CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO
By
Barry Manilow
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(Hi there Tex, what you say?)
Step aside partner, it’s my day
Bend an ear, and listen to my version
Of a really solid Tennessee excursion
Pardon me boys, is that the Chattanooga Choo-Choo?
(Yes, Yes, Track 29)
Hey would you give me a shine?
(Can you afford to board Chattanooga Choo-Choo?)
I got my fare
And just the travel to spare
You leave the Pennsylvania Station by a quarter to four
You read a magazine and then you’re in Baltimore
Dinner in a diner
Nothing could be finer
And then to have a hammer in the Carolina
When you hear the whistle blowing into the bar
Then you now the Tennessee is not very far
Shove a all the coal in
Gotta keep a rollin’
Woo-woo Chattanooga there you are
There’s gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and Lace (ooh)
I use to call funny face
(doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo)
She’s gonna cry
Until I promise to never ever roll,
So Chattanooga choo-choo
Won’t you choo choo me home
(Chattanooga Chattanooga)
Get aboard
(Chattanooga Chattanooga)
Chattanooga choo choo
Won’t you choo-choo me home
Chattanooga choo choo
Let’s dance
THEY LONG TO BE - CLOSE TO YOU
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Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon-dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon-dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
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I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna write words oh so sweet
They’re gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom
I’ll be glad I got ’em
I’m gonna smile and say I hope you’re feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna write words oh so sweet
They’re gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom
I’ll be glad I got ’em
I’m gonna smile and say I hope you’re feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
Nobody but you
And make believe it came from you
HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
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I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, noone said a word about the sorrow.
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.
WHO’S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED
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Something’s in the air
I answer the phone and there’s nobody there
And your changin’ the way that you’re wearin your hair
And I wonder
Yes I wonder
Something’s on my mind
The letters you get, cigarettes that I find
And you know I have to be deaf ,dumb and blind
Not to wonder
Not to wonder
Who’s been sleeping in my bed
Gettin’ what I get
When I don’t get it
Who’s been sleeping in my bed
Yeah, that’s what I said
I just don’t get it
Who’s been sleepin’
Who’s been sleepin’ in my bed
Little things I miss
The ring on your finger, the fire in your kiss
How the hell could the love that we had come to this
And I wonder
Yes I wonder
I don’t understand
The paperboy winks at the telephone man
And the milkman he smiles when he’s shakin’ my hand
And I wonder
Yes I wonder
Who’s been sleeping in my bed
Gettin’what I get
When I don’t get it
Who’s been sleeping in my bed
Yeah, that’s what I said
I just don’t get it
Who’s been sleepin’
Who’s been sleepin’ in my bed
Who’s been sleeping in my bed
Gettin’ what I get
When I don’t get it
Who’s been sleepin’ in my bed
Yeah, that’s what I said
I just don’t get it
Who’s been sleepin’
Who’s been sleepin in my bed
Who’s been sleepin’in my bed
Who’s been sleepin’in my bed
Who’s been sleepin’in my bed
Who’s been sleepin’in my bed
Who’s been
You got to tell me
You got to, got to, got to got to tell me, come on
Hell I could see it your eyes that you’ve been seein’ other guys
Tell me who’s been sleepin’ in my bed
Cause when I come back home I know you haven’t been alone
Now tell me who’s been sleepin’ in my bed
Ah somethings in the air, you know I fell it everywhere
Because the little thinks I miss, I miss the fire in your kiss
Tell me who’s been sleepin’ in by bed
WELCOME HOME
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In my life
I have seen
Far away places
Wild and serene
But nothing I saw
Prepared me for
The mat on the floor
Saying “welcome home”
Time flies
See the moon rise
As I’m makin’ my way
Through another long day
But I’ll go
To a place I know
In my heart I know
There’s just no place
Like home
Welcome home
Welcome home
To that place
That’s safe and warm
Always a shelter
From the storm
I’m going home
Welcome home
Roll out the welcome mat
For me!
I’m goin’ home
Sometimes
I remember
All the days I never knew
If I would ever make it through
But just when
I’d give up again
I’d remember when the days
Were stormy
Home was always
Waitin’ for me
Sayin’
Welcome home
Welcome home
Where there will always be
A welcoming light on
Just for me
When I go home
Welcome home
No place
That I would rather be
Than goin’ home
In my heart I know
That someday when my time
Is drawing near
I’m gonna hear
Welcome home
Welcome home
Where there will always be
Somebody waiting
There for me
When I go home
Home sweet home
Everyone’s smilin’ just for me
When I go home
In my heart I see
Somebody waiting
There for me
Welcome home
Welcome home
It looks like a
Starlight symphony
I’m goin’ home