AIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING
By
Barry Manilow
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Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
I’ve got your picture hanging on the wall
But it can’t see or come to me
When I call your name
I realize it’s just a picture in a frame
I read your letters when you’re not here
But they don’t move me and they don’t groove me
Like when I hear your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear
I play my game of fantasy
And I pretend that I’m not in reality
I need shelter
Of your arms to comfort me
No other sound
Is quite the same as your name
No touch can do quite as much
To make me feel better
So let’s stay together
I’ve got the memories to look back on
And though they help me when you’re gone
I’m well aware
But nothing can take the place of your being there
So glad we’ve got the real thing, baby
So glad we’ve got the real thing
Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby
Ain’t nothing like the real thing
ANYONE CAN DO THE HEARTBREAK
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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
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
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
SINGIN’ WITH THE BIG BANDS
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If I wrote history
And could pocket a moment for me
It would be
Singin’ with the big bands
I would turn back the clock
For the time we’ll be in for a shock
Hearin me singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Swingin’ with the big boys
Singin’ with the big bands
Singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him Mr. Genie go on and do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Singin’ with the big boys
Wingin’ it in swing time
Bringing back the big nose
I’m jumpin with the Duke
Stoppin with the King
Cooler than the Kid
Swinging everything
I’m singin’ with the big bands
I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
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No New Year’s Day to celebrate
No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away
No first of spring
No song to sing
In fact here’s just another ordinary day
No April rain
No flowers bloom
No wedding Saturday within the month of June
But what it is, is something true
Made up of these three words that I must say to you
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
No summer’s high
No warm July
No harvest moon to light one tender August night
No autumn breeze
No falling leaves
Not even time for birds to fly to southern skies
No Libra sun
No Halloween
No giving thanks to all the Christmas joy you bring
But what it is, though old so new
To fill your heart like no three words could ever do
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
Of my heart
I just called to say I love you
I just called to say how much I care, I do
I just called to say I love you
And I mean it from the bottom of my heart, of my heart,
Baby of my heart
CHERISH
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Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
Perish is the word that more than applies
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Seems to be the life that you could
Cherish as much as I do yours
Oh I’m beginning to think that man has never found
The words that could make you want me
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
That could make you hear, make you see
That you are drivin’ me out of my mind
Oh I could say I need you but then you’d realize
That I want you just like a thousand other guys
Who’d say they loved you With all the rest of their lies
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
And gaze into your eyes
Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
And I do… cherish you
And I do… cherish you
Cherish is the word
ARTHUR’S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)
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Once in your life you will find her
Someone who turns your heart around
And next thing you know
You’re closing down the town
Wake up and it’s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin’ to yourself
Hey, what have I found
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
Arthur, he does as he pleases
All of his life his master’s toys
And deep in his heart he’s just
He’s just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
He’s showing himself a pretty good time
He’s laughing about the way
They want him to be
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
(The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
(The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love…