IF I SHOULD LOVE AGAIN
By
Barry Manilow
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Oh my love
You were the only one
Now you’re gone and I’m alone
All my friends
They say what’s done is done
I pretend
But deep inside I know
If I should love again
If I find someone new
It would be make-believe
For in my heart
It would be you
And though I hold her close
And want her now and then
I’ll still be loving you
If I should love again
All day long
I keep remembering
All the night
I think of you
All my life
You’ll be the song I sing
I’ll get by
But this I swear is true
If I should love again
I DON’T WANT TO WALK WITHOUT YOU
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I don’t want to walk without you , baby
Walk without my arm about you , baby
I thought the day you left me behind
I’d take a stroll and get you right off my mind
But now I find that
I don’t want to walk without the sunshine
Why’d you have to turn off all that sunshine
Oh baby, please come back
Or you’ll break my heart for me
Cause, I don’t want to walk with out you
No siree
I don’t want to walk with out you,baby
Walk with out my arm about you , baby
I though the day you left me behind
That I’d take a stroll and get you right off my mind
But now I find
That I don’t want to walk with out the sunshine
Why’d you have to turn off all that sunshine
Oh baby, please come back
Or you’ll break my heart for me
Cause I don’t want to walk with out you
I don’t want to walk with out you
No siree
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
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
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Gonna take a sentimental journey
Gonna to set my heart at ease
Gonna take a sentimental journey
To renew old memories
Got my bag
I got my reservation
Spend each dime I could afford
Like a child in wild anticipation
Long to hear that all aboard
Seven, that’s the time we leave at seven
I’ll be waiting up for heaven
Counting every mile of railroad track
That takes me back
Never thought my heart could be so yearning
Why did I decide to roam
Gonna take a sentimental journey
Sentimental journey home
Sentimental journey
REMINISCING
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Friday night it was late
I was walking you home
We got down to the gate
And I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right
How to tell you girl
I want to build my world around you
Tell you that it’s true
I wanna make you understand
I’m talking about a life time plan
That’s the way it began
We were hand in hand
Glen Miller’s Band was better than before
We yelled and screamed for more
And the porter too
Made us dance across the room
It ended it all too soon
And on the way back home
I promise you, you’ll never be alone
Hurry don’t be late
I can hardly wait
I said to myself when we’re old
We’ll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing
Friday night it was late
I was walking you home
We got down to the gate
And I was dreaming of the night
Would it turn out right
Now as the years roll on
Each time we hear our favorite song
The memories come along
Older times we’re missing
Spending the hours reminiscing
Hurry don’t be late
I can hardly wait
I said to myself when we’re old
We’ll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing
We’ll go dancing in the dark
Walking through the park and reminiscing
You should be dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
And reminiscing
STARS IN THE NIGHT
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Look
Look at the stars
How brilliant they are
How can they be shining now
When hope seems so far?
Look
Look how they shine
These cruelest of stars
What promise inspires them?
What faith is it fires them?
Darkness grows
The world turns cold
And still there glows the light
Heaven knows
What hope they hold tonight
Look
Look how they tease
These stars in the night
The darker the night becomes
The brighter their light becomes
Chill winds wail
The tempest brews
And clouds assail the sky
Through the veil
The stars refuse to die!
In this world
Of darkest night
Where hope is hurled away
There they are
And still there’s light
Oh so far
But will they…?
Dare they lift our hearts
As we lift our eyes
Are we fools to see
The hope that’s gleaming in the skies?
Look!
There’s the light!
Stars in the night!