SOME GOOD THINGS NEVER LAST
By
Barry Manilow
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It’s three in the morning
You’re no were in sight
And all that I wanted was to be with you tonight
The love in your eyes
Is fading so fast
No matter how hard we try
Some good things never last
But what good is holding on
When you know
That all you can think about
Is letting go
They say if you love someone
Then set them free
If they come back again
Then in the end
It was meant to be
I thought we were lovers
I thought we were friends
I guess when reality steps in
It all depends
We live for the future
We learn from the past
No matter how hard we try
Some good things never last
When all you can think about
Is letting go
Be true to yourself my love
That’s all I ever wanted you to be
Just don’t forget to smile
When you think of me
I’ll reach for the stars
I’ve got them in sight
There’s someone who really needs me
Out there in the night
We live for the future
We learn from the past
No matter how hard we try
Some good things never last
STARS IN THE NIGHT
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Look
Look at the stars
How brilliant they are
How can they be shining now
When hope seems so far?
Look
Look how they shine
These cruelest of stars
What promise inspires them?
What faith is it fires them?
Darkness grows
The world turns cold
And still there glows the light
Heaven knows
What hope they hold tonight
Look
Look how they tease
These stars in the night
The darker the night becomes
The brighter their light becomes
Chill winds wail
The tempest brews
And clouds assail the sky
Through the veil
The stars refuse to die!
In this world
Of darkest night
Where hope is hurled away
There they are
And still there’s light
Oh so far
But will they…?
Dare they lift our hearts
As we lift our eyes
Are we fools to see
The hope that’s gleaming in the skies?
Look!
There’s the light!
Stars in the night!
HOME AGAIN
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Always and always now
Where there was just one
There’ll be two
And you won’t be alone again
I’m home again
Over and over now
We’ll make up for nights that we missed
And kiss like we once kissed again
I’m home again
Close your eyes
I’ll close mine
Remember how much we once had
And babe I’m so glad
To be home again
Love you- I love you now,now
There’s no one but you in my life
And I won’t let you go again
See I’m home again
Close your eye’s
I’ll close mine
Remember how much we once had
And babe, I’m so glad
To be home again
Love you- I love you
Oh more then anythink else in my life
And I won’t let you go again
I’m home again
I’m home again
I’m home again
Yes I’m home
MY EYES ADORED YOU
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My eyes adored ya
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored ya
Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya
So close, so close and yet so far
Carried your books from school
Playin’ “make-believe you’re married to me”
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walkin’ home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways
Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce ’bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind
(My eyes adored ya)
All my life I will remember
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
(Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya)
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
(So close, so close and yet so far)
I know I won’t ever forget ya, my childhood friend
(My eyes adored ya)
(Though I never laid a hand on you)
(My eyes adored ya)
(Like a million miles away from me
You couldn’t see how I adored ya)
So close, so close and yet so far
WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
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When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I’ll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it’s begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun
When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I’ll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.
When I fall in love with you.
ALL I NEED IS THE GIRL
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Once my clothes where shabby
Tailors called me cabby
So I took a vow
Said this bum’ll be Beau Brummell
Now I’m smooth and snappy
Now my tailor’s happy
I’m the cat’s meow
My wardrobe is a-wow
Paris silk, Harris tweed
There’s only one thing I need
Got my tweed pressed
Got my best vest
All I need now is the girl
Got my striped tie
Got my hopes high
Got the time and the place and I got rhythm
Now all I need is the girl to go with ’em
If she’ll just appear
We’ll take this big town for a whirl
And if she’ll say
“My darling, I’m yours,” I’ll throw away
My striped tie and my best pressed tweed
All I need now is the girl