I DON’T WANNA KNOW
By
Barry Manilow
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How can you treat me so badly?
I gave my heart to you gladly
Don’t try to explain
You’ll drive me insane
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
Don’t tell me how you’ll love me forever
Don’t say that someday we’ll be together
Stop tryin’ to be kind
You were never really mind
And every word you say
Just drives me out of my mind
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
How could I be so blind
I thought we were doin’ fine
You never said a word
Never gave me a sign
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
EVERY SINGLE DAY
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Every single day
We’ll remember what we do today
Words we didn’t say
We’ll remember every single day
Then years go by
To wonder why and wonder what we learned
Was that the bridge we should’ve crossed?
The one we burned
Every empty night
To regret a life that could’a been
Maybe you were right
Just forget that emptiness within
So if you go
Before that moment’s gone
Look at me the way
I’ll remember every single day
From now on
You deserve
I don’t know…
What…
The man I’d love to be
That’s not the way it turned out
No you fell in love with me
Everything you doubt
I will fight for
Every single day
Help me work it out
Make it right for
Every single day
But this I swear
And stake my life upon
If you go or stay
I will love you
As I do today
And I’ll love you
Every single day
From now on
WHY DON’T WE TRY - A SLOW DANCE
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Why don’t we try a slow dance
It’s all going by us to fast
Oh, why don’t we try a slow dance
And maybe this moment will last
All night long we’ve been dancing
Dancing too far away
All night long I’ve been waiting for them
To play a slow one
Why don’t we try a slow dance
Before it all comes to a close
We’ll see how it feels
And see where the feeling goes
Oh why don’t we try a slow dance and then
Who knows
It’s all goin’ by us to fast
And maybe this moment will last
All night long we’ve been dancing
Dancin’ to far away
All night long I ‘ve been wateing for them
To play a slow one
Why don’t we try a slow dance
Before it all comes to a close
We’ll see how it fells
And see where the fellin’ goes
Oh why don’t we try a slow dance
And then who knows
Then who knows
Who knows
Who knows
THIS IS OUR TIME!
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I know, Bobby, I see
The times are awful, true
But they’re times that we inherit
What else can we do?
The choices pal, are few
Roll over, die, or rise above it all
Show ’em why and how to shove it all!
I know, bobby
I see
This is our time, bobby, this is our time
Bad times, so then what’s to lose?
A lousy year of lousy news
And stuffin’ cardboard in our shoes
When here’s a chance to know what bliss is
It’s our dance, hey fellas
This is our time!
Sad as hell
But our time
Our world
If the world survives
Then we’ve got time and bobby
Just maybe it could be
The time of all times of our lives!
Help it happen
Draw the plan
You can’t do it
Nor can I
But Bobby
We can!
This is our time
Maybe it’s the last time
Who knows, but at least it’s ours
And it won’t be the first time
That men picked the worst time
To lift up their eyes to the stars!
‘Cause it’s our time!
Here’s to our time!
This is our time!
And it won’t be the first time
That men picked the worst time
To lift up their eyes to the stars!
‘Cause it’s our time!
Here’s to our time!
This is out time, fellas!
This is our time!
This is our time!
Our time!
PLEASE DON’T BE SCARED
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There’s a light, behind your eyes
I see it shining, it only fades when you cry
There’s a heart that beats so strong
I feel it dying when the night time lasts too long
Now you and I have lived our century
And all I can say is what you offered to me
Please don’t be scared
’cause I’ve stood there too
Between survival and the right thing to do
’cause only the strong, admit their fears
And if you really need me
I’ll always be here
The parties and the lights
Fade to memories in the still of the night
And you wonder in your mind
If there’s nothing left to show for all the time
’cause feeling pain is a hard way to know you’re still alive
But someday someone will make you glad you survived REPEAT CHORUS
‘Cause feeling pain is a hard way to know you’re still alive
Someday someone will make you glad you survived
ONCE AND FOR ALL
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You’re a girl
After my own heart
You know your own mind
We are a similar kind
Separate yet intertwined
We speak with a single voice
But now we must make a choice
Whether to fall in love
Once and for all
Do you really want to have someone for good
Would you stay in love forever if you could
Do you want a friend who’s always standing by
When your back’s against the wall
Once and for all
We’re a pair
Cut from the same cloth
Deep in our own soul
Alone and not perfectly whole
But seemingly in control
Afraid not knowing just where we are
But knowing we’ve come so far
So far that we just might make it
Once and for all
Search your heart and then
I want you to decide
Is simple love enough to keep you by my side
Can we stay together through the thick and thin
Through troubles big and small
Once and for all
Once and for all
Once and for all
Do you really want to have someone for good
Would you stay in love forever if you could
Do you want a friend who’s always standing by
When your back’s against the wall
Once and for all
Once and for all
Once and for all