SANDRA
By
Barry Manilow
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She’s a great little housewife
Though sometimes she talks like a fool
But she helps at the store in the holiday rush
And she picks up the kids after school
And she puts down the phone when her husband comes home
And she changes from mother to wife
‘Til she feels the words hanging between them
And she hangs by her words to her life
She says, I swear I love my husband, I love my kids
I wanted to be like my mother
But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
Oh there might have been time to be me
For myself, for myself
There’s so many things that she wishes
She don’t even know what she’s missin’
And that’s how she knows that she missed
She’s a sweetheart, except when she’s moody
It’s hard to get through to her then
Depressed for a while when the youngest was born
Oh but that happens now and again
She might take a drink with the housework
Or when Michael’s kept late at the shop
A Martini or two before dinner
But she always knows when to stop
She says I swear I love my husband and I love my kids
You know I wanted to be like my mother
But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
Oh there might have been time to be me
For myself, for myself
There’s so many things that she wishes
She don’t even know what she’s missin’
And that’s how she knows that she missed
Oh they used to hold hands at the movies
Now it’s seldom if ever they go
Once you’ve paid for the sitter and parkin’ the car
There’s no money left for the show
She was doing the dishes
When a glass fell and broke on the tile
And she cut her wrist (quite by mistake)
It was real touch and go for a while
She says Oh God I love my husband and I love my kids
You know I wanted to be like my, my mother
But if I hadn’t done it as soon as I did
Oh there might have been time to be me
For myself, for myself
There’s so many things that she wishes
She don’t even know what she’s missin’
And that’s how she knows that she missed
BIG CITY BLUES
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Much of my life has been spiced with romance
Too many bedrooms I’ve slept in by chance
Drownin’ out my sorrow
Longin’ for tomorrow
Caught up in the big city blues
Rain pourin’ down from a cold winter sky
Don’t wanna smile and I’m too sad to cry
Clouds hangin’ above me
No one there to love me
Guess it’s just the big city blues
Someday I’ll find me the dream that I’m after
I’ll know her with only a glance
She’ll make me smile and she’ll fill me with
Laughter
And our love will be like a dance
Skies will be clear and the sweet sun will shine
I’ll hold her near and I’ll know that she’s mine
No more stormy weather
Love will last forever
Good bye to the big city blues
Someday I’ll find me the dream that I’m after
I’ll know her with only a glance
She’ll make me smile and she’ll fill me with
Laughter
And our love will be like a dance
Skies will be clear and the sweet sun will shine
I’ll hold her near and I’ll know that she’s mine
No more stormy weather
Love will last forever
Good bye to the big city blues
Good bye to the big city blues
Good bye to the big city
Good bye to the big city blues
SINGIN’ WITH THE BIG BANDS
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If I wrote history
And could pocket a moment for me
It would be
Singin’ with the big bands
I would turn back the clock
For the time we’ll be in for a shock
Hearin me singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Swingin’ with the big boys
Singin’ with the big bands
Singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him Mr. Genie go on and do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Singin’ with the big boys
Wingin’ it in swing time
Bringing back the big nose
I’m jumpin with the Duke
Stoppin with the King
Cooler than the Kid
Swinging everything
I’m singin’ with the big bands
BLACK AND BLUE
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There are no stars tonight,
There are no words to say
I feel my soul losing you
Where did the good times go,
Baby what can we do
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue
When our hearts were young,
Clinging to each other
Moonlight used to glow
When our hearts were young,
Then there was no other
Why’d we let it go
Down on the avenue,
You can forget your name
Paint pretty pictures,
False and true
Picture what we’ve become
Running is all we do
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue
Looks like a storm tonight
Look like a storm tonight
A storm is overdue
A storm is overdue
Color our love
Color our love
Black and blue, Black and blue, Oh
LUCK BE A LADY
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Luck be a lady tonight
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck if you ever been a lady
To begin with
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck let a gentleman see
How nice a dame you can be
I know the other way you treated other guys you’ve been with
Luck be a lady with me
A lady doesn’t leave her escort
It isn’t fair it isn’t nice
A lady doesn’t wonder all over the room
And blow on some other guys dice
So let’s keep the party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the fellow you came in with
Luck be a lady tonight
A lady wouldn’t flirt with strangers
She have a heart
She have a soul
A lady wouldn’t make little snake eyes at me
When I bet my life on this roll
So let’s keep the party polite
Never get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the fellow you came in with
Luck be a lady
Luck be a lady
Luck be a lady
Tonight, ha
MEMORY
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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