MARRY ME A LITTLE
By
Barry Manilow
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Marry me a little
Love me just enough
Cry but not too often
Play but not too rough
Keep a tender distance
So we’ll both be free
That’s the way it ought to be
I’m ready
I’m ready
Marry me a little
Do it with a will
Make a few demands
I’m able to fulfill
Want me more than others
Not exclusively
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready now
You can be my best friend
I can be your right arm
We’ll go through a fight or two
No harm, no harm
We’ll look not too deep
We’ll go not too far
We won’t have to give up a thing
We’ll stay who we are
Right? ok then
I’m ready
I’m ready now
Someone marry me a little
Love me just enough
Warm and sweet and easy
Just the simple stuff
Keep a tender distance
So we’ll both be free
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready
Marry me a little
Body, heart, and soul
Passion
But always in control
Want me first and formost
Keep me company
That’s the way it oughta be
I’m ready
I’m ready now
Oh how gently we’ll talk
Oh how softly we’ll tred
All the stends, the ugly things
We’ll keep unsaid
We’ll build a cocoon
Of love and respect
You promise whatever you like
I’ll never collect
Right? ok then
I’m ready
I’m ready now
Someone
I’m ready
I’m ready
I’m ready now
JUMP SHOUT BOOGIE
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Well not to long ago in 1944
When every mothers son was goin’ off to war
They had to lift there spirits high
For Uncle Sam ,mother hood and apple pie
Instead of spendin’ money that they didn’t have
In hot spots in the Bronx
They went to here the kind of jazz
You hear in funky hunky tonks
It made you wanna
Jump! shout! knock your self out
The bogie-wogie beat is what I’m talkin’ about
If you have the heebie jeebies you can dance away
To the bogie-wogie music the piano man was playin’
And you could jump, shout, knock yourself out
The boogie-woogie beat is what I’m talking about
You could pull a switcheroonie if you felt low down
With the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who’s going to town
It had the kind of rhythm that would fill the hall
The plinkin’ and the pluckin’ drove ’em off the wall
And they would dance and drink their gin
And when the fuzz, buzzed they joined in
So everybody partied ’till the cows came home
’cause that’s what boggie’s for
And everynight that dump will jump
And keepem’ coming back for more
Because they make you wanna….
It made you wanna jump, shout
Who wanna jump! shout
You wanna jump! shout
To the boogie-woogie music the piano man was playin’
You could jump! shout! knock yourself out
The boogie-woogie beat is what I’m talking about
You could pull a switcharoonie if your felt low down
To the boogie-woogie beat of piano
Shake it yes, yes, yes
WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
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Oh what a time
What a warm an wonderous time
So sweet a shinning moment in the sun
Oh what a time
Was there ever such a time
Then suddenly it’s done
The moment passes
Where, where does the time go
Must we let it end
Where, where does the time go
Gone to soon my friend
And where, where go the echo’s
Of our laughte ringing the air
Oh where ever the time goes
I will see you there
Must we let it end
And where, where go the echo’s
Of our laugther ringing the air
Oh where ever the time goes
I will see you there
I will see you there
I WRITE THE SONGS (ACOUSTIC)
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I’ve been alive forever
And I wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I am music
And I write the songs
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
My home lies deep within you
And I’ve got my own place in your soul
Now when I look out through your eyes
I’m young again, even tho’ I’m very old
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
Oh, my music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a chance
And I wrote some rock ‘n roll so you can move
Music fills your heart, well that’s a real find place to start
It’s from me, it’s for you
It’s from you, it’s for me
It’s a worldwide symphony
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
I am music and I write the songs
EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE ALLRIGHT
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Take it from me
Everything’s gonna be all right
You wait and see
Everything’s gonna be all right
Take it from me
Everything’s gonna be all right
You wait and see
Everything’s gonna be all right
I can see the future
Starin’ right at me
I’m here to inform you
I like what I see
And here’s the key
Everything’s gonna be all right
You wait and see
Everything’s gonna be all right
Shoutin’ hallelujah
From the day ’til the night
Everything is gonna be all right
Shoutin’ hallelujah
From the day ’til the night
Everything is gonna be all right
All right!
Sure, you’ll hit resistance
In anything you do
Depend on persistence
And ride that dream on through
And there you’ll be
‘Cause everything’s gonna be all right
You wait and see
Everything’s gonna be all right
Shoutin’ hallelujah
From the day ’til the night
Everything is gonna be all right
Shoutin’ hallelujah
From the day ’til the night
Everything is gonna be all right
All right!
Shoutin’ hallelujah
Joy is comin’ to ya
Everything is gonna be all right
Singin’ to remind you
Happiness will find you
Everything is gonna be all right
That’s right
Everything is gonna be all right
That’s right
Everything is gonna be all right
That’s right!
VENUS
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Hey, Venus
Oh, Venus
Venus, if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl who wants my kisses and my arms
A girl with all the charms of you
Venus, make her fair
A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars up in the skies
And place them in her eyes for me
Venus, goddess of love that you are
Surely the things I ask
Can’t be too great a task
Venus, if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I’ll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live
Venus, goddess of love that you are
Surely the things I ask
Can’t be too great a task
Venus if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I’ll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live
Hey, Venus
Oh, Venus
Make my wish come true