I CAN’T GET STARTED
By
Barry Manilow
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I’ve flown around the world in a plane
I’ve settled revalations in Spain
The North Pole I have charted
Still I can’t get started with you
On the golf course, I’m under par
And Metro Golden’s asked me to star
I’ve got a house, a show place
Still I can’t get no place with you
Cause you’re so supreme
Lyrics I write of you
I dream, dream night and day of you
And I steam just for the sight of you
Baby what good does it do
I’ve been counsulted by Franklin D
And Greta Garbo gave me her key
Still I’m broken hearted
Cause I can’t get started with you
In 1929 I sold short
In England I’m presented a cord
But you’ve got me down hearted
Cause I can’t get started with you
TURN THE RADIO UP
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C’mon everybody open
Up your windows
Turn on the music
Turn on the music
When I feel that this old world
Is just to hard to bear
People comin’ at me left and right
Day and night
Here’s the thing I do
Turn the radio up
Hear the melody
Turn reality down
There’s too much talk about blues
To much of the time
Turn the radio up
Hear the harmony
Turn the ngative down
Turn the radio up
Everything will be find
Worryin’ don’t do no good
So throw your cares away
Come on people life’s too
Short to stay
Hey hey
Everybody now
Turn the radio up
Hear the melody
Play it all over town
There’s to much talk about blues
Turn the bulletins down
Turn the radio up
Hear the harmony
Don’t ‘cha be so profound
Turn the radio up
It’ll turn you around
Don’t give in
No matter what they say
Out with the negative
You find the positive way
Hey, hey, hey
Turn the radio up
Up with harmony
Pandemonium down
There’s to much talk about blues
All over this town
Hey, hey, hey
Turn the radio up
Hear the melody
Don’t you be so profound
Turn the radio up
It’ll turn you around
Turn the radio up
Turn the radio up
Turn the radio up
WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND
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Last night I wave goodbye
Now its seems years
I’m back in the city
Where nothing is clear
But thoughts of me holding you
Bringing us near
And tell me
When will our eyes meet?
When can I touch you?
When will this strong yearning end
And when will I hold you again
Time in New England
Took me away
To long rocky beaches
And you by the bay
We started a story
Who’s end must now wait
And tell me
I feel the change coming
I feel the wind blow
I feel brave and daring
I feel my blood flow
With you I could bring out
All the love that I have
With you there’s a heaven
So earth ain’t so bad
And tell me
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
LAY ME DOWN
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Got dust on my piano
And dishes in the sink
Your side of the bed is cold
I haven’t slept a wink
So I read your goodbye letter
To the face inside my drink
Lay me down and roll me out to sea
Got your picture in my wallet
And some pictures in my mind
A pocketfull of memories
I never thought I’d find
And it’s rainin’ like a Monday
And the world seems so unkind
So lay me down and roll me out to sea
Lay me down, roll me out to sea
Callin’ on a mighty wave to cover me
Lay me down
Roll me out to sea
Heaven, if you’re ready shine your light on me
Now listen to my story
Cause I haven’t told it all
I saw her with her new love
She turned to me and called
When they asked, “How ya’ doing?”
I could crumbled like a wall
So lay me down and roll me out to sea
Lay me down roll me out to sea
Callin’ on a mighty wave to cover me
Lay me down
Roll me out to sea
Heaven, if you’re ready, shine your light on me
THE SECOND TIME AROUND
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Love is lovelier, the second time around
Just as wonderful, with both feet on the ground
It’s that second time you hear your love song sung
Makes you think perhaps that love, like youth, is wasted on the young
Love’s more comfortable the second time you fall
Like a friendly home the second time you call
Who can say, what led us to this miracle we’ve found
There are those who’d bet
Love comes but once – and yet
I’m oh so glad we met
The second time around
Who can say, what led us to this miracle we’ve found
There are those who’d bet
Love comes but once – and yet
I’m oh so glad we met
The second time around
Love is lovelier
Second time around