forever
hold her close and turn the world away
even if it's not forever
it it'll keep me from unraveling
a little traveling music please
two and three days after
I'm aware how much I miss her there
this time I'll stay home forever
hold her close and turn the world away
even if it's not forever
she's going to keep me from unraveling
a little traveling music please
a little traveling music please

This is actually strictly dialogue between Barry and his grandfather, Joe,
made circa 1951 or right around that time. They were at a "Record Your Own
Voice" booth, and this is approximately how the conversation went.

JOE: All right! "A Happy Birthday", come on, go ahead, sing.
BARRY: What? What?
JOE: Sing. I have the words for you, sing it. Sing it. Sing to me! "A happy
birthday to you…"
BARRY: N-no, I can't! I have to go to the bathroom.
JOE: All right, go ahead, Barry, sing it, sing it! Sing it! Go ahead.
BARRY: When?
JOE: I said now. Go ahead, sing it. "Happy…" Go ahead, come on. Come on, sing
it! Come on, go ahead.
BARRY: How?
JOE: Like this, "Happy…" Come on, go ahead. All right, my dear grandson, "A
Happy Birthday". Barry's gonna sing to you a nice song. Go ahead, Barry, sing
it! Go ahead, sing it! Come on…come on, Barry, sing it! Sing "A Happy Birthday".
Barry, don't you want to sing it? Come on, Barry, sing it…Well, I'm sorry, my
dear grandson, Barry, don't want to sing for you. OK, what do you want to sing?
Do you want to sing a rumba? All right, sing the rumba. Go ahead, Barry, sing
it! Go ahead, Barry, sing it! Go ahead, Barry. Come on, sing it. Come on, Barry!
You gotta talk to make a record. Don't you want to make a record? Don't you want
to make a record? You want to make a record, Barry? Huh? Go ahead!

Went riding
out in to the country night
he left his phone still ringing
ringing by the t.v.'s light

goodbye to you new york city
goodbye to every thing it used to be
you sure can could look good Emerald City
oh but now your just a drag on me

goodbye to the ringing phone
goodbye to the old grindstone
and what use to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones

Sweetwater Jones keep on going
hey Jonese boy your'll doing find
smiling a smile and knowing
that your heading fore a better time

look at your face hey its shinning
hey beaming like it never could
look at your eyes hey you crying
but you never thought you fell so good
goodbye to the ringing phone

good,good,goodbye to the old grindstone
what use to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones
ohhhh ohhh Sweetwater Jones
what use to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones

I was blue and I was always wearing a frown
because my gal had turned me down.
Then we met and you can bet
I knew from the first, you were my love,
and that's when the old gray cloudburst.
My heart really flew, the day you caught my eye.
I hope that we two will never say "Good-bye."
Clouds of gray have silver linings
when they reverse. I found your love
and that's when the old gray cloudburst.

Hey, baby.....
I'm gonna tell you 'bout your lovin'
and your kissn' and your huggin'
and your sweet turtle-dovin' pretty baby.
I won't be satisfied til I hear 'em play,
"Here comes the bride."

Listen to me baby and I don't mean maybe.
Listen to my story, it's terrifficly true.
I gotta find a way of telling
you that I really go for you.
I hope you really believe me baby
'cause I certainly do.

'Cause you're thrillin' me, you're really,
really thrilling when you tell me
that you probably got a kind of crush on me,
That moves me, grooves me.
How divine can one woman be?

Well little darlin', you got me fallin'.
You got me goofy and gay.
I'm gonna get carried away.
Just think, you're gonna be mine someday.

Oh, let's spin a little,
park a little, stop a little,
spark a little, live a little, love a little,
maybe turtle-dove a little baby.
Every time you hold me so near,
nobody loves me like you, dear.

Let's stop a little, squeeze a little,
probably maybe tease a little,
try a little, sigh a little,
maybe have to cry a little bit,
'cause to tell you the truth,
I'm gonna love you and that's it.

'Cause I love you baby,
love you baby, love you baby, love you baby,
with all my heart.
Oooh, listen to me while I say I let
a lotta little ladies get away
Because I know, I know pretty baby, I know,
I know, pretty baby,
I know you're the one, yes you're the one.
I knew when I met you
what a break it was to get you.

When it's cloudy and gray and that's the worst.
How do you cause the cloud to burst?
You got to find a lover,
find a lover, find a lover, find a lover.

If it's silvery under clouds of gray.
How do you chase the clouds away?
You gotta find a little girl
and make her love you a lot.
Don't ever leave unless you flip your
lid and really want to ruin the plot.

Sounds easy does it?
Light as a breeze thru the trees.
Boy, how pleasant was it?
Pleasant as one summer day, boy.

It's so wonderful, what a love can do.
Look at what love has done for you.
Hey, I'm a lucky lover, lucky lover,
I got the love you should discover.

I was blue and I was always wearing a frown,
because my gal had turned me down.
Then we met and you can bet
I knew from the first, You were my love,
and that's when the old gray cloudburst.

Take a look at me. Boy take another look,
take another look, take another look,
Take another good, long, look at me.
Love opened my eyes and now I see,

Clouds of gray have silver linings
when they reverse. I found your love,
and that's when the old, gray, cloudburst.
That's when the old, gray, cloud burst!

One of these Days
One of these very ordinary days
You're gonna call my name
And I won't be there
After the days
After these very very many days

You're gonna see the light
And I won't be there

And on that day
Somehow I'll find the stregth to stay away
I won't give in
I will not let myself be taken in... again
Oh no my friend

One of these days
Out of the blue you'll start remembering
And I won't care
'Cause I won't be there

Oh, and on that day
I swear I'll find the strength somehow to stay away
I won't give in
I will not let myself be taken in... again
Oh no my friend

That's what I say
That's what I tell myself... I won't give in
So try it someday
And you'll see that I won't be there
No, you know, no, I won't

these day-eeya-eeya-eeya-aaa-aays
I -- won't be there
No, no, no I won't be there...

