SWEET LIFE
By
Barry Manilow
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Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
I’m going to be a farmer
Blowing the fields in the morning sun
I’ll have a millon horses
Take me a ride when the work is done
I’m going to have a sweet life
Sweetest life you ever seen
And when the day is over
Going to go to sleep in the field of green
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Going to be a acter
Playing a part in a light of gold
Oh yes I will
I’m going to make a lot of money
Going to spend it all before I get to old
And I’m going to have a sweet life
Sweetest life you ever seen
And you know when the day is over now
I’m going to go to sleep in a field of green
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
Got,got, got to have a sweet life
Got to have a sweet life
Daddy do you know what I mean
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Mamma can you hear me
Daddy do you know what I mean
BABY IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
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Well honeybunch
It’s been fun
But gotta run
Oh sweetlips
Stay a little while longer won’t you
No it’s very late baby
I really got to go
But look at the weather
You’ll catch cold out there
And I would never forgive myself
Oh you
Come on just one more night cap
No I shouldn’t
Come on
No well
I really can’t stay
But baby it’s cold outside
I got to go away
But baby it’s cold outside
This evening has been
And hoping that you drop in
So very nice
I’ll hold your hands
There just like ice
My mother will start to worry
Beautiful what’s your hurry
And father will be pacing the floor
Listen to the fireplace roar
So really I better scurry
Beautiful please don’t go
Well maybe just a half drink more
Put some records on while I pour
The neighbors might think
But baby it’s bad out there
Say, what’s in this drink
No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how
Your eyes are like stars tonight
To break this spell
I’ll take your hat
Your hair looks swell
I oughta say no no no sir
Mind if I move in closer
At least I’m gonna say that I tried
What’s the sense of hurting my pride
I really can’t stay
Baby don’t hold on
Ah but it’s cold outside
Well I must say
This couch is very comfortable
It’s not a couch puddin’ pop
It’s a love seat
Oh how you talk
Oh Barry
I simply must go
But baby it’s cold outside
The answer is no
But baby it’s cold outside
The welcome has been
How lucky that you dropped in
So nice and warm
Look out the window
At that storm
My sister will be suspicious
Gosh your lips look good
My brother will be there at the door
Like waves upon a tropical storm
My maiden aunt’s mind is vicious
Gosh your lips are delicious
Well maybe just a cigarrette more
Never said your blues will be for
I’ve got to get home
But baby you’ll freeze out there
Say darling can you lend me your comb
It’s up to your knees out there
You really been grand
I thrill when you touch my hand
But don’t you see
How can you do this thing to me
There’s bound to be talk tomorrow
Think of my life long sorrow
At least there will be plenty in life
If you caught pneumonia and died
I really can’t stay
Get over that hold out
Ah but it’s cold outside
Well I don’t know
I don’t got to go home
Hey look it’s starting to snow
Oh you arranged that didn’t you?
See now you gotta stay
Well, I guess I won’t be able to find a cab
No cabs
And the buses they never run
They’ll never run in snow like this
Let me take your coat
Well tomorrow is Sunday isn’t it?
And I don’t have to go to work
See isn’t that better
And who knows how long it will keep snowing
It can snow for a long time, Kate
What are you doing?
Well now yeah
WRITTEN IN STONE
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I had a great time
And I wished you were there
New friends, good wine
I sure had my share
But I wouldn’t be here now
If I didn’t care
Didn’t I say we were written in stone
So how come you’re sittin’ alone?
And hey, did I shine
Did they open that door
That’s yours, that’s mine
It’s what we’re looking for
So I shoulda called baby
Trust me some more
Didn’t I say we were written in stone
So how come you hang back alone?
And the rain comes down
And the sea turns grey
And the waves beat hard
The stone wears away
Til there’s only sand
On a cold new day
Where once we were written in stone
Where once we were written in stone
Right now is my chance
I’m boiling inside
I’m needed, I’m known
And you wanna hide
It’s your party too, babe
C’mon for the ride
Didn’t I say we were written in stone
So how come I’m here all alone?
And the rain comes down
And the sea turns grey
And the waves beat hard
The stone wears away
Til there’s only sand
On a cold new day
Where once we were written in stone
Where once we were written in stone
SANDRA
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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
FOOLS GET LUCKY
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When I see you lying there
Like a living answered prayer
There are no words
For what I feel for you
My life was once a high trapeze
You pulled me down
And gave me peace
That’s something no one else
Could ever do
And on nights like tonight
It scares me recalling
How close I came to falling
But fools get lucky
Fortune must like me
When people ask where you came from
I tell them that
Fools get lucky
Destiny likes me
It must be one of nature’s rules
Love like yours
Should save the fools like me
When I see the good times shine
On this wayward life of mine
I tell the world
It’s all because of you
Like me
Like me
A LITTLE TRAVELING MUSIC PLEASE
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On the road so long and lonely
Can’t believe I’m headed home to stay
God I miss my one and only
A little traveling music please
Seems we’re always seperating
Still she doesn’t let me lose my way
Home is anywhere she’s waiting
A little traveling music please
I may forget how much I care
But once I’ve left her laughter
Two and three days after
I’m aware how much I miss her there
This time I’ll stay home forever
Hold her close and turn the world away
Even if it’s not forever
It it’ll keep me from unraveling
A little traveling music please
Two and three days after
I’m aware how much I miss her there
This time I’ll stay home forever
Hold her close and turn the world away
Even if it’s not forever
She’s going to keep me from unraveling
A little traveling music please
A little traveling music please