EVEN NOW
By
Barry Manilow
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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
LUCK BE A LADY
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Luck be a lady tonight
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck if you ever been a lady
To begin with
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck let a gentleman see
How nice a dame you can be
I know the other way you treated other guys you’ve been with
Luck be a lady with me
A lady doesn’t leave her escort
It isn’t fair it isn’t nice
A lady doesn’t wonder all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice
So let’s keep the party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the fellow you came in with
Luck be a lady tonight
A lady wouldn’t flirt with strangers
She have a heart
She have a soul
A lady wouldn’t make little snake eyes at me
When I bet my life on this roll
So let’s keep the party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the fellow you came in with
Luck be a lady
Luck be a lady
Luck be a lady
Tonight, ha
YOU COULD SHOW ME
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I don’t know how to begin
To let myself let you in
But you
Maybe you could show me
There’s so much more I would say
If someone showed me the way
Like you
Maybe you could show me
I’ve been so used to getting what I want
Doing what I want to do
I’ve always been the one who took the lead
Now I find I need
I need to follow you
So won’t you help me come through
My future’s long overdue
It’s time
I think I’m ready now
And you could show me how
I MISS YOU
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When I wake up everyday
I miss you
And it never goes away
I miss you
People smile and while
I take and even laugh
I’m not even half the man they knew
Without you
When I’m in our bed each night
And I turn out the light
Oh how I miss you
Little things reminding me about you
Who will I annoy again, if not you?
In my silent room sometimes
I’ll close my eyes
And I whisper sweet good-byes
You’ll never hear
Esther dear…..
Fifty years, Ester and Joe
Tell me how could this be so?
Oh how I miss you
Was I there
When you needed me to be there?
Could you see
There wasn’t one day
When you weren’t my best girl?
Though we both drove each other crazy
I love all the love you gave me
And you where all that mattered
In my world
Everyday I love you more
And miss you
And I wish you knew
That through the darkest night
You are still the light
That helps me find my way
And I pray
One day we will meet again
And all this emptiness will end
And I will kiss you
’till that day
Though we’re apart
I’ll hold you close
Here in my heart
But God
I miss you
I WAS A FOOL (TO LET YOU GO)
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After I’ve had my last cigarette
When the night is as black
As the nights goin’ to get
Well I’m still wild awake
Cause I still can’t forget
I was a fool, to let you go
And after I’ve close the bar with the boys
Though I can’t stand the drinks
And I can’t stand the noise
When I know I’ll be back
Cause their’s no other choice
I know I was a fool, to let you go
I was a fool, to think that I could sleep a wink
In this big and deep bed by myself
And I was a fool to wate ,until it was to late
To tell you just how I felt
And after I’ve been with somebody new
And she know’s what to say
Ah but not what to do
Then I know what I’ve lost
And I know it’s so true
No I was a fool, to let you go
And after I’ve been with somebody new
And she knows what to say
Ah but not what to do
Then I know what I’ve lost
And I know it’s so true
When I seen what It caused
And what I’m going through
I know I was a fool
I was a fool to let you go
SWEETWATER JONES
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Sweetwater Jones
Went riding
out in to the country night
he left his phone still ringing
ringing by the t.v.’s light
goodbye to you new york city
goodbye to every thing it used to be
you sure can could look good
Emerald City
oh but now your just a drag on me
goodbye to the ringing phone
goodbye to the old grindstone
and what use to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones
Sweetwater Jones
keep on going
hey Jonese boy your’ll doing find
smiling a smile and knowing
that your heading fore a better time
look at your face
hey its shinning
hey beaming like it never could
look at your eyes
hey you crying
but you never thought you fell so good
goodbye to the ringing phone
good,good,goodbye to the old grindstone
what used to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones
ohhhhhhhh
ohhhhhhhh Sweetwater Jones
what use to be Jimmy Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones
now they known as Sweetwater Jones