JOY TO THE WORLD
By
Barry Manilow
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Joy to the world! The Lord is come:
Let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
Joy to the earth! the Saviour reigns:
Let men their songs employ,
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground:
He comes to make his blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.
He rules the earth with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousnes
And wonders of his love.
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS
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Have your self a merry little christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on our troubles
Will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little christmas
Make the yule tide gay
From now on our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden day of yours
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the faiths allow
Hang a shinning star
Upond the highest bow
And have your self a merry little christmas now
The’ll be near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the faiths allow
Hang a shinning star
Upond the highest bow
And have your self a merry little christmas now
A merry little christmas now
SWEET HEAVEN (I’M IN LOVE AGAIN)
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Sweet heaven I’m in love again
Sweet heaven I’m in love again
You came along now what can I do
I only want to be with you
Sweet heaven here I go again
I’m hooked from head to toe again
One minute I’m so lonely and then
Oh sweet heaven
Hey babe
Now that I’ve found you life’s a song
Say babe
Where were you hiding I’ve been waiting so long
Sweet heaven I’m in love again
So totally in love again
I’ll shout it everywhere I go
I’ll sing it on the radio
I want the whole world to know
Sweet heaven I’m in love again
ONE OF THESE DAYS
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One of these days
One of these very ordinary days
Your going to call my name
And I won’t be there
After the days
After these very,very many days
Your going to see the light
And I won’t be there
And on that day
Some how I’ll find the strength to stay away
I won’t give in
I will not let myself be taken in
Again oh no my friend
One of these days
Out of the blue you’ll start remembering
And I won’t care
Cause I won’t be there
Oh and on that day
I swear I’ll find the strength somehow to stay away
I won’t give in
I will not let myself be taken in
Again oh no my friend
Thats what I say
Thats what I tell myself I won’t give in
So try it someday and you’ll see that I won’t be there
No you know,you know I won’t be there
One of these,one of these,one of these days
I won’t be there
I MISS YOU
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When I wake up everyday
I miss you
And it never goes away
I miss you
People smile and while
I take and even laugh
I’m not even half the man they knew
Without you
When I’m in our bed each night
And I turn out the light
Oh how I miss you
Little things reminding me about you
Who will I annoy again, if not you?
In my silent room sometimes
I’ll close my eyes
And I whisper sweet good-byes
You’ll never hear
Esther dear…..
Fifty years, Ester and Joe
Tell me how could this be so?
Oh how I miss you
Was I there
When you needed me to be there?
Could you see
There wasn’t one day
When you weren’t my best girl?
Though we both drove each other crazy
I love all the love you gave me
And you where all that mattered
In my world
Everyday I love you more
And miss you
And I wish you knew
That through the darkest night
You are still the light
That helps me find my way
And I pray
One day we will meet again
And all this emptiness will end
And I will kiss you
’till that day
Though we’re apart
I’ll hold you close
Here in my heart
But God
I miss you
CLOUDBURST
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I was blue and I was always wearing a frown
because my gal had turned me down.
Then we met and you can bet I knew from the first,
you were my love,
and that’s when the old gray cloudburst.
My heart really flew,
the day you caught my eye.
I hope that we two will never say “Good-bye.”
Clouds of gray have silver linings when they reverse.
I found your love and that’s when the old gray cloudburst.
Hey, baby…..
I’m gonna tell you ’bout your lovin’
and your kissn’ and your huggin’
and your sweet turtle-dovin’ pretty baby.
I won’t be satisfied til I hear ’em play,
“Here comes the bride.”
Listen to me baby and I don’t mean maybe.
Listen to my story,
it’s terrifficly true.
I gotta find a way of telling you that I really go for you.
I hope you really believe me baby ’cause I certainly do.
‘Cause you’re thrillin’ me, you’re really,
really thrilling when you tell me that you probably got a kind of crush on me,
That moves me, grooves me.
How divine can one woman be?
Well little darlin’,
you got me fallin’.
You got me goofy and gay.
I’m gonna get carried away.
Just think, you’re gonna be mine someday.
Oh, let’s spin a little,
park a little, stop a little,
spark a little,
live a little,
love a little,
maybe turtle-dove a little baby.
Every time you hold me so near,
nobody loves me like you, dear.
Let’s stop a little, squeeze a little,
probably maybe tease a little,
try a little, sigh a little,
maybe have to cry a little bit,
’cause to tell you the truth,
I’m gonna love you and that’s it.
‘Cause I love you baby,
love you baby,
love you baby,
love you baby,
with all my heart.
Oooh, listen to me while I say I let
a lotta little ladies get away
Because I know,
I know pretty baby, I know,
I know, pretty baby,
I know you’re the one, yes you’re the one.
I knew when I met you what a break it was to get you.
When it’s cloudy and gray and that’s the worst.
How do you cause the cloud to burst?
You got to find a lover,
find a lover, find a lover, find a lover.
If it’s silvery under clouds of gray.
How do you chase the clouds away?
You gotta find a little girl
and make her love you a lot.
Don’t ever leave unless you flip your
lid and really want to ruin the plot.
Sounds easy does it?
Light as a breeze thru the trees.
Boy, how pleasant was it?
Pleasant as one summer day, boy.
It’s so wonderful,
what a love can do.
Look at what love has done for you.
Hey, I’m a lucky lover, lucky lover,
I got the love you should discover.
I was blue and I was always wearing a frown,
because my gal had turned me down.
Then we met and you can bet I knew from the first,
You were my love,
and that’s when the old gray cloudburst.
Take a look at me.
Boy take another look,
take another look,
take another look,
Take another good, long, look at me.
Love opened my eyes and now I see,
Clouds of gray have silver linings when they reverse.
I found your love,
and that’s when the old, gray, cloudburst.
That’s when the old, gray, cloud burst!