HAPPY HOLIDAYS / WHITE CHRISTMAS
By
Barry Manilow
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Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Why the merry bells keep ringing
May your every wish come true
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
May the calender keep bringing
Happy holiday to you
I’m dreaming of a white christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I’m dreaming of a white christmas
With every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your christmases be white
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Why the merry bells keep ringing
May your every wish come true
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
May the calender keep bringing
The most happy holiday to you
BRING HIM HOME
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God on high
Here my pray
In my need
You have always been there
He is young
He’s afraid
Let him rest
Heaven blessed
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
He’s like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son
The summer’s die one by one
How soon they fly on and on
Before I’m old before I’m gone
Bring him peace
Bring him joy
He is young
He is only a boy
You can take you can give
Let him be let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home
Bring him home
Bring him home
JUST REMEMBER I LOVE YOU
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When it all goes crazy and the thrill is gone
The days get rainy and the nights get long
When you get that feeling you were born to lose
Staring at your ceiling
Thinking of your blues
When there’s so much trouble that you want to cry
The world has crumbled
And you don’t know why
When your hopes are fading
And they can’t be found
Dreams have left you waiting
Friends have let you down
Just remember I love you and it’ll be alright
Just remember I love you
More than I can say
Just remember I love you
And it’ll be alright
Maybe then your blues will fade away
When you need a lover
And you’re down so low
You start to wonder
But you never know
When it feels like sorrow is your only friend
Knowing that tomorrow
You’ll feel this way again
When the blues come calling
At the break of dawn
The rain keeps falling
But the rainbow’s gone
When you feel like crying
And the tears won’t come
Then your dreams are dying
Then you’re on the run
Just remember I love you
More than I can say
Just remember I love you
And it’ll be alright
JUST ARRIVED
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Her name is… Lola!
She’s from Tulsa.. yeah!
Just arrived, two suitcases in hand
And a dream in her heart
Just arrived track seventeen
All the way from Tulsa Okla-nowhere
Where’s her chauffeured limousine?
Where’s the marching band?
Just in time to take the town
And though her knees are shaking
She’s making her stand
It all starts now
I can see her name in neon
I won’t allow
Anyone to disagree
Don’t ask me how
But before too long
She’ll be on some marquee
New York or bust!
She’s just arrived!
Just arrived track seventeen
(Just arrived track twenty four)
All the way from Tulsa Oklahoma
(All the way from St. Paul, Minnesota)
(All the way from Fargo, North Dakota)
Though she’s still a little green
(Marching through the open door)
When she left, she left her past behind
(Wonder what she’ll find)
Just imagine, here she is the girl from work
(The soda jerk)
(The groc’ry clerk)
The kid they all made fun of
Is one of a kind
It all starts now
Look who’s currently appearing
This girl’s a wow
All the magazines agree
She’ll take her bow
And the world will all be cheering, wait and see
New York or bust
She’s just arrived
Hey!
(Hey! which way’s uptown?)
Somebody said they’re auditioning for “south pacific”
(Where’s the palace?)
Say!
(Hey!, she’s from Dallas!)
Somewhere I read they need lookers and she looks terrific
(That one’s Alice!)
This is her moment
(Hey, world here I come!)
She knows it she can taste it
And she sure ain’t gonna waste it
Cause it’s time she faced it
It all starts now
(Right now!)
I can see her name in neon
(I can see her name in blazing neon)
This girl’s a wow
(And how!)
All the magazines agree
(No way anyone would dare to disagree)
She’ll take her bow
(Oh, wow!)
And before too long she’ll be on some marquee
Gathering dust
She just survived
Now, New York or bust
She’s just arrived!
Hey world
She’s just arrived!
I GO CRAZY
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Hello girl it’s been a while
Guess you’ll be glad to know
That I’ve learn how to laugh and smile
Getting over you was slow
They say old lovers can be good friends
But I never thought I really see you
I really see you again
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
No my heart just can’t high
That old feeling in side
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I go crazy
You say he satasified your mind
Tells you all of his dreams
I know how much that means to you
I realize that I was blind
Just when I thought I was over you
I see your face and it just ain’t true
You know it just ain’t true
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive
It starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
Oh it just ain’t true
No it’s just ain’t true
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive
It starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
JOY TO THE WORLD
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Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground:
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
He rules the earth with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousnes
And wonders of his love.