FLASHY LADY
By
Barry Manilow
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Prance,prance I’m goin go in to your dance
Flashy lady
Shake,shake you know you got what it take
Flashy lady
Everything I got depends on you
Flashy lady
No one else can love me like you do
No one else but you
Cause you got that think
Flashy lady
Come on and strut your stuff
Strut your stuff
Now’now flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
No not enough
You know when other people call you trash
I love to love a flashy lady
Wild,wild you really got on me now
Flashy lady
Shine,shine you know your looking find
Flashy lady
I can never let you get away
Flashy lady
And it doesn’t matter what they say
Your goin to get your way
Cause you got that think
Flashy lady
Come on and strut you stuff
Come on come on now
Flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
Not a ,not enough
You know when other people call you trash
I love to love a flashy lady
Flashy lady
Don’t you know you got a grandprance
Come on go in to your dance
Flashy lady
Shake,shake you know you got what it takes
Flashy lady
I can use a taste of what you got
Flashy lady
You can chase away the blues I got
The bad news I got
When you use that thing
Flashy lady
Come on and strut your stuff
Come on,come on now
Flashy lady
I just can’t get enough
You know,you know,you know.know
When people call you trash
I love to love the flashy lady
Flashy lady
Flashy lady prance ,prance come on,come on
Flashy lady shake,shake you know you got what it takes
Shine, shine you know your looking find
Flashy lady
HARMONY
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Harmony
Unforgettable harmony
Harmony
First there was harmony
And there was rhyme
This was our time
Harmony
Did we have harmony
And that’s just about all we had!
Suddenly
A little harmony
And the poverty’s not so bad
Thin, we were
Poor as sin in berlin, we were!
Patches on our pants
Mercif’lly, when you’re in harmony
You’re in a trance
Others went marching
Not us, we’d dance
No one in grodnogubernia
Ever learned to dance like this!
(Believe it or not I was a rabbi before all this started!
In grodnogubernia yet!)
If you’re in grodnogubernia
Tell em’, this you shouldn’t miss!
Harmony
All arm in arm were we
Well, except when the punches flew
Squabbles, sure
But squabbles don’t endure
When there’s harmony in the brew
Then did we
Oh, so splendidly blend, did we
Like a spell had come
It was clear
My pals and I could hear
A different drum
Outside they hollered!
But we had… harmony!
In this joint
All encounters with counterpoint
End in harmony
And it’s clear
No man’s a solo here
Not even me
No solo mio!
No we’ve got harmony!
When we’ve got harmony
Then just maybe we’ve got a chance
Harmony, the best is harmony!
And the rest is a song and dance!
Where you find
You’re in harmony
There you find
Shelter in a storm
Every note
A button on the coat
That keeps you warm
Stars have the heavens
But we’ve got harmony!
Harmony!
Harmony!
Harmony!
Troubles disappear
And what you feel is what you hear
Not what you see!
Yes, first there was
Harmony!
BECAUSE IT’S CHRISTMAS
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Unto us a son is given
Unto us a son is given
Unto us a son is given
Unto us a child is born
Tonight the stars shine for the children
And light the way for dreams to fly
Tonight our love comes wrapped in ribbons
The world is right
And hopes are high
And from a dark
And frosted window
A child appears
To search the sky
Because it’s Christmas
Because it’s Christmas
Tonight belongs to all the children
Tonight their joy rings through the air
And so we send our tender blessings
To all the children everywhere
To see the smiles and hear the laughter
A time to give
A time to share
Because it’s Christmas
For now and forever
For all of the children
And for the children in us all
Tonight belongs to all the children
Tonight their joy rings through the air
And so we send our tender blessings
To all the children everywhere
To see the smiles and hear the laughter
A time to give
A time to share
Because it’s Christmas
For now and forever
For all of the children
And for the children in us all
FUGUE FOR TINHORNS
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I got the horse right here
His name is Paul Revier
And here’s a guy who says if the weather’s clear
Can do,can do
This guy says the horse can do
Can do ,can do
I’m picking valentine
Cause on the morning line
The guy has got him figured 5 to 9
Has a chance, has a chance
This guy say the horse has a chance
If he says the horse has a chance
Has a chance, has a chance
No way
For Paul Revier I’ll bite
I hear his foots alright
Of course it all depends
If it rained last night
I know it’s valentine
The morning word the find
Besides the jokey’s brother’s a friend of mind
Needs grace, needs grace
This guy says the horse needs grace
He says that the horse needs grace
Needs grace, needs grace
Hey wait a minute fellows
Have you consider this
Well anyway, it’s my turn to sing
So shut up
Oh really
But look at appetat
He wins it by a hair
According to this here in the telegraphy
Big threat, big threat
This guy calls the horse big threat
If he calls the horse big threat
Big threat, big threat
I tell you Paul Revier
Now this is no bum stear
It’s from my handy cap that is real sincere
I go from valentine
Cause on the morning line
The guy has got him figured 5 to 9
Has a chance, has a chance
The guy says the horse has a chance
Paul Revier
Valentine
Appatat
I got the horse right here
LET’S HANG ON
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There ain’t no good in our goodbyein’
True love takes a lot of tryin’
Ohh, I’m cryin’
Let’s hang on
To what we’ve got
Don’t let go girl
We got a lot
Got a lotta love between us
Hang on
Hang on
Hang on
To what we got
You say you’re gonna go and call it quits
Gonna check it all and break
Our love to bits
Break it up
(I wish you’d never said it)
Break it up
(Oh, no we’ll both regret it)
That little chip of diamond on your hand
Ain’t a fortune baby but you know it stands
For the love
(a love to tie and bind ya)
Such a love
(we both can’t leave behind us)
Baby
(don’t you go)
Baby
(don’t you go)
Think it over and stay
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do
I’d pay any price to get in good with you
Patch it up
(give me a second turnin’)
Patch it up
(don’t cool off while I’m burning)
You’ve got me cryin’ dyin’ at your door
Don’t shut me out
Ooh let me in once more
Open up
(your arms I need to hold you)
Open up
(your heart, oh girl I love you)
Baby
(don’t you know)
Baby
(don’t you go)
Think it over and stay
VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS
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It was winter in manhattan
Falling snowflakes filled the air
The streets were covered with a film of ice
But a little simple magic that I’d heard about somewhere
Changed the weather all around, just withn a trice
You bought me violets for my furs
And it was spring for a while, remember?
You bought me violets for my furs
And there was april in that december
The snow drifted on the flowers and melted where it lay
The snow looked leke dew on the blossoms
As on a summer day
You bought me violets for my furs
And there was blue in the wintry sky
You pinned the violets to my furs
And gave a lift to the crowds passing by
You smiled at me so sweetly
Since then one thought occurs
That we fell in love completely
The day you bought me violets for my furs