DO YOU KNOW WHO’S LIVIN’ NEXT DOOR
By
Barry Manilow
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So many windows
So many walls
Double lock-doors
Down carpeted halls
Somebody’s crying
Somebody calls
Do you know who’s
Livin’ next door?
Here at the mayflower
Here at the mayflower
At the corner of main
And the road out of town
The mayflower rises
All battered and brown
A city-block deep
And a city-block wide
How many stories inside?
So many curtains
So many locks
Eyes at the spy hole
Somebody knocks
Measuring morning
On so many clocks
Do you know who’s
Livin next door?
Right here at the mayflower
Right here at the mayflower
You see there’s aways a change
All at once someone goes
Always new faces
That nobody knows
A panel left blank
On the board by the door
Old lovers that meet like before
So many voices
So many names
So many photos
In so many frames
Mister I know
You’ll be glad that you came
Do you know who’s livin’
Next door
Right here at the mayflower
Right here at the mayflower
Right here
Goin up
Welcome to the mayflower
Welcome to the mayflower
BOBBIE LEE (WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE, I GOTTA LIVE)
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Her name is Bobbie Lee and she’s movin’
She’s gotta make her dream come true
Some might said she took a dead wrong turn
But she took the only road she knew
There’s nothin’ gonna stop or stall her
And luck is on her side tonight
They’re pullin over to the curb to call her
Man, she loves these city lights
She says
So what’s the difference
I gotta live
I gotta be somebody
And I wanna go where the apples grow
And all I need is the money
Hey mister, smile and buy my time
And I don’t want you fillin’ funny
Just think of Bonnie Lee like a busy bee
Gettin by by sellin’ honey
She’s got this picture of her brother
That she took when she left home
She rolled her hair up like her mother
With her mother’s ivory comb
She was sweet sixteen last easter
But she know how to treat you right
Tomorrow she’s gonna be in the movies
But she won’t forget tonight
She says
So what’s the difference
I gotta live
I gotta be somebody
I wanna go where the apples grow
And all that I need is the money
Hey mister, smile and buy my time
And I don’t want you fellin funny
You just think of Bobbie Lee like a busy bee
Gettin’ by by sellin honey
So what’s the difference
I gotta live
I gotta be somebody
I gotta go where the apples grow
And all I need is the money
Hey mister, smile and buy bye time
And I don’t want you fellin funny
You just keep thinking of Bobbie Lee like that busy,busy bee
Gettin’ by by sellin honey
LONELY TOGETHER
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Your eyes are sad eyes
Mine are too
It doesn’t take too much to see
What we’ve been through
You lost your baby
Me the same
Ain’t it true how love’s a hurtin’ game
Could I have this dance
May I be so bold
It’s just my heart is empty
And the night is so cold
Wouldn’t it find bein’ lonely together
Wouldn’t it be find havein’ a shoulder to share
You could tell me how he broke your heart
And I’ll tell you how she broke mind
And maybe later on I could take you home
Now wouldn’t it be sad bein’ lonely all alone
A heart that’s hurtin’s
It’s not hard to see
I guess he promised you the world
Like she did me
But dry your eyes now
You’ll be just find
We can drown our achin hearts in this glass of wine
Well I hate to say
What’s done is done
It’s just two can ease the pain
Much better then one
Love
It’s such a crazy thing
All you got to give and no regrets
But love it can live again
Stay with me tonight
I’ll make it work out right
LET ME GO
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I never feared the devil
Or the gypsy in my soul
But you’re not on the level
And I’m not in control
And I’m afraid your baby blues
Are just too much for me
And I’m afraid I’ll loose my heart
If you don’t set me free
Let me go
I don’t want to believe you
I just want to be gone
I just want to be gone
Let me go
Don’t say how much I need you
Say goodnight and move on
Say goodnight and move on
If you get me under your spell
I’ll be lost for good, I can tell
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
Hey, I never bought a hustle
And I never took a dive
I’ve always had the muscle
To get through love alive
But I’m afraid your loving lies
Might just do me right in
And I’m afraid to play tonight
’cause I know that I won’t win
Let me go
I don’t wanna be lovers
I just wanna be free
I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Let me go
You’ve got so many others
Have some pity on me
Some pity on me
On my own, I’m doing just great
So, don’t mess around with my fate
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
UNCHAINED MELODY
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Oh, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch, a long lonely time
And time goes by, so slowly and time can do so much
Are you, still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God speed your love to me
Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea
To the waiting arms of the sea
Lonely rivers cry, wait for me, wait for me
To the open arms, wait for me
My love, my darling, I’ve hungered for your kiss
Are you still mine?
I need your love, I need your love
God, speed your love, to me
SOME BAR BY THE HARBOR
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Salin’ can save me
Or I drown evermore
But I’m on the waves
With you on the shore
Never mind
One find day
In some bar
By the harbor
I’ll find you
There you’ll be
As you where
Corner stool
By the jukebox
Watin’ for me
I can remember
Sweet child
Gone a mile
Swayin’ your head
To the crazy ragtime
Sayin’ “hey you got a quater?
Hey you look familiar
Hey you got a quater?
Let’s dance to the ragtime”
Slow down
Don’t time fly
Chased your smile
To some cold dingy attic
Now memories of
A room we shared
Heaven and home to me longer
And longer ago
I can remember
Time’s up
Callin’ ships all of the sounds
Of a restless harbor
You said “hey you look familiar
Come on you remember
Hey you got a quater?
Let’s dance to the ragtime
Sailin’ has saved me
From drownin’ evermore
But I’m on the waves
And you on the shore
Never mind
One find day
In some bar by the harbor
I’ll find you
Boozy, scared
Breakin’ down
Tellin’ the bouncer be cool
’cause you’re waitin’ for me
Like I been dreamin’
That’s you
Swingin’ ’round
Pushin’ your way like
A star to the jukebox
Sayin’ hey ya’ got a quater?
Hey don’t you remember?
Let’s dance to the ragtime!
Hey ya’ got a quater?
Hey don’t you remember?”
Why must I remember?
Never mind
One find day
In some bar by the harbor
I’ll find you
I’ll find you
I’ll find you
And will dance to the ragtime
Yes will dance to the ragtime
Will we dance and to the ragtime
Yes will dance to the ragtime