HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
By
Barry Manilow
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Have your self a merry little christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles
Will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little christmas
Make the yule tide gay
From now on our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden day of yours
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the faiths allow
Hang a shinning star
Upond the highest bow
And have your self a merry little christmas now
The’ll be near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the faiths allow
Hang a shinning star
Upond the highest bow
And have your self a merry little christmas now
A merry little christmas now
SEE THE SHOW AGAIN
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They tell me I’m the man of the hour
Champange all around
It’s been so long sence I been alone
Sometimes it gets me down
And you your pretty as a picture
And I don’t even know you name
But I sure would like to meet you
Why don’t you see the show again
I’ve been playing these love songs for ever
Some times the words don’t make much sinces
So I’m living it all though the music
Even last nights complaments
I’ve been playing for thousands of people
Some times it just never ends
But the look in your eyes feels so good to me
Why don’t you see the show again
God knows there not much I can say
I don’t have time for love in my life
But if I ever thought about changing my mind
It might be with you tonight
I’ve been on the road for so many weeks now
And I’m losing track of time
Trying to make everyone happy
I wonder whats really mine
And you your pretty as as picture
But I don’t even know your name
I sure would like to meet you some time
Why don’t you see the show agian
Why don’t you see the show again
See it only baby
See the show,see the show again
Maybe we can get to know each other better some time
IN THIS WORLD
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How have I found you?
How in the world?
Now that I’ve found you
You are my world
In these times that keep us guessing
You’re my answer and my blessing
Pretty damn amazing, given
This peculiar world we live in
In this world
That’s lost all its reason
At last there’s a reason
For hope in my heart
In this world
Unsure of its future
So sure of you
I say, let the future start!
In this world
That’s yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you
In this world
That’s lost all its reason
At last there’s a reason
For hope in our hearts
In this world unsure of its future
Somehow with you
I’m sure where the future starts
In this world
That’s yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you
JUMP SHOUT BOOGIE
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Well not to long ago in 1944
When every mothers son was goin’ off to war
They had to lift there spirits high
For Uncle Sam ,mother hood and apple pie
Instead of spendin’ money that they didn’t have
In hot spots in the Bronx
They went to here the kind of jazz
You hear in funky hunky tonks
It made you wanna
Jump! shout! knock your self out
The bogie-wogie beat is what I’m talkin’ about
If you have the heebie jeebies you can dance away
To the bogie-wogie music the piano man was playin’
And you could jump, shout, knock yourself out
The boogie-woogie beat is what I’m talking about
You could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low down
With the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who’s going to town
It had the kind of rhythm that would fill the hall
The plinkin’ and the pluckin’ drove ’em off the wall
And they would dance and drink their gin
And when the fuzz, buzzed they joined in
So everybody partied ’till the cows came home
’cause that’s what boggie’s for
And everynight that dump will jump
And keepem’ coming back for more
Because they make you wanna….
It made you wanna jump, shout
Who wanna jump! shout
You wanna jump! shout
To the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin’
You could jump! shout! knock yourself out
The boogie-woogie beat is what I’m talking about
You could pull a switcharoonie if your felt low down
To the boogie-woogie beat of piano
Shake it yes, yes, yes
WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
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We’ve only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we’re on our way.
And yes, We’ve just begun.
Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start our walking and learn to run.
And yes, We’ve just begun.
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.
And when the evening comes we smile,
So much of life ahead
We’ll find a place where there’s room to grow,
And yes, We’ve just begun.
STARDUST
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And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the skys the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we’re apart
You wandered down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely night dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
When our love was new
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
Now my consolation is in the stardust of a song
Beside a garden wall
When stars are bright you are in my arms
The nightingale tells his fairy tale
Of paradise where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love’s refrain
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
The memory of love’s refrain