HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART
By
Barry Manilow
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I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend a this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
And misty memories of days gone by
We could never see tomorrow, noone said a word about the sorrow.
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again.
OLD FRIENDS
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Hey old friend
Are you ok old friend
What’ll you say old friend
Are we or are we unique
Time goes by
Everything else keeps changing
You and I we get continued next week
Most friends fade
Or they don’t make the grade
New ones are quickly made
And in a pinch, sure they’ll do
But us old friends
What’s to discuss old friend
Here’s to us
Who’s like us
Damn few
YOU’RE LEAVING TOO SOON
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You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon
You’ll never learn to fly unless you learn to fall
You’ll never know the answers ’till you’ve heard the call
You can’t turn your back until you face it all
Take my word
You’re leaving too soon
You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving to soon
Babe you shouldn’t go until you know just what I mean
Now, “happy ever after”, I have never seen
But still we might come closer than we’ve ever been
Come over here
You’re leavin’ too soon
You’re leavin’ too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon
You’re leaving too soon
WINNER GO DOWN
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Fame, fame, fame, is it worth it?
Fame, fame, fame, can you take it?
Fame, fame, fame, are you ready?
Fame, fame, fame, will you make it?
You were touched
With the gold
Of a warm summer morning
A symphony born in the sun
They loved you like pagans
And followed your climb
The strongest
Most beautiful one
You’ve flown to the clouds
Where the air’s very thin
And the word is out
All around town
They’ve lined up for miles
With their holiday grins
They love to see
A winner go down
Winner go down
Learning to lose
Lie in the gravel
Bathe in the blues
They’ll run to the rooftops
Screaming the news
Winner go down
Winner go down
And now the arena
Is quiet and darkened
The crowd is covered in smiles
They’re holding their breath
At the thought of the slaughter
But you sure kept ‘em waiting awhile
They built up your legend
And danced in your light
‘Til they longed
For the day to come ‘round
When they’d see you break down
And cry like a baby
They love to see a winner go down
Winner go down
Learning to lose
Lie in the gravel
Bathe in the blues
They’ll run to the rooftops
Screaming the news
Winner go down
Winner go down
Fame, fame, fame, is it worth it?
Fame, fame, fame, can you take it?
Fame, fame
The trial is over
The crowd has gone home
Yes, all their predictions came true
But even the thrill
Being there for the fall
It’s just glory they borrowed from you
Winner go down
Learning to lose
Lie in the gravel
Bathe in the blues
They’ll run to the rooftops
Screaming the news
Winner go down
They love to see a winner go down
Learning to lose
Lie in the gravel
Bathe in the blues
They’ll run to the rooftops
Screaming the news
Winner go down
I hate to see a winner go down
MANDY (ACOUSTIC)
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I remember all my life
Raining down as cold as ice.
Shadows of a man,
A face through a window cryin’ in the night,
The night goes into
Morning just another day;
Happy people pass my way.
Looking in their eyes,
I see a memory I never realized how happy you made me.
Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
I’m standing on the edge of time;
I’ve walked away when love was mine.
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing,
The tears are in my mind and nothin’ in rhyming.
Oh Mandy well,
You came and you gave without taking,
But I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
Kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
And I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
Yesterday’s a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today Oh, Mandy
You came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you
LEAVING IN THE MORNING
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I tried to tell you there’s trouble on the way
I lost the feling that I once had
But when I held you there was nothing I could say
I couldn’t bare to see you hurt so bad
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye
I tried to tell you there was something that I miss
Something I couldn’t dare to find with you
But I was blinded by your love every time we kissed
Afraid I never find a love so true
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye
I waited too long but now I see
It’s no good for you, it’s no good for me
You can’t see it now
But one day you’ll know I just had to go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning