BLACK AND BLUE
By
Barry Manilow
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There are no stars tonight,
There are no words to say
I feel my soul losing you
Where did the good times go,
Baby what can we do
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue
When our hearts were young,
Clinging to each other
Moonlight used to glow
When our hearts were young,
Then there was no other
Why’d we let it go
Down on the avenue,
You can forget your name
Paint pretty pictures,
False and true
Picture what we’ve become
Running is all we do
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue
Looks like a storm tonight
Look like a storm tonight
A storm is overdue
A storm is overdue
Color our love
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue, Oh
IT’S A LONG WAY UP
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Once you find what matters in your life
Keep on pushing through the darkness
Till you see the light
You’re gonna find it
You’re no longer behind it
Once you learn what you’ve been doin’ wrong
You can make the change
You need to make the carry on
Now and forever
The sooner the better, just remember now….
It’s a long way up
When you’re coming from nowhere
It’s a long way up
When you’re coming from nowhere
You gotta fight a little harder
You gotta push a little more
You gotta gamble everything you got
To get you through the door
’cause it’s a long way up
You’ve been down before that’s okay
You can rest assured
That every dog will have his day
And life is a jungle
But you ain’t gonna crumble, remember now…
Don’t give up the dream
Hey don’t you know it’s dark before the dawn
When you think you just can’t take it
That’s when you’ll make it
You gotta to fight a little harder
You gotta push a little more
You gotta gamble everything you got
To get you through the door
’cause it’s a long way up
You gotta to fight a little harder
You gotta push a little more
You gotta gamble everything you got
To get you through the door
THIS CAN’T BE REAL
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This can’t be real
As long as I love you
How could this ever be real
As long as you’re there?
Help me to feel
The nightmare’s behind me
That your love will find me
Anywhere
Love is what’s true
The rest is illusion
What I’ve discovered with you
No one can steal
The truth isn’t what it seems
The truth is our wildest dreams
Real was your kiss
But as for this
This can’t be real
This can’t be real
So why do I love you
I know that this can’t be real
Still you are there
You aren’t real
But somehow you’ve found me
To haunt and surround me
You’re everywhere
This isn’t true
It’s only illusion
What I’ve discovered with you
Is just an ideal
This must be a dream, I know
So why do I want you so?
Is it because
Only because
This can’t be real?
This can’t be real
Love is what’s true
The rest is illusion
What I’ve discovered with you
No one can steal
No one can steal
The truth isn’t what it seems
The truth is our wildest dreams
This must be a dream, I know
So why do I want you so?
Real was your kiss
Is it because
Oh, but as for this
Only because
This can’t be real
This can’t be real
This can’t be real
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
SUNRISE
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And so it began
As I sat by my window
All by myself in the dawn
No body else
No polite conversation
Just waiting for life to come on
And I see the sunrise over the ocean
Sunrise on the sea
I’m watching the sunrise
I’m glad to be living
Sunrise , shine over me
I think of my life as I look out my window
People I love , places I’ve been
Sometimes I feel I could go on forever
With nothing to lose and nothing to win
When I see the sunrise over the ocean
Sunrise on the sea
I’m watching the sunrise
I’m glad to be living
Sunrise , shine over me
COPACABANA (AT THE COPA) 2005 DANCE MIX
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Her name is Lola
She was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair
And a dress cut down to there
She would merengue
And do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor
They worked from eight til’ four
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?
At the copa
Copacabana
The hottest spot north of havana
Here at the copa
Copacabana
Music and passion
Were always the fashion
At the copa
They fell in love…
His name was Rico
He wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair
He saw lola dancing there
And when she finished
He called her over
But rico went a bit too far
Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew
And chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?
At the copa
Copacabana
The hottest spot north of havana
At the copa
Copacabana
Music and passion
Were always the fashion
At the copa
She lost her love
Her name is lola
She was a showgirl
But that was many years ago
When they use to have a show
Now it’s a disco
But not for lola
Still in the dress she use to wear
Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined
And drinks herself half blind
She lost her youth
And she lost her tony
Now she’s lost her mind
At the copa
Copacabana
The hottest spot north of havana
At the copa
Copacabana
Music and passion
Were always the fashion
At the copa
Don’t fall in love…