NOT WHAT YOU SEE
By
Barry Manilow
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Wait a minute baby
I’ll be right back
I just gotta talk
To a friend
For a couple of minutes
I see you looking
At the two of us
And what do you see
The oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I push her in the chair
I know she’d walk
If she could
She says “Take your pills”
As if they do any good
I’ll bet you think
That what you’re looking
At is all we are
Two old people forgetting
The way we were
Sonny, no one is
What they look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny, no one is
What they look like
And we’re not what
You see that’s for sure
You should have known her before
You should have known her before
Legs she had legs
That made the guys drool
And her waist was as small
As your neck
And the face and the hair
And the rest of her
And when I look at her now
I still see her young and beautiful
She’s my girl and I’m her Joe
And we’re not what you see
In a minute baby I’ll be right back
I just got some more to say
To my young new friend here
Esther just turned 80 and I’m 83
The oldest couple at the Mayflower
Esther and me
I knew that when I saw her
We were meant to be one
She says she didn’t notice me
But don’t you believe her
I’ll bet you think that what you’re looking at
Is all we are
Two old people
Stumbling through the days
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
And we’re not what you see
That’s for sure
You should have known me before
You should have known me before
Hair, I had hair the girls
Loved to feel and a built
Watch out Joe Poluka
I could see I could hear
I could run a mile
And when I dream of us now
I still see us young and beautiful
She’s my girl and I’m her Joe
And we’re not what you see
I guess I better go now
She’s my family
The oldest couple
At the Mayflower
Esther and Me
I’ll help her with her bath
And then I’ll kiss her goodnight
And sometime’s we dance
In the early moonlight
I’ll bet you think that what
You’re looking at is all we are
Two old people
Watching the days go by
Sonny, no one is what
They look like
Everyone’s so much more
Sonny no one is what
They look like
And we’re not what you see
That’s for sure
I’ll be right there darlin’
CARELESS WHISPER
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Time can never mend the careless whispers, of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
Should’ve known better
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste this chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it’s better this way
We’d hurt each other with the things we’d want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one’s gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
(Now that you’re gone) Now that you’re gone
(Now that you’re gone) What I did’s so wrong
That you had to leave me alone
DANCE AWAY
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Dance away
Dance away
I saw you in the shadows
You were actin’ so free
I knew the last thing on your mind was me
I could hear the laughter
And from that moment after
Girl, you had my pride down on its knees
Who does your night belong to
Now that I’m gone
Does he call you baby, all night long
Who does your night belong to
Who is the one you turn to
Are you dancin’ to our favorite song
Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love away
I can make it on my own
My love will survive
I will find someone to get me by
But I’ll be left with feelin’s
That will go unsatisfied
My need for you is very much alive
Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love away
Come on and Dance away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
Go on and give me up
And dance my love
Dance my love
Dance my love away
It’s only my mind you’re takin’
Dance away
It’s only my heart you’re breakin’
If I’ve lost my touch
MY BABY LOVES ME
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My baby loves me, oh yeah
And my baby needs me, oh yeah
No other girl can whisper sweet things in my ear
My sweetie pie has the only sweet voice I hear so clear
Sayin’ that she needs me
(You know she really, really needs me)
Oh yeah, (Oh yeah)
My baby loves me
(You know she really, really loves me)
Oh yeah, yeah (Oh yeah)
I can’t seem to see no other beautiful face, oh no
There’s just no cute substitute can take my baby’s place
‘Cause I know she needs me
(You know she really, really needs me)
Woh, woh, yeah, yeah (Oh yeah)
Now I will never, ever give my baby no trouble
Whenever she calls me I come runnin’ on the double
‘Cause I know she needs me
(You know she really, really needs me)
Oh yeah, yeah (Oh yeah)
My baby needs me
(You know she really, really needs me)
Oh yeah, yeah (Oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Now nobody can’t tell me the place that I’m going wrong, oh no
Nobody could ever embrace the love so strong, so strong
‘Cause I know she needs me
(You know she really, really needs me)
She told me that she needs me (oh yeah)
My baby loves me
(You know she really, really loves me)
Oh yeah, yeah (Oh yeah, yeah)
My baby loves me
THE LOOK OF LOVE
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The look of love
Is in your eyes
The look your heart can’t disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more
Than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
You’ve got the look of love
It’s on your face
A look that time can’t erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this
Let’s take a lover’s vow
And then seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don’t ever go
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don’t ever go
Don’t ever go
I love you so
WHO NEEDS TO DREAM
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You were in my dreams
Always in my dreams
That was long before
I ever saw you standing there
When I felt afraid
Of the choice I made
I would close my eyes
And hope my dreams would comfort me
But now I’m free
Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven to look forward to?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You’re my dream come true
In my fantasy
You believed in me
And as long as you were there
Then I believed in me
Now suddenly
Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven to look forward to?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You’re my dream come true
Now you are my dream
You are my only dream
I’ll hold you in my heart forever
Who needs to dream?
Who needs to dream?
When I see you there
Then I see my every dream come true
Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You’re my dream come true
Every dream
All come true
My dream come true!