HERE COMES THE NIGHT
By
Barry Manilow
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The day is ending
And the same old pain begins
Each deeper shade of blue
Brings back more of you to miss
I fight the tears again
But I just can’t win and…
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
I still remember
You lyin’ next to me
The love would go so deep
We wouldn’t get to sleep at all
These nights I’m losing sleep
To a lonely memory
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
Will it never end
Why can’t I get forever
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
COME DANCE WITH ME / COME FLY WITH ME
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Hey there cutes, put on your dancin’ boots and come dance with me,
Come dance with me, what an evening for some terpsichore.
Pretty face, I know a swingin’ place, come on dance with me,
Romance with me on a crowded floor.
And while the rhythm swings, what lovely things I’ll be sayin’,
For what is dancing but making love set to music, playin’.
When the band begin to leave the stand and folks start to roam,
As we wing home, cheek to cheek we’ll be,
Come on, come on, come on, come on now
Come fly with me, let’s fly let’s fly away
If you can use, some exotic booze
There’s a bar in far Bombay
Come fly with me, come fly, lets fly away
Come fly with me, let’s float down to Peru
In lama land, there’s a one man band
And he’ll toot his flute for you
Come fly with me, lets take of in the blue
Once I get you up there, where the air is rarefied
We’ll just glide, starry eyed
Once I get you up there, I’ll be holding you so near
You may here, angels cheer – cause were together
Weather wise it’s such a lovely day
Just say the words, and we’ll beat the birds
Down to Acapulco Bay
It’s perfect, for a flying honeymoon – they say
Come fly with me
Come on ,come on,come dance with me
Come on,come on,come fly
Come on and dance with me
TEACH ME TONIGHT
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Did you say that I’ve got a lot to learn
Well don’t think I’m trying not to learn
Since this is the perfect spot to learn
Teach me tonight
Starting with the ABC of it
Getting right down to the XYZ of it
Help me solve the mystery of it
Teach me tonight
The sky’s a blackboard high above you
And if a shooting star goes by
I’ll use that star to write “I love you”
A thousand times across the sky
One thing isn’t very clear my love
Teachers shouldn’t stand so near my love
Graduation’s almost here my love
You’d better teach me tonight
I’ve played loves scenes in a flick or two
And I’ve also met a chick or two
But I still can learn a trick or two
Hey teach me tonight
I who thought I knew the score of it
Kind of think I should know much more of it
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it
Hey teach me tonight
The midnight hours come slowly creeping
When there’s no one there but you
There must be more to life than sleeping
Single in a bed for two
What I need most is post graduate
What I feel is hard to articulate
If you want me to matriculate
You’d better teach me tonight
What do you get for lessons
Teach me… come on and teach me… teach me tonight
THE CHRISTMAS WALTZ
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Frosted windowpanes
Candles gleaming inside
Painted candy canes on the tree
Santa’s on his way
He’s filled his sleigh with things
Things for you and me
It’s that time of year
When the world falls in love
Ev’ry song you hear seems to say
Merry Christmas
May your New Year dreams come true
And this song of mine
In three-quarter time
Wishes you and yours
The same thing too
WHERE OR WHEN
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It seems we stood here
And take like this before
We look at each other
In the same old way
But I can’t remember
Where or when
The clothes you’re wearing
Are the clothes you wore
The smile you’re smiling
You where smiling then
I can’t remember where or when
Something’s that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laugh before and loved before
But who knows where or when
Something’s that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laugh before and loved before
But who knows where or when
SEVEN MORE YEARS
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David I said as I lay on my bed
another years gone bye
your starting your parole in the morning they said
please tell her I’m alright
seven more years if only if she can hold on
seven more years and I’ll be home again
David you got to tell her that I miss her
tell her I’ll miss every day till then
but tell her it ain’t so bad
and say you’re my friend
say that I’m ok
and tell her too wait for me
and I’ll be home again
getting home again
getting home again
David I said as he started to go
another years gone by
won’t you write me some time
I’ll miss you ,you know
but I’ll make out alright
seven more years if only I can hold on
seven more years and I’ll be home again
David you got to tell her that I miss her
tell her I’ll miss her every day till then
but tell her it ain’t so bad
please tell her my friend
say that I’m ok
and tell her to wait for me
and I’ll be home again
getting home again
getting home again
getting home,getting home again
seven more years if only I can hold on
seven more years and I’ll be home again
David you got to tell her that I miss her
tell her that I’ll miss her every day till then
I only got seven more years
I only got seven more years
I know I got only got seven more lousy years
I only got seven more years
I only got seven more lousy years