First they told me that they loved me
dressed me up in the light of gold
all they wanted was to know me
gotta get me on before I get too old

then they told me I was big time
lots of favors of limosine
this might be what they told me it would be
but I'm not sure it's what I need

Not what I need Now, won't you tell me
Oh, my lady where's my lady
all this glory where's my lady
to share it with me
oh, to share it with me

First they told me I could love you
and then they told me never mind never mind
Gotta keep those cards and letters
flowing in my friend
gotta try and have a real good
real good time now wouldn't you tell me

oh my lady where's my lady all this glory
where's my lady to share it with me
oh to share it with me
now won't you tell me
oh where's my lady all this glory
where's my lady to share it with me
to share, to share it with me
oh my lady

I am your child.
Wherever you go, you take me, too.
Whatever I know, I learn from you.
Whatever I do, you taught me to do.
I am your child.

And I am your chance.
Whatever will come, will come from me.
Tomorrow is won, by winning me.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope, I am your chance,
I am your child

Spirit move me every time I'm near you,
whirling like a cyclone in my mind.
Sweet Melissa, angel of my lifetime,
answer to all answers I can find.

Baby I love you, come, come,
come into my arms,
let me know the wonder of all of you,
baby I want you, now, now,
now and hold on fast,
could this be the magic at last.

Lady take me high upon a hillside,
high up where the stallion meets the sun.
I could love you, build my world around you,
never leave you 'til my life is done.

David I said as I lay on my bed
another years gone bye
your starting your parole
in the morning they said
please tell her I'm alright

seven more years if only if she can hold on
seven more years and I'll be home again
david you got to tell her that I miss her
tell her I'll miss every day till then
tell her it ain't so bad
and say you're my friend
say that I'm ok
and tell her too wate for me
and I'll be home again
getting home again getting home again

david I said as he started to go
another years gone by
won't you write me some time
I'll miss you ,you know
but I'll make out alright

seven more years if only I can hold her
seven more years and I'll be home again
david you got to tell her that I miss her
tell her I'll miss her every day till then

but tell her it ant so bad
please tell her my friend
say that I'm ok
and tell her to wate for me
and I'll be home again
getting home again getting home again
getting home, getting home again

seven more years if only I can hold on
seven more years and I'll be home again
david you got to tell her that I miss her

tell her that I'll miss her every day till then
I only got seven more years
I only got seven more years
I know I got only got seven more lousy years
I only got seven more years
I only got seven more lousy years

prance,prance I'm goin go in to your dance
flashy lady
shake,shake you know you got what it take
flashy lady
everything I got depends on you
flashy lady
no one else can love me like you do
no one else but you cause you got that think

flashy lady
come on and strut your stuff
strut your stuff
now'now flashy lady
I just can't get enough no not enough
you know when other people call you trash

I love to love a flashy lady
wild,wild you really got on me now
flashy lady
shine,shine you know your looking find
flashy lady
I can never let you get away
flashy lady
and it doesn't matter what they say
your goin to get your way
cause you got that think

flashy lady
come on and strut you stuff
come on come on now
flashy lady
I just can't get enough not a ,not enough
you know when other people call you trash
I love to love a flashy lady
flashy lady YEH YEH

don't you know you got a grandprance
come on go in to your dance
flashy lady
shake,shake you know you got what it takes
flashy lady
I can use a taste of what you got
flashy lady
you can chase away the blues I got
the bad news I got when you use that thing

flashy lady
come on and strut your stuff
come on,come on now
flashy lady
I just can't get enough
you know,you know,you know.know
when people call you trash
I love to love the flashy lady
flashy lady
flashy lady prance ,prance come on,come on
flashy lady shake,shake you know you got what it takes shine, shine you know
your looking find flashy lady

now you got to have friends
you know the feelings all so strong
you got to have friends
to make that day last long
I have me some friends but now there gone
some think came and took them away
and from the dusk until the dawn
here is where I'm goin to stay

hey well I'll stand right here
at the end of the road
and I'll wait for the new friends to come
I don't care it I'm hungry or cold
I got to get me some

talkin about friends
miles and miles and miles of friends
lot and lots and lots of friends
you got to have friends
talkin about friends
hey do you know what I mean

everybody's has got to have friends
you got to have friends

and some friends but there gone gone
something came and took 'em away
and from the dusk til the dawn
here ,here is where I'll stay
and I'm standing at the end of a long,long road
and I'm waiting for my new friends to come
I don't care if I'm hungre or frezzing cold
I got to get me some of them

talking about friends you got to have friends
you know you get yours I'll get mine
I got to baby talkin bout friends
miles and miles and miles of friends
lots and lots and lots of friends
you got to have friends talkin bout friends
miles and miles and miles and miles of friends
friend,friends,friends,friends,friends
you got to have friends

mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
I'm going to be a farmer
blowing the fields in the morning sun
I'll have a million horses
take me a ride when the work is done
I'm going to have a sweet life
sweetest life you ever seen
and when the day is over
going to go to sleep in the field of green

mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
daddy do you know what I mean
mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
daddy do you know what I mean

going to be a actor
playing a part in a light of gold
oh yes I will
I'm going to make a lot of money
going to spend it all before I get to old

and I'm going to have a sweet life
sweetest life you ever seen
and you know when the day is over now
I'm going to go to sleep in a field of green

mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
daddy do you know what I mean
(repeat)
got, got to have a sweet life
got to have a sweet life
daddy do you know what I mean
mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
mamma can you hear me
daddy do you know what I mean