BROOKLYN BLUES
By
Barry Manilow
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See I flew in from the West Coast
Just the other day.
Yes, I flew in from the West Coast
And we circled J.F.K.
The movie ended and I pulled up the shade,
Looked out the window while the Muzak played.
But in my head I’m singin’,
Singin’ the Brooklyn Blues.
Oh, yea.
When you’re growin’ up in Brooklyn
The Bridge is like a friend.
Said when you’re growin’ up in Brooklyn
That Bridge is sure your friend.
Because that river, looks a hundred miles wide
When all your dreams are on the other side,
And that can start you singin’
Singin’ the Brooklyn Blues.
Oh, yea.
Now I’ve got myself some money
A mansion in Bel-aire.
Yes I’ve spent a lot of money
And I’ve been most everywhere.
But still there’s somethin’ missin’ I’ve got to find,
A part of me I must’ve left behind,
That makes a guy start feelin’,
Feelin’ those Brooklyn Blues.
My my
I’ve sung love songs to a princess
More than once or twice.
I’ve sung rock ‘n’ roll in Paris,
Jazz in paradise.
But there’s a song of mine I couldn’t have sung,
A tune I started back when I was young.
Now I’ve come home to finish,
Finish my Brooklyn Blues
My Brooklyn Blues
TALK TO ME
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After it was over,
After the crying and
All the angry shouting
When we’ve both just given up
And you turned and closed the door
I didn’t know what was wrong anymore
Than I did before
Maybe it was over
When you stopped trying
Or when I started doubting
Maybe you don’t care enough
Maybe I’m just scared you’ll go
But maybe what’s really wrong is that
I still don’t really know
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
Tell me what to do
Talk to me honestly, don’t you see I need to talk to you
I need to hear that we’re okay
And say the things I meant to say
So, talk to me before
Before it’s really over
When it all was starting
When I first met you
We couldn’t keep from talking
I knew everything you felt
And I felt you knew me too
Now I’m talking to myself
Or I’m just yelling back at you
How this could have happened
How I could loose you
Or you could think to leave me
After where we started from
I’m too dumb I guess to see
But you can’t go till I do
Any you know you owe that to me
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
I don’t want to fight
Talk to me nice and slow
So I’ll know how to make it right
I’m not afraid to take the blame
I’m just afraid we’ll stay the same
And we won’t talk until
Until it’s really over
I don’t understand why you’re always mad
What could I have done?
What could be so bad?
Don’t you want to know why I never sleep?
Look what we’ve become from all these secrets
That we keep
When it’s really over
Cause I can’t take it
Or you’ve walked out for the last time
When these years are just a dream
And those tears somehow have dried
I can’t wake up in my bed
And regret what we never tried
So, please don’t say it’s over
Don’t even think it
Just think about the good times
Think of all we’ve got to loose
And not who’s done what to who
And when it comes time to choose
Think of who would still die for you
Talk to me quietly, peacefully
Make me understand
Say what you need to say
By the way-take me by the hand
The only thing I ask of you
Is please for once just listen to
And talk to me before
Before it’s really over
Talk to me
Before it’s really over
FLASHY LADY
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Prance,prance I’m goin go in to your dance
Flashy lady
Shake,shake you know you got what it take
Flashy lady
Everything I got depends on you
Flashy lady
No one else can love me like you do
No one else but you
Cause you got that think
Flashy lady
Come on and strut your stuff
Strut your stuff
Now’now flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
No not enough
You know when other people call you trash
I love to love a flashy lady
Wild,wild you really got on me now
Flashy lady
Shine,shine you know your looking find
Flashy lady
I can never let you get away
Flashy lady
And it doesn’t matter what they say
Your goin to get your way
Cause you got that think
Flashy lady
Come on and strut you stuff
Come on come on now
Flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
Not a ,not enough
You know when other people call you trash
I love to love a flashy lady
Flashy lady
Don’t you know you got a grandprance
Come on go in to your dance
Flashy lady
Shake,shake you know you got what it takes
Flashy lady
I can use a taste of what you got
Flashy lady
You can chase away the blues I got
The bad news I got
When you use that thing
Flashy lady
Come on and strut your stuff
Come on,come on now
Flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
You know,you know,you know.know
When people call you trash
I love to love the flashy lady
Flashy lady
Flashy lady prance ,prance come on,come on
Flashy lady shake,shake you know you got what it takes
Shine, shine you know your looking find
Flashy lady
ARTHUR’S THEME (THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO)
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Once in your life you will find her
Someone who turns your heart around
And next thing you know
You’re closing down the town
Wake up and it’s still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wonderin’ to yourself
Hey, what have I found
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
Arthur, he does as he pleases
All of his life his master’s toys
And deep in his heart he’s just
He’s just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
He’s showing himself a pretty good time
He’s laughing about the way
They want him to be
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
(The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love
When you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
I know it’s crazy
But it’s true
If you get caught
Between the moon and New York City
The best that you can do
(The best that you can do)
The best that you can do
Is fall in love…
FUGUE FOR TINHORNS
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I got the horse right here
His name is Paul Revier
And here’s a guy who says if the weather’s clear
Can do,can do
This guy says the horse can do
Can do ,can do
I’m picking valentine
Cause on the morning line
The guy has got him figured 5 to 9
Has a chance, has a chance
This guy say the horse has a chance
If he says the horse has a chance
Has a chance, has a chance
No way
For Paul Revier I’ll bite
I hear his foots alright
Of course it all depends
If it rained last night
I know it’s valentine
The morning word the find
Besides the jokey’s brother’s a friend of mind
Needs grace, needs grace
This guy says the horse needs grace
He says that the horse needs grace
Needs grace, needs grace
Hey wait a minute fellows
Have you consider this
Well anyway, it’s my turn to sing
So shut up
Oh really
But look at appetat
He wins it by a hair
According to this here in the telegraphy
Big threat, big threat
This guy calls the horse big threat
If he calls the horse big threat
Big threat, big threat
I tell you Paul Revier
Now this is no bum stear
It’s from my handy cap that is real sincere
I go from valentine
Cause on the morning line
The guy has got him figured 5 to 9
Has a chance, has a chance
The guy says the horse has a chance
Paul Revier
Valentine
Appatat
I got the horse right here
CHERISH
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Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
Perish is the word that more than applies
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Seems to be the life that you could
Cherish as much as I do yours
Oh I’m beginning to think that man has never found
The words that could make you want me
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
That could make you hear, make you see
That you are drivin’ me out of my mind
Oh I could say I need you but then you’d realize
That I want you just like a thousand other guys
Who’d say they loved you With all the rest of their lies
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
And gaze into your eyes
Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I had told you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could hold you
You don’t know how many times I’ve wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you
And I do… cherish you
And I do… cherish you
Cherish is the word