MEMORY
By
Barry Manilow
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Midnight,
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect
At my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I cam smile at the old days
It was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Daylight,
I must wait for a sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn’t give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be
A memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smokey days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies
Another night is over Another day is dawning
Touch me,
It’s so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my day in the sun
If you touch me you’ll understand what
Happiness is
Look a new day has begun
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days It was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live 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
BORDER TRAIN
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Got nobody left to listen to
Got no promises to keep
Something’s gotta be out there
Fine a world for me out there
No more livin’ half asleep
There’s an island in the misty night
Little platform by the track
I dreamed I saw a light for me
A face, a place so right for me
That I’d never think of lookin’ back
Through the shadowland
Like a siver band
Got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
City jumps up like a circus
Neon flutters out of sight
The town itself is traveling
America unraveling
And swallowed in the hungry night
Through the shadowland
Like a siver band
Got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
There’ll come a time
With no goodbyes
When I’ll simply grab
That border train
And at journey’s end
They will all be real
My lovers and friends
And I swear to God
There’s time for me
And I’ll live the life I waited for!
Wooo oooo ooo oooo
Wooo oooo ooo oooo
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Please light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
STARTING AGAIN
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And it started again
And I ment every word
And I like what I said
And I liked what I heard
And I started to think
I could think about starting again
We where laughing again
Over memories and wine
And the years in between
Didn’t seem along time
When I smile she knew why
In awhile it was starting again
And I started to think
I could feel again
All the bad times seemed unreal
When she looked in my eyes
The cheating , the lies , the things that where wrong
Seem far behind
And I started to think
I could care again
And my fears all disapper
When she called me by name
I knew that she changed
The flaws where all gone
The saint remained
But it started again
When I asked her to stay
And she said there’s this friend who’s in town just for today
And she really felt bad
But she had to be leavin again
And she left me again
As she left me before
Still pretending she cared when we kissed at the door
But I saw in her eyes
That the lies where all starting again
Just when I’d started to fell again
When all the bad times seemed unreal
When it all seemed so right
And I tough that tonight if she said she cared
She really might
Just when my fears disapeared again
And I heard what I wanted to hear
It all started again
And I knew what that meant
It wasn’t the start
It was really the end
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
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I’m dreaming tonight
Of a place I love
Even more then I usually do
And although I know
It’s a long road back
I promise you
I’ll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
Please have snow
And misteltoe
And presents on the tree
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
Christmas eve will find me
Where the love light gleams
I’ll be home for Christmas
If only in my dreams
I CAN’T GET STARTED
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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