THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS
By
Barry Manilow
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The bells of christmas
Are ringing in the night
The chrildren string there lights upond the tree
The bells of christmas
They sing to me tonight
Bring back thoughts of you and me
Central Park
Slideing round in the snow
And then after dark
Filling the fires burning glow
The bells of christmas
They ring of what could be
For the bells of christmas
They ring for you and me
Sunday walks watching ships in the bay
Midnight talks we voul
We never let love slip away
The bells of christmas
They ring of what could be
For the bells of christmas
The bells of christmas
The bells of christmas
They ring for you and me
WORK THE ROOM
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Open a door
On the seventeenth floor
Secretary sends me through
Walkin’ right in
With a big time grin
But I’m shakin’ in my shoes
Suit One shakes my hand
But it takes him a beat to recall my name
Gotta move it along
Gotta play somethin’ strong
Gotta show ‘em why I came
Work the room
Work the room, baby
Nobody here wants to know you
But tomorrow they’ll be talkin’ about you
Work the room
Startin’ in sweet
With a rockin’ beat
Show ‘em I can really ride
Not about fluff
Get to serious stuff
Here’s my softer side
Suit Two frowns
Is it bringin’ him down?
Or does it mean he’s in the groove?
Back to the beat
Activatin’ their feet
See the Pradas start to move
Work the room
They’re movin’
Oh baby
Watch them beginnin’ to wonder
You can bet tomorrow
They’ll have serious hunger
Work the room
Go one step up
Or all the way back
Take the turns
Or jump the track
Rise an inch – or fall for a mile
All the time remember to smile
Stoppin’ the show
But they don’t say go
Suddenly smiles all ‘round
Man oh man
We’re shakin’ hands
Telling me they like my sound
Big Suit smilin’ at me
Talkin’ about sales and fame
Everybody’s talkin’ to me
Makin’ it like I got it
Dammit now they know my name!
Work the room
They want me
I got it!
You went in an unsung zero
You’re comin’ out a musical hero
Never gonna have to work the room again!
HEY MAMBO
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Nobody knew who he really was
But they called him Mambo when he played
He became the King
King of Latin Swing
And oh, the music that he made
Hey Mambo
Did your mama teach you that
Hey Mambo
Did she know what she begat
They used to come in their fancy threads
And he always turned them inside out
They would jam the floor
They would beg for more
And when they got it they would shout
Hey Mambo
Did your mama teach you that
Hey Mambo
Did she know what she begat
Take it away
Hey Mambo
Did your mama teach you that
Hey Mambo
Did she know what she begat
Take it away
Do it again
Hey Mambo
Hey Mambo
Hey Mambo
Hey Mambo
SUMMERTIME
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Summertime and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby don’t you cry
One of these mornin’s you’re gonna rise up singin’
Then you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take to the sky
But ’til that mornin’ there’s anothin’ can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin’ by
Oh, Summertime
And the livin’ is easy
And the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’
Fish are jumpin
And the cotton is high
And the cotton is high
Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby don’t you cry
Cry, cry
I’LL BE SEEING YOU
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I’ll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mind embrases
All day through
In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children’s carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well
And I’ll be seeing you
In every lovely summers day
In every thing that’s light and gay
I’ll always think of you that way
I’ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
Oh but
I’ll be seeing you
In every lovely summers day
In every thing that’s light and gay
I’ll always think of you that way
I’ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I’ll be looking at the moon
But I’ll be seeing you
WHEN THE GOOD TIMES COME AGAIN
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Every rainbow has to have an end
A pot of gold or dreams foretold
May not be there my friend
In this high and mighty world we live in
Sometimes we have to break
Sometimes we have to bend
Until the good times come again
I’ll see you then
When the good times come again
When you and I have made it back
From the people and the places we have been
I’ll see you then
When the good times come again
The door that we go out of
Is door that we come in
When the good times come again
When the good times come again
Hope we both survive the world out there
You’ll never know what wind will blow
So don’t forget I care
And don’t forget the way we felt together
Sometimes we have to hold
To all the good that’s been