BREAK DOWN THE DOOR
By
Barry Manilow
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I’m not the man I used to be
Fell down a time or two
When luck was lookin’ out for me
I missed the knock
And never knew
I let you go
But you can’t get away from me again
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break down the door
Do you want me to break down the door
Break down the door
You say you saw me lose control
Look now I’m in the lead
And you can have me heart and soul
I’m overhauled
And guaranteed
What do you say
Why don’t you take a chance
On me again
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break down the door
Do you want me to break down the door
Break down the door
Can’t say for sure what’s comin’
It ain’t what’s gone before
Except we had some damn good times
And I know we both want more
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break
Do you want me to break down
Do you want me to break down the
Do you want me to break down the door
IN THIS WORLD
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How have I found you?
How in the world?
Now that I’ve found you
You are my world
In these times that keep us guessing
You’re my answer and my blessing
Pretty damn amazing, given
This peculiar world we live in
In this world
That’s lost all its reason
At last there’s a reason
For hope in my heart
In this world
Unsure of its future
So sure of you
I say, let the future start!
In this world
That’s yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you
In this world
That’s lost all its reason
At last there’s a reason
For hope in our hearts
In this world unsure of its future
Somehow with you
I’m sure where the future starts
In this world
That’s yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you
JUST ARRIVED
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Her name is… Lola!
She’s from Tulsa.. yeah!
Just arrived, two suitcases in hand
And a dream in her heart
Just arrived track seventeen
All the way from Tulsa Okla-nowhere
Where’s her chauffeured limousine?
Where’s the marching band?
Just in time to take the town
And though her knees are shaking
She’s making her stand
It all starts now
I can see her name in neon
I won’t allow
Anyone to disagree
Don’t ask me how
But before too long
She’ll be on some marquee
New York or bust!
She’s just arrived!
Just arrived track seventeen
(Just arrived track twenty four)
All the way from Tulsa Oklahoma
(All the way from St. Paul, Minnesota)
(All the way from Fargo, North Dakota)
Though she’s still a little green
(Marching through the open door)
When she left, she left her past behind
(Wonder what she’ll find)
Just imagine, here she is the girl from work
(The soda jerk)
(The groc’ry clerk)
The kid they all made fun of
Is one of a kind
It all starts now
Look who’s currently appearing
This girl’s a wow
All the magazines agree
She’ll take her bow
And the world will all be cheering, wait and see
New York or bust
She’s just arrived
Hey!
(Hey! which way’s uptown?)
Somebody said they’re auditioning for “south pacific”
(Where’s the palace?)
Say!
(Hey!, she’s from Dallas!)
Somewhere I read they need lookers and she looks terrific
(That one’s Alice!)
This is her moment
(Hey, world here I come!)
She knows it she can taste it
And she sure ain’t gonna waste it
Cause it’s time she faced it
It all starts now
(Right now!)
I can see her name in neon
(I can see her name in blazing neon)
This girl’s a wow
(And how!)
All the magazines agree
(No way anyone would dare to disagree)
She’ll take her bow
(Oh, wow!)
And before too long she’ll be on some marquee
Gathering dust
She just survived
Now, New York or bust
She’s just arrived!
Hey world
She’s just arrived!
WHEN THE GOOD TIMES COME AGAIN
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Every rainbow has to have an end
A pot of gold or dreams foretold
May not be there my friend
In this high and mighty world we live in
Sometimes we have to break
Sometimes we have to bend
Until the good times come again
I’ll see you then
When the good times come again
When you and I have made it back
From the people and the places we have been
I’ll see you then
When the good times come again
The door that we go out of
Is door that we come in
When the good times come again
When the good times come again
Hope we both survive the world out there
You’ll never know what wind will blow
So don’t forget I care
And don’t forget the way we felt together
Sometimes we have to hold
To all the good that’s been
MY MOONLIGHT MEMORIES OF YOU
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One time in everybody’s life
There is a moment
Like the moment we knew
And if you’re a fool
You’ll let it slip away
Sometime in everybody’s life
There is a feeling
A feeling so real
And once it’s gone it can never be replaced
I’m dancing with a shadow
Holding on to a dream that’ll never come true
Still haunted by that old love song
My moonlight memories of you
My heart is like a ghost town
To every stranger that passes on through
All they find there
Is what you left behind there
My moonlight memories of you
You thought when you left me
I’ll let you go
But here I am loving you more
Then you’ll ever know
If I could hold you
Feel your heart beat
Just one more time
There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
’cause without your love
I’ll never be free of
My moonlight memories of you
One time in everybody’s life
There is a moment
Like the moment we knew
And if you’re a fool
You’ll let it slip away
I’m dancing with a shadow
Holding on to a dream that’ll never come true
Still haunted by that old love song
My moonlight memories of you
My moonlight memories of you
15 MINUTES
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Can’t call it a life
Knowing what I got inside me
Working a job
That any poor slob could fill
Watching the fireworks fly up
Out of some fairground
Over the hill
Fifteen minutes
Don’t let me be an untold story
Fifteen minutes
A nothing name
That no one ever knew
Fifteen minutes
Light the fuse
I’ll fly my way to glory
Comin’ through
Comin’ through
Fifteen minutes
That’s me within a blaze of glory
Fifteen minutes
A shooting star
Among the precious few
Fifteen minutes
Here I come
I’ll be the leading story
Comin’ through
Comin’ through
Comin’ through
There’s somebody else
Taking a turn on the spotlight
Feeling that love
And spinning above the clouds
Here I am just a nobody
Longing for hot light
Lost in the crowd
Fifteen minutes
Don’t let me be an untold story
Fifteen minutes
A song so low
That no one ever heard
Fifteen minutes
Make a deal
I’d sell my guts for glory
Say the word
Say the word
Say the word
Just gimme my shot
Riding the world like a rocket
Painting the sky
For all of those eyes below
Wouldn’t I fly the farthest
Couldn’t you clock it
Wouldn’t I go?
Fifteen minutes
Don’t let me be an untold story
Fifteen minutes
Break the mold
And get me up to speed
Fifteen minutes
Light the fuse
And I’ll lift off to glory
All I need
All I need
Fifteen minutes
That’s me within a blaze of glory
Fifteen minutes
I’d sell my soul
In order to succeed
Fifteen minutes
They’ll be tellin’
My amazing story
All I need
All I need
All I need
All I need
Fifteen minutes
Give me fifteen minutes
Give me fifteen minutes