FOOLS GET LUCKY
By
Barry Manilow
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When I see you lying there
Like a living answered prayer
There are no words
For what I feel for you
My life was once a high trapeze
You pulled me down
And gave me peace
That’s something no one else
Could ever do
And on nights like tonight
It scares me recalling
How close I came to falling
But fools get lucky
Fortune must like me
When people ask where you came from
I tell them that
Fools get lucky
Destiny likes me
It must be one of nature’s rules
Love like yours
Should save the fools like me
When I see the good times shine
On this wayward life of mine
I tell the world
It’s all because of you
Like me
Like me
HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
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Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do
Oh the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
And you fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Ease my troubles that’s what you do
There’s a love that’s divine
And it’s yours and it’s mine
Like the sun at the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do
There’s a love that’s divine
And it’s yours and it’s mine
And it shines like the sun
At the end of the day we will give thanks
And pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do
Take away my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles that’s what you do
Fill my life with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles that’s what you do.
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
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
NEW YORK CITY RHYTHM
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When my heart is torn apart
By love I wish I had
Well I spend my nights in the city’s lights
And things don’t seem so bad
You know the movement seems to soothe me
And the tempo takes control
And I loss my blues when the New York City Rhythm fills my soul
It’s the New York City Rhythm runnin’ thru my life
The poundin’ beat of the city’s streets
That keep my dreams alive
I’m lost, I’m found
I’m up, I’m down
But somehow I survive
It’s got to be the New York City Rhythm in my life
It’s got to be the New York City Rhtym in my life
In my life
When I’m out for love or sin
Oh it’s good to be in town
In the funky dives, on the old West Side
There’s always something goin’ down
Yes, I live my life with strangers
And the danger’s always there
But when I hit Broadway and it’s time to play
And you know that I don’t care
Cause it’s the New York City rhythm runnin thru my life
The poundin’ beat of the city’s streets
That keeps my dreams alive
I’m lost, I’m found
I’m up ,I’m down
But some how I survive
It’s got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
Oh It’s got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
In my life
Oh got to,got to,got to be
You know the movement seems to soothe me
And the tempo makes me high
Its got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
Oh its got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
In my life
Oh got to, got to, got to be
The city in my life
AND I LOVE HER
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I give her all my love
That’s all I do
And if you saw my love
You’d love her too
I love her
She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her