NEVERTHELESS
By
Barry Manilow
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I knew the time had to come
When I’d be held under your thumb
I’m like a pawn in your hand
Moved and compelled, at your command
Whether it’s for bad or for good
I would never change it if I could
Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong
Maybe I’m weak, maybe I’m strong
But nevertheless I’m in love with you
Maybe I’ll win, maybe I’ll lose
And maybe I’m in for cryin’ the blues
But nevertheless I’m in love with you
Somehow, I know at a glance, the terrible chances I’m taking
Fine at the start, then left with a heart that is breaking
Maybe I’ll live a life of regret, and maybe I’ll give much more than I get
But nevertheless, I’m in love with you
In spite of all I could do
I went ahead falling for you
So if I laugh or I cry
I made my bed, that’s where I’ll lie
For what happens there’s no excuse
I put my own head in the noose
NO LOVE FOR JENNY
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Not even anbition
Led her right in to the palm of his hand
Not that she didn’t know better
But she never been out on the streets before
Lost in her anbition
She just had to know the good and the bad
So she took a apartment
And spend all the money she didn’t have
No love for Jenny
She’s wasting her smile
Takeing a chance that it’s all worth her wile
Dancin for strangers
Thinking she’s grown up
Loving so many
But no love for Jenny
Fakeing dependents
Kept her right on top of his list
Makeing some really good money
But knowing it won’t last very long
A happy birthday
What away to spend your sweet 16
Saying she’s 20 but looking like 30
Hey what went wrong
No love for Jenny
She’s wasting her smile
Takeing a chance that it’s all worth her wile
Dancin for strangers
Looking so grown up
Loving so many
But no love for Jenny
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY
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Give my regards to broadway
Remember me to Harold Square
Tell all the gang at 42nd street
That I will soon be there
Whisper of how I’m yearning
To mingle with the old time throng
Give my regards to old broadway
And say that I’ll be there airlong
I’M GETTIN’ SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
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I’m gettin’ sentimental over you
Things you say and do
Just thrill me through and through
I’m gettin’ sentimental over you
I thought I was happy
I could live without love
Now I must admit
Love is all that I’m thinking of
Won’t you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you’ll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
Because I’m sentimental over you
Now I must admit
Love is all that I’m thinking of
Won’t you please be kind
And just make up your mind
That you’ll be sweet and gentle
Be gentle with me
Because I’m sentimental over you
AVENUE C
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N.Y I dig
What About it?
N.Y is big
People tout it
I filp my wig
What about?
‘Bout a street I dig
One day I was walkin’ ‘n’ finally came upon a series of Alphabet streets.
A-B-C and D.But I went for “C” It’s really and truly the dilly of all M’Petstreet
Hey hey hey everybody now
Come go walkin’ with me now
Walk up Avenue C, now
Chicks all lookin’ so pretty
They don’t give me no pity
Avenue C is the grooviest in the city
I never dug an avenue more enjoyable to me
“C” Avenue is groovy.Yes, it was groovy as it could be
Walk with me down Avenue C
Man I really hope to stay
Come on baby, while we ramble,walk beside me while we ramble
You dig it too I feel you do, what a scenic hike,it’s a walk that you’re bound to like.
you got “a” on the one side “b” on the other “C” in the middle
baby
The reason that you’re feelin so down,babe,is ’cause you live in Stuyvesant Town,babe,I dug you down in the Hamilton fish,babe, and realized that you were my dish,babe,walkin’ home and you can walk with me.Walkin’ hand in hand up Avenue C.Oh babe, and while we’re walkin’ we can do some talkin’ while the people dig us wonderin’ what we’re puttin’ down.While we,happy as can be,glide on,takin’ life in stride up to Murphy Park there beside the river.
Well our feet got the rhythm
Pure pedal syncopation
‘N when we walk with ’em
Demandin’ admiration
Well our step is snappy
Dig people step aside now
Because we’re so happy
We’re takin’ life in stride now
Avenue C your vibrations are followin’ me.Oh yes
Yes yes
Me and babe steadily cookin’ Brass:Yes yes
Start at one end talkin’ and movin’
Yes yes
To the other wiggin’ and groovin’
So come
You should
And view
I would
This Ave-
You could
Venue
It’s good
Walk on
“C” Avenue,see it my way
Talk on
No better view on the highway
Big town you don’t know ’til you see it
Walk on
I never saw such a wonderful sight
You’re gonna love it
Break
I’m hip – you’ll flip
When you dig it you’ll stop and linger
You’ll pop your top
What a pleasure and what a swinger
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
Go dig it cop that view it’s bound to thrill you
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