I AM YOUR CHILD
By
Barry Manilow
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I am your child.
Wherever you go, you take me, too.
Whatever I know, I learn from you.
Whatever I do, you taught me to do.
I am your child.
And I am your chance.
Whatever will come, will come from me.
Tomorrow is won, by winning me.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope,
I am your chance,
I am your child.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope,
I am your chance,
I am your child.
A NICE BOY LIKE ME
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Walkin’ around
Uptight
And lookin’ for noise
Frantic on a Friday night
Just one of the boys
Phony defenses, they fall in my way
A case of hot fire turnin’ to stone
Just a wind up poet with a chip on his shoulder
Meetin’ Saturday mornin’ alone
Won’t you tell me what’s a nice boy like me
Doin’ in a place that never closes?
I can hardly hear ya’
Holy Moses
Lookin’ so sad
Just tell me what’s a nice boy like me
Doin’ by the dance floor after hours?
Dozin’ over rolls of whiskey sours?
Feelin’ so bad
I’m feelin’ so bad for me
Lost in the crowd
Alone
And drinkin’ my third
I’m hungry for company, but I can’t think of the words
Watchin’ the girls, my heart in my hands
What a misplaced, pitiful sight?
Just a stiff upper lip who’ll be knowin’ tomorrow
What he shoulda been sayin’ tonight!
Wontcha’ tell me what’s a nice boy like me
Doin’ in a place that never closes
I can hardly hear ya’ Holy Moses
Lookin’ so sad
Now won’t you tell me what’s a nice boy like me
Doin’ by the dance floor after hours?
Dozin’ over rolls of whiskey sours
Feelin’ so bad
I’m feelin’ so bad for me
Watchin’ the girls, my heart in my hands
What a misplased, pitiful sight?
Just a stiff upper lip who’ll be knowin’ tomorrow
What he shoulda been sayin’ tonight
And tell me what’s a nice boy like me
Doin’ in a place that never closes
I can hardly hear ya’
Holy Moses
Lookin’ so sad
Now won’t you tell me what’s a nice kid like me
Doin’ by the dance floor after hours
Dozin’ over roll of whiskey sours
Feelin’ so bad
I’m feelin’ so bad for me
AVENUE C
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N.Y I dig
What About it?
N.Y is big
People tout it
I filp my wig
What about?
‘Bout a street I dig
One day I was walkin’ ‘n’ finally came upon a series of Alphabet streets.
A-B-C and D.But I went for “C” It’s really and truly the dilly of all M’Petstreet
Hey hey hey everybody now
Come go walkin’ with me now
Walk up Avenue C, now
Chicks all lookin’ so pretty
They don’t give me no pity
Avenue C is the grooviest in the city
I never dug an avenue more enjoyable to me
“C” Avenue is groovy.Yes, it was groovy as it could be
Walk with me down Avenue C
Man I really hope to stay
Come on baby, while we ramble,walk beside me while we ramble
You dig it too I feel you do, what a scenic hike,it’s a walk that you’re bound to like.
you got “a” on the one side “b” on the other “C” in the middle
baby
The reason that you’re feelin so down,babe,is ’cause you live in Stuyvesant Town,babe,I dug you down in the Hamilton fish,babe, and realized that you were my dish,babe,walkin’ home and you can walk with me.Walkin’ hand in hand up Avenue C.Oh babe, and while we’re walkin’ we can do some talkin’ while the people dig us wonderin’ what we’re puttin’ down.While we,happy as can be,glide on,takin’ life in stride up to Murphy Park there beside the river.
Well our feet got the rhythm
Pure pedal syncopation
‘N when we walk with ’em
Demandin’ admiration
Well our step is snappy
Dig people step aside now
Because we’re so happy
We’re takin’ life in stride now
Avenue C your vibrations are followin’ me.Oh yes
Yes yes
Me and babe steadily cookin’ Brass:Yes yes
Start at one end talkin’ and movin’
Yes yes
To the other wiggin’ and groovin’
So come
You should
And view
I would
This Ave-
You could
Venue
It’s good
Walk on
“C” Avenue,see it my way
Talk on
No better view on the highway
Big town you don’t know ’til you see it
Walk on
I never saw such a wonderful sight
You’re gonna love it
Break
I’m hip – you’ll flip
When you dig it you’ll stop and linger
You’ll pop your top
What a pleasure and what a swinger
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
NIGHT SONG
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Listen
The city is singin’ its night song
A city of shadows and fading starlight
Mixed with bar light
Listen
The empty streets echo the right song
A melody I used to think was only for the
Lonely
Night song
I hear you
Now as the night disappears
But this time
Your blues
Is music to my ears
The rumble of the train
The rustle of the wind
The rhythm of the footsteps
The blarin’ of a horn
The murmur of a voice
The echo of a siren
Night song!
You used to find me cryin’ in my beer
Now you remind me tomorrow she’ll be here
She’ll be here!
Oh, night song
You sing of a train from New Orleans
And deep in the music I hear her hummin’
Now she’s coming home!
The city is singin’ its night song
Listen
DANCE AWAY
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Dance away
Dance away
I saw you in the shadows
You were actin’ so free
I knew the last thing on your mind was me
I could hear the laughter
And from that moment after
Girl, you had my pride down on its knees
Who does your night belong to
Now that I’m gone
Does he call you baby, all night long
Who does your night belong to
Who is the one you turn to
Are you dancin’ to our favorite song
Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love away
I can make it on my own
My love will survive
I will find someone to get me by
But I’ll be left with feelin’s
That will go unsatisfied
My need for you is very much alive
Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love away
Come on and Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love
Dance my love
Dance my love away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
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