CARELESS WHISPER
By
Barry Manilow
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Time can never mend the careless whispers, of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
Should’ve known better
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste this chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it’s better this way
We’d hurt each other with the things we’d want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one’s gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
(Now that you’re gone) Now that you’re gone
(Now that you’re gone) What I did’s so wrong
That you had to leave me alone
LOVE ME TENDER
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Love me tender,
Love me sweet,
Never let me go.
You have made my life complete,
And I love you so.
Love me tender,
Love me true,
All my dreams fulfilled.
For my darlin’ I love you,
And I always will.
Love me tender,
Love me long,
Take me to your heart.
For it’s there that I belong,
And we’ll never part.
Love me tender,
Love me dear,
Tell me you are mine.
I’ll be yours through all the years,
Till the end of time.
(When at last my dreams come true
Darling this I know
Happiness will follow you
Everywhere you go).
IT’S ALL BEHIND US NOW
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I spent my whole life thinking
Oh, that there could not be
Anyone in this world
Who’d show me they care
Who’d really be there to love me
Now you’re holding me
And I see in your eyes
That you been lonely too baby
We’ve been all alone on our own for so long
But it’s all behind us
The words no one heard when we sang our sad song
Well it’s all behind us now
Everytime I looked for love
It looked the other way
Now love has turned around
It’s smiling at me
Now someone loves me
All the nights in the moonlight
With no one to hold
Take a good look at us baby
We’ve been all alone on our own for so long
But it’s all behind us
The words no one heard when we sang our sad song
Well it’s all behind us
Every dream is coming true
Now that I’m holding you near
Happiness without a end
I feel alive again
Suddenly I can not even remember when
We were all alone on our own for so long
But it’s all behind us
The words no one heard when we sang our sad song
Well, it’s all behind us now
It’s all behind us now
SUMMER WIND
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The summer wind, came blowin’ in
From across the sea
It lingered there, to touch you hair
And walk with me
All summer long, we sang a song
And strolled the golden sand
Two sweethearts, and the summer wind
Like painted kites, the days and nights went flyin’ by
The world was new, beneath a blue umbrella sky
Then softer than, a piper man one day it called to you
And I lost you, to the summer wind
The autumn wind, and the winter winds have come and gone
And still the days, the lonely days go on and on
And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end
Well my fickle friend, the summer wind
That old summer wind
Talkin’ ’bout the summer wind
The summer wind
WINE SONG
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Oh, isn’t it beautiful?
Gimme more wine, girl
I need another drink of that wine
Oh, isn’t it beautiful?
Gimme another little taste of that good life
Yeah
Isn’t it better
Layin’ under the starlight?
Everything feels so good
Isn’t it better
When you’re off and it’s all right?
Everything’s out of sight
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
And don’t you see it’s so good knowin’
Exactly where you wanna be yeah
Oh, isn’t it beautiful?
Gimme a blanket
I need a little warmth in my bed
Oh, isn’t it beautiful?
Let’s have another little puff on the peace pipe
Yeah
Isn’t it better
Layin’ under the starlight?
Everything feels so good
Isn’t it better now
When you’re off and it’s all right?
Everything’s out of sight
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
Isn’t it beautiful?
And don’t you see it’s so good knowin’
Exactly where you wanna be
And don’t you see it’s so good knowin’
Exactly where you wanna be
And don’t you see it’s so good knowin’
Exactly where you wanna be yeah
WHAT AM I DOING HERE
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What am I doin’ here
Alone in this lonely house
This house that we dreamed about
This house we shared till you walked out
What am I doing here
This place ain’t no good for me
It just brings back memories
And the last thing I need is memories
I should be movin’ on
What am I doin’ here
Now that you’ve really gone
Why can’t I dry these tears
But oh, the years we had
Here in this house that we both loved so madly
I’ve never been like this
Just livin’ in yesterdays
But there’s so much I miss
And so much that I still can’t face
If there’s a chance for me
I just can’t see it now
All I see is what can’t be
And all I see is no way out
I should be movin’ on
What am I doin’ here
Now that you’ve really gone
Why can’t I dry these tears
But oh, the years we had
Here in this house that we both loved so madly
What am I doing here
I should be movin’ on
What am I doing here
What am I doing here