NOW IT’S FOR REAL
By
Barry Manilow
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Hard to believe
Only a day
And fifteen years of hard times
Flyin’ away
All those dead ends
Bills comin’ due
Then one door opens
And I walk through
Why should it amaze me
I always knew
Now it’s for real
Here and today
Forget about dreamin’
It’s real all the way
The world’s made to order
Here’s how it feels
Mine and I’m movin’ it
Now it’s for real
All the way up
I’m gonna climb
Been waitin’ forever
And here’s my time
Was hungry for years
Eyes on the goal
Now comes the payoff
I’m on a roll
And I’m gonna own this
Body and soul
Now it’s for real
Here and today
Forget about dreamin’
It’s real all the way
The world’s made to order
Here’s how it feels
Mine and I’m movin’ it
Now it’s for real
Letdown be gone
Runaround be gone
First time in my life
My timing’s dead on!
Now it’s for real
Here and today
Forget about dreamin’
It’s real all the way
The world’s made to order
Here’s how it feels
Mine and I’m movin’ it
Now it’s for real
WHERE OR WHEN
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It seems we stood here
And take like this before
We look at each other
In the same old way
But I can’t remember
Where or when
The clothes you’re wearing
Are the clothes you wore
The smile you’re smiling
You where smiling then
I can’t remember where or when
Something’s that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laugh before and loved before
But who knows where or when
Something’s that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laugh before and loved before
But who knows where or when
I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER
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I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna write words oh so sweet
They’re gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom
I’ll be glad I got ’em
I’m gonna smile and say I hope you’re feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
I’m gonna write words oh so sweet
They’re gonna knock me off my feet
A lot of kisses on the bottom
I’ll be glad I got ’em
I’m gonna smile and say I hope you’re feeling better
And close with love the way you do
I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
Nobody but you
And make believe it came from you
I DON’T WANNA KNOW
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How can you treat me so badly?
I gave my heart to you gladly
Don’t try to explain
You’ll drive me insane
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
Don’t tell me how you’ll love me forever
Don’t say that someday we’ll be together
Stop tryin’ to be kind
You were never really mind
And every word you say
Just drives me out of my mind
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
How could I be so blind
I thought we were doin’ fine
You never said a word
Never gave me a sign
If you have to go
Then go
I want no more of your lyin’
I don’t wanna know
Just go
Hasn’t there been enough cryin’
Don’t tell me why
I
Don’t wanna know
ALL THE WAY
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When somebody loves you
It’s no good unless she loves you – all the way
Happy to be near you
When you need someone to cheer you – all the way
Taller than the tallest tree is
That’s how it’s got to feel
Deeper than the deep blue sea is
That’s how deep it goes – if its real
When somebody needs you
It’s no good unless she needs you – all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in between years – come what may
Who know where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you’ll let me love you
It’s for sure I’m gonna love you – all the way
All the way
When somebody needs you
It’s no good unless she needs you – all the way
Through the good or lean years
And for all the in between years – come what may
Who know where the road will lead us
Only a fool would say
But if you’ll let me love you
It’s for sure I’m gonna love you – all the way
All the way
SHE SHOULD’A BEEN MINE
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There goes the girl in the arms of someone new
Night after night I can see the life
She’s stumbing through
And I know that she’ll never notice me
But I still look for a sign
’cause she should’a been mine
She could’a been mine
We would’a been sharing love until the end of
Time
I should’a known how
We would’a been close to paradise by now
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine
Sometimes she smiles when I see her passing by
Sometime she waves
When she turns and whispers “hi”, again
And I see the pain of the life she lives
Yet I’m hoping for a sign
’cause she should’a been mine
She could’a been mine
We would’a been sharing love until the end of
Time
I should’a known how
We would’a been close to paradise by now
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine
I’m the one that she’s been lookin’ for
We would have been so find
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine