BERMUDA TRIANGLE
By
Barry Manilow

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We decide to get away
And have some fun
Book a room and catch a flight
For two weeks in the sun
She says, “Hawaii’s too expensive.”
I say, “Barbados isn’t bad.”
She says, “I’d love to see Bermuda”
And I say, “Woman, are you mad!”

Bermuda Triangle
It makes people disappear
Bermuda Triangle
Don’t go too near
But she
Doesn’t see my angle
And she thinks I’m being dumb
So Bermuda Triangle
Here we come!
Lying with my woman on
The island sand
I look up and see her with
A stranger, hand in hand
I see her sitting on his blanket
I see them going for a swim
And when I run to find my woman
I find her running after him!

Bermuda Triangle
Makes my woman disappear
Bermuda Triangle
Don’t go too near
Looking
At it from my angle
Do you see why I’m so sad
Oh Bermuda Triangle
Very bad!
Lying lost and lonely on
The island sand,
When a lovely stranger says
Hello and takes my hand
And soon she’s sitting on my blanket
And then we’re going for a swim
When I say, “What about your boyfriend?”
She turns and waves goodbye to him!

Bermuda Triangle
It makes people disappear
Bermuda Triangle
Don’t go too near
But look
At it from my angle
And you’ll see why I’m so glad
Now Bermuda Triangle
Not so bad!
Everybody
Bermuda Triangle
It makes people disappear
Bermuda Triangle
Don’t go too near
But look
At it from my angle
And you’ll see why I’m so glad
Now Bermuda Triangle
Not so bad!

TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY

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I was gonna see the world one day
Maybe be a movie star
Or buy a quiet house, down by the bay
And write about the way things are
But the way things are right now
I can hardly write my name

And I’ve lost my taste for the wanderin’ ways
For fortune and for fame
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day

If you want to be with me
Then here’s where I’ll stay
I was gonna save the human race
Find my place in history
Or sail away one day far out in space
And live a life of mystery
But the mystery to me
Is the life I’ve lived before

And the place for me isn’t history
It’s with you forever more
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day

If you want to be with me
Then here’s where I’ll stay
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day

OH JULIE

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Oh Julie, if you love me truly
Do you want me, Julie?
To be, to be your very own
Julie, won’t you hold me
Julie, don’t be lonely
‘Cause I want you only
To be, to be my very own
Baby, don’t leave me
Honey, don’t grieve me

Julie, why leave me alone
Stay with me, baby
Play with me,baby
Honey, don’t leave me alone
Julie, never leave me
Please don’t deceive me
Julie, oh believe me
And be, and be my very own

Oh Julie, if you love me truly
Do you want me, Julie?
To be, to be your very own
Baby, don’t leave me
Honey, don’t grieve me

Julie, why leave me alone
Stay with me, baby
Play with me, baby
Honey, don’t leave me alone
Julie, never leave me
Please don’t deceive me
Julie, oh believe me
And be, and be my very own

To be, to be, to be
To be, my very own
To be, to be, to be
To be my very own

WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN

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You were sweet sixteen, you were sweet sixteen

I love you as I never loved before!
Since first I met you on the village green.
Come to me, or my dream of love is o’er!
I love you as I loved you,
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.

When first I saw the lovelight in your eye,
And dreamt the world held naught but joy for me.
And even though we drifted far apart,
I never dreamt of what I dream of thee

I love you as I never loved before!
Since first I met you on the village green.
Come to me, or my dream of love is o’er!
I love you as I loved you,
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.

I’M COMIN’ BACK

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Baby I miss you so badly
You know that I love you madly
Can you forget all the pain
Let’s try it again

I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go

Seems like yesterday
It was you and me
How did it slip away?
You are a part of me
You live in the heart of me
I never stopped loving you
And so

I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go

If the answer’s “no”
I will understand
But it won’t change my mind
You are the only one
And I am the lonely one
I’ll never get over you
And so

I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go

Baby I miss you so badly
You know that I love you so madly

I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go

I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go

I’m comin’ back

WHEN LOVE IS GONE

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When love is gone
What good is candlelight
Each lonely day
Becomes a sleepless night
No one is there to share the rising down
And so it fades away when love is gone

When love is gone
Life’s just a hollow shell
The stars don’t shine
The moon has lost its spell
That old familiar ache that makes the night
So long
Just seems to linger on when love is gone

When love is gone
There’s just the memories
An empty heart where love once used to be
Those lonely blues refuse to let you carry on
It’s just that way each day when love is gone
When love is gone
When love is gone