RAGS TO RICHES
By
Barry Manilow
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I know I’d go from rages to riches
If you would only say you care
And though my pocket may be empty
I’d be a millionaire
My clothes may still be torn and tattered
But in my heart I’d be a king
Your love is all that ever mattered
It’s everything
So open your arms and you’ll open the door
To every treasure I’m hoping for
Hold me and kiss me and tell me you’re mine evermore
Must I forever be a begger
Whose golden dreams will not come true
Or will I go from rags to riches
My fate is up to you
Must I forever be a begger
Whose golden dreams will not come true
Or will I go from rags to riches
My fate is up to you
STOMPIN AT THE SAVOY
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Let’s go, ready or no
Let’s take a chance
Let’s go, ready or no
Come on let’s dance
Gold from long ago
Savoy
The home of sweet romance
Savoy
It wins you at a glance
Savoy
Gives happy feet a chance to dance
Your form
Just like a clingin’ vine
Your lips
So warm and sweet as wine
Your cheeks
So soft and close to mine
Divine
How my heart is singin’
While the band is swingin’
Never tired of rompin’
And stompin’ with you
At the Savoy
What joy – Tonight’s the night
A perfect holiday
Savoy – The mood is right
Where we can glide and sway Savoy – What a delight
Where we can stomp away with you
Savoy – Stompin’ Stompin’
Savoy – Stompin’
Savoy – I’m stompin’ at the Savoy, Savoy
Savoy – Stompin’ with you
Savoy The home of sweet romance
Savoy
It wins you at a glance
Savoy
Gives happy feet a chance to dance
Oh how my heart is singin’ – You and I
While the band is swingin’ – Glidin’ by
Never tired of rompin’ – How I love
And stompin’ with you – To dance
At the – Romance
Savoy – Let’s dance
A perfect holiday – What a delight
Savoy – Romance
Where we can glide and sway – Into the night
Savoy – We’ll be
There let me stomp away – Feelin’ so right
Savoy – Baby you and me we’re gonna keep
We’ll keep on dancin’ – On dancin’
What a joy
Savoy
NEVER MY LOVE
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You ask me if there’ll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never my love
Never my love
You wonder if this heart of mind
Will lose it’s desire for you
Never my love
Never my love
What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life depends on you
You say you fear I’ll change my mind
I won’t require of you
Never my love
Never my love
How can you think love will end
When I’ve asked you to spend your whole life with me
You say you fear I’ll change my mind
I won’t require of you
Never my love
Never my love
YOU COULD SHOW ME
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I don’t know how to begin
To let myself let you in
But you
Maybe you could show me
There’s so much more I would say
If someone showed me the way
Like you
Maybe you could show me
I’ve been so used to getting what I want
Doing what I want to do
I’ve always been the one who took the lead
Now I find I need
I need to follow you
So won’t you help me come through
My future’s long overdue
It’s time
I think I’m ready now
And you could show me how
ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL
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All, or nothing at all
Half a love, never appeal to me
If your heart never could heal to me
Then I rather have nothing at all
All, or nothing at all
If it’s love, there is no in between
Why begin then cry for
Something that might have been
No I rather have nothing at all
So please don’t bring your lips
So close to my cheek
So don’t smile or I’ll be lost
Beyone recall
The kiss in your eyes
The touch of your hand makes me weak
And my heart may go dizzy and fall
And if I fell under the spell
Of your call
I would be caught in the undertoe
So you’ll see
I’ve got to say no no
All or nothing at all
All or nothing at all
SUMMER OF ’78
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It was one of those summer’s
Lasting forever
Making the winter wait
A summer of music and passion
The summer of ’78
You appeared like the summer
Sudden and perfect
And not a day too late
I swear there was music when I found you
That summer of ’78
It seem we floated through the days
And nights were always filled with stars
And it seemed every song they played on the radio
Was ours
It was one of those summer’s
Only for lovers
Touched by the hand of faith
And now when the winter’s are long
I remember the summer of ’78