CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE
By
Barry Manilow
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Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can’t help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can’t help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can’t help falling in love with you
For I can’t help falling in love with you
STARTING AGAIN
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And it started again
And I ment every word
And I like what I said
And I liked what I heard
And I started to think
I could think about starting again
We where laughing again
Over memories and wine
And the years in between
Didn’t seem along time
When I smile she knew why
In awhile it was starting again
And I started to think
I could feel again
All the bad times seemed unreal
When she looked in my eyes
The cheating , the lies , the things that where wrong
Seem far behind
And I started to think
I could care again
And my fears all disapper
When she called me by name
I knew that she changed
The flaws where all gone
The saint remained
But it started again
When I asked her to stay
And she said there’s this friend who’s in town just for today
And she really felt bad
But she had to be leavin again
And she left me again
As she left me before
Still pretending she cared when we kissed at the door
But I saw in her eyes
That the lies where all starting again
Just when I’d started to fell again
When all the bad times seemed unreal
When it all seemed so right
And I tough that tonight if she said she cared
She really might
Just when my fears disapeared again
And I heard what I wanted to hear
It all started again
And I knew what that meant
It wasn’t the start
It was really the end
EVEN NOW (ACOUSTIC)
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Even Now
When there’s someone else who cares
When there’s someone home who’s waiting just for me
Even now I think about you as I’m climbing up the stairs
And I wonder what to do so she won’t see
That even now
When I know it wasn’t right
And I found a better life than what we had
Even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
And I can’t believe it still could hurt so bad
Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it’s still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And how I wish you knew
Even now
Even now
When I never hear your name
And the world has changed so much since you been gone
Even now I still remember and the feeling’s still the same
And the pain inside of me goes on and on
Even now
Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it’s still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And God I wish you knew
Some how
Even now
SUMMER OF ’78
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It was one of those summer’s
Lasting forever
Making the winter wait
A summer of music and passion
The summer of ’78
You appeared like the summer
Sudden and perfect
And not a day too late
I swear there was music when I found you
That summer of ’78
It seem we floated through the days
And nights were always filled with stars
And it seemed every song they played on the radio
Was ours
It was one of those summer’s
Only for lovers
Touched by the hand of faith
And now when the winter’s are long
I remember the summer of ’78
YOUNG AT HEART
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Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you’re young at heart.
For it’s hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you’re young at heart.
You can go to extremes with impossible schemes.
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams.
And life gets more exciting with each passing day.
And love is either in your heart, or on it’s way.
Don’t you know that it’s worth every treasure on earth
To be young at heart.
For as rich as you are, it’s much better by far
To be young at heart.
And if you should survive to 105,
Look at all you’ll derive out of being alive!
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart.
And if you should survive to 105,
Look at all you’ll derive out of being alive!
And here is the best part, you have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart.
ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
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Are you lonesome tonight,
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
I wonder if you’re lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the world’s a stage
And each must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart.
Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange
And why I’ll never know.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you.
But I’d rather go on hearing your lies
Than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I’m standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won’t come back to me
Then make them bring the curtain down.
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?