BLUER THAN BLUE
By
Barry Manilow
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After you go
I can catch upon my reading
After you go
I’ll have a lot mroe time for sleeping
And when you’re gone
It looks like things are going to be a lot easier
Life will be a breeze you know
I really should be glad
But I’m bluer than blue
Sadder than sad
You’re the only life this empty room has ever had
Life without is going to be
Bluer than blue
After you go
I’ll have a lot more room in my closet
After you go
I’ll stay out all night if I feel like it
And when you’re gone
I could run through the house screaming
And no one will ever hear me
I really should be glad
But I’m bluer than blue
Sadder than sad
You’re the only life this empty room has ever had
Life without is going to be
Bluer than blue
I don’t have to miss no t.v. shows
I can start my whole life over
Change the numbers on my telephone
But the nights will sure be colder
And I’m bluer than blue
Sadder than sad
You’re the only life this empty room has ever had
Life without you is going to be
Bluer than blue
Bluer than blue
Bluer than blue
WHAT ARE YOU DOING NEW YEARS EVE
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When the bells all ring
And the horns all blow
And the coubles we know
Are fondly kissing
Will I be with you
Or will I be amoung the missing
Maybe it’s much too early in the game
Oh, but I thought I’d ask you just the same.
What are you doing New Year’s… New Year’s eve?
Wonder whose arms will hold you good and tight
When it’s exactly twelve o’clock that night?
Welcoming in the New Year… New Year’s eve
Maybe I’m crazy to suppose
I’d ever be the one you chose …
Out of the thousand invitations you’ll received ?
But in case I stand one little chance,
Here comes the jackpot question in advance…
What are you doing New Year’s… New Year’s Eve?
Out of the thousand invitations you’ll received ?
Oh, but in case I stand one little chance,
Here comes the jackpot question in advance…
What are you doing New Year’s… New Year’s Eve?
What are you doing New Year’s Eve
A LINDA SONG
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He never wrote a song for Linda
He wrote as though he lived alone
He wrote of dreams that end of sad brave men
Inventing worlds he never know
But he never wrote a song for Linda
And she was right there all alone
Loved him back to life
When his luck ran low
But he never wrote a Linda song
He nearly broke his heart at writing
Linda kept him from despair
Standing by his side, through the hungry days
But he hardly seemed to see her there
And he never wrote a song for Linda
And she was right there all alone
The one real thing in his crazy world
And he never wrote a Linda song
When the bills piled up and couldn’t pay
He couldn’t dream no more
So he hitched a ride and he road away
And he left a note for Linda by the door
By the door
When times got rough he phone her
Once or twice she took the call
Then she changed her number and she turned her head
And Linda never looked back at all
He’ll never write a song for Linda
And she was right there all alone
Oh he knows,is no one understands
And he never wrote a Linda song
No he never wrote a Linda song
LET’S TAKE ALL NIGHT (TO SAY GOODBYE)
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Two A.M
Two of us
Come sunrise I’m leavin’
You know I must
I can’t bear the heartache
That’s in your eyes
So let’s take all night to say goodbye
You know I want to stay
How I want to stay
Let’s take all night to say goodbye
’cause goodbye is hard to say
Oh so hard to say
So let’s take all night
Smile for me
Why don’t we
Make this the sweetest of memories
The love that we make now
Is all we have
So let’s take all night to say goodbye
You know I want to stay
How I want to stay
Let’s take all night to say goodbye
’cause goodbye is hard to say
Oh so hard to say
Let’s take each moment
And every desire
You make the coffee
And I’ll light the fire
And will take all night to say goodbye
You know I want to stay
How I want to stay
Let’s take all night to say goodbye
’cause goodbye is hard to say
Oh so hard to say
MY EYES ADORED YOU
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My eyes adored ya
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored ya
Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya
So close, so close and yet so far
Carried your books from school
Playin’ “make-believe you’re married to me”
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walkin’ home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways
Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce ’bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind
(My eyes adored ya)
All my life I will remember
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
(Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya)
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
(So close, so close and yet so far)
I know I won’t ever forget ya, my childhood friend
(My eyes adored ya)
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
(My eyes adored ya)
(Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya)
So close, so close and yet so far
PUT YOUR DREAMS AWAY
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Put your dreams away for another day
And I will take their place in your heart
Wishing on a star never got you far
And so it’s time to make a new start
When your dreams at night
Fade before you
Then I’ll have the right
To adore you
Let your kiss confess this is happiness, darling
And put all your dreams away