AS SURE AS I’M STANDING HERE
By
Barry Manilow
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Sometimes I look at you
Sad and so beautiful
Young and alone
And so far from home
Much too much for you
Much too soon
Empty eyes gazin’ at the moon
As sure as I’m standing here
You’ll never have to be afraid
As sure as I’m standing here
I’ll try and help you find your way
Oh I swear, as sure as I’m standing here
You’ll never need to be alone
You’ve got my word
As sure as I’m standing here
Sometimes I look at you
Sleepin’ like a baby
Your hair combed with sunlight
Full of sweet days
You say nothin’ matters
Say you know how it is
Did you think it would be like this?
But sure as standing here
You’ll never have to be afraid
As sure as I’m standing here
I’ll try and help you find your way
Oh I swear, as sure as I’m standing here
You’ll never need to be alone
You’ve got my word
As sure as I’m standing here
Oh I swear as sure as I’m standing here
NOT WHAT YOU SEE
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Wait a minute baby
I’ll be right back
I just gotta talk
To a friend
For a couple of minutes
I see you looking
At the two of us
And what do you see
The oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I push her in the chair
I know she’d walk
If she could
She says “Take your pills”
As if they do any good
I’ll bet you think
That what you’re looking
At is all we are
Two old people forgetting
The way we were
Sonny, no one is
What they look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny, no one is
What they look like
And we’re not what
You see that’s for sure
You should have known her before
You should have known her before
Legs she had legs
That made the guys drool
And her waist was as small
As your neck
And the face and the hair
And the rest of her
And when I look at her now
I still see her young and beautiful
She’s my girl and I’m her Joe
And we’re not what you see
In a minute baby I’ll be right back
I just got some more to say
To my young new friend here
Esther just turned 80 and I’m 83
The oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and me
I knew that when I saw her
We were meant to be one
She says she didn’t notice me
But don’t you believe her
I’ll bet you think that what you’re looking at
Is all we are
Two old people
Stumbling through the days
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
And we’re not what you see
That’s for sure
You should have known me before
You should have known me before
Hair, I had hair the girls
Loved to feel and a built
Watch out Joe Poluka
I could see I could hear
I could run a mile
And when I dream of us now
I still see us young and beautiful
She’s my girl and I’m her Joe
And we’re not what you see
I guess I better go now
She’s my family
The oldest couple
At the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I’ll help her with her bath
And then I’ll kiss her goodnight
And sometime’s we dance
In the early moonlight
I’ll bet you think that what
You’re looking at is all we are
Two old people
Watching the days go by
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny no one is what
They look like
And we’re not what you see
That’s for sure
I’ll be right there darlin’
I GUESS THERE AIN’T NO SANTA CLAUS
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I got evenings to spare
That nobody will share
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I don’t flirt, I don’t dance
Cause I don’t get a chance
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Jingle Bells
Wedding Bells
Ring so merely
But Jingle Bells
And Wedding Bells
Never ring for me
Like the clock on the shelf
I hold hands with myself
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I got wine, I got cheer
I got nobody here
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Well they sure got it right
When they sing Silent Night
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Lovers walk, holding hands
Everywhere I go
Ready, set, here I stand
‘neath the mistle toe
Sugarplums in my head
Only me in my bed
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
My dad and mother
Told one another
They saw a future for me
But since I’ve grown up
I got to own up
It’s not like they said it would be
Lovers walk, holding hands
Everywhere I go
Ready, set, here I stand
‘neath the mistle toe
Sugarplums in my head
Only me in my bed
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I guess
Guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
A GIFT OF LOVE
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Here in this sighlent night
Now all the world is right
As if we’sundenley been giving
A gift of love
A gift of love
Warm as the fire glow
Soft as the falling snow
A pre….. micael we live in
This wonder of a gift of love
Night falls
At this coldest time of the year
Love calls
Here where I love you so
Now as our blessings grow
We shear the greatest gift we’ll ever know
A gift of love
A gift of love
ONCE IN LOVE WITH AMY
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I caught you sir
Having a look at her
As she went strolling by
Now didn’t your heart go
Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom
And didn’t you sigh a sigh
I warned you sir
Never to dream of her
Just bid such thoughs begone
Or it’ll be
Boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom,boom
Boom,boom,boom,boom
From then on
For once in love with Amy
Always in love with Amy
Ever and ever fasinated by her
Sets your heart a fire to stay
Once you’re kissed by Amy
Tear up your list it’s Amy
Ply her with bon-bons, poetry,and flowers
Moon a million hours away
You might be quiet the fickle hearted rover
So care free and bold
Who loves a girl
And later thinks it over
And just quits cold
But once in love with Amy
Alway in love with Amy
Ever and ever sweetly you’ll romance her
Trouble is the answer will be
That Amy rather stay in love with me
Da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da,da
Ever and ever fasinated by her
(Barry talks) oh I just love this song so much
I want everybody to sing along with me
Once your kissed by Amy
(backround singers)once your kissed by Amy
(Barry)tear up your list it’s Amy
(backround singers)tear up your list it’s Amy
(Barry) ply her with bon-bon,poetry,and flowers
(backround singers)ply her with bon-bons, poetry,and flowers
(Barry) moon a million hours away
(backround singers)moon a million hours away
(Barry)come on let me take it please
You might be quite the fickle hearted rover
So care free and bold
Who loves a girl and later thinks it over
And just quits cold
(Barry)everybody sing
Once in love with Amy
(backround singers) once in love with Amy
(barry)always in love with Amy
Backround singers)always in love with Amy
(Barry) ever and ever sweetly you’ll romance her
(backround singers) ever and ever sweetly you’ll romance her
(Barry) trouble is the answer will be
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha
(backround singers) trouble is the answer will be
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha
That Amy rather stay in love
With Me
WHO NEEDS YOU?
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Wherever I go
You’re leanin’ on me
What I gotta do
Who I gotta be
You’re claimin’ you made me
Built me up high
So go make another
Let’s see you try
You’re feeling important
Yeah, walkin’ real tall
In tight with me, right
You come when I call
Yeah, you with the blackberry
You with the phone
When you’re here beside me
I know I’m alone
Who needs you?
Take a hike
I know where I’m headed
I know what they like
I know who I am
I know what to do
What have you got for me?
Who needs you?
Who needs you?
Seen it all
Done it all twice!
I mean it man,
I win!
Concerned as my friend
Yeah, I know what you mean
I’m nobody’s friend
I’m your money machine
Who paid for the room?
Who paid for the ride?
Who paid for that girl
You got waitin’ outside?
Who needs you?
Take a hike
I know where I’m headed
I know what they like
I know who I am
I know what to do
What have you got for me?
Who needs you?
Who needs you?
Nothin’ in the mirror
Just a wall behind me
I’m everywhere
‘Cause I’m God!
I can stop when I want to
I can stop when I want to
Don’t wanna hear it
I’m in control
Can’t you hear what I’m saying?
When I want to
When I want to
I’m in control