THE CHRISTMAS SONG
By
Barry Manilow
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Chestnuts roasting on a open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yuletide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like eskimos
Everybody knows
A turkey and some misteltoe
Help to make the season bright
Tiny tots with their eyes all aglow
Will find it hard to sleep tonight
They know that Santa’s on his way
He’s loaded lots of toys and goodies on his sleigh
And every mother’s child is going to spy
Too see if reindeer even know how to fly
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from 1 to 92
All though it’s been said many times
Many ways
Merry Christmas to you
And every mother’s child is going to spy
Too see if reindeer even know how to fly
And so I’m offering this simple phrase
To kids from 1 to 92
All though it’s been said many times
Many ways
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you
ONLY IN CHICAGO
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I went back
Yes, I went back to find out
What we did wrong and
I went back
Yes, I went back to see just
How we could feel so good
In Chicago
We seemed to have it all
It was real
It was love
I went back
And I sat by the lake
And looked at the stars
And oh I swear
I remember how much we laughed
And I loved you so
In Chicago
I know we had it all
It was real
It was love
Only in Chicago
Love is in the air
In Chicago
Our Chicago
There’s a magic there
In Chicago
Our Chicago
Baby, you and I
We tried to take it with us
But you can’t go back
’cause I went back to find out
What we did wrong and
Now I see
That it wasn’t just you
It wasn’t just me
It was Chicago
But I’m still in love with you
Only you
Only you
But only in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Only in Chicago
Love is in the air
In Chicago
There’s a magic there
In Chicago
Our Chicago
Baby, you and I
We tried to take it with us
But you can’t go back
’cause I went back to find out
What we did wrong and
Now I see
That it wasn’t just you
It wasn’t just me
It was Chicago
But I’m still in love with you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
Only you
But only in Chicago,Chicago
Only in Chicago,Chicago
Only in Chicago,Chicago
WHERE YOU GO
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Where you go
I will go
Where you walk
I’m beside you
My love, where you are is where I want to be
Where you go
We will go
Maybe scared
But together
With you, I’m prepared the rest is destiny
When it starts
Take my hand
And whether it’s through hell or to the promised land
God knows where
I’ll be there
Where you go
No matter where we go
Take my hand
And whether it’s through hell or to the promised land
Where you go
I will go
Where you lie
So will I
And I’ll stay
I will stay
‘Till the day
That we die
‘Till the day we die
THE NIGHT THAT TITO PLAYED
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It was a hot night
The crowd was hangin’ in the neighborhood
Everybody there was lookin’ so cool
Everyone was feelin’ so good
Now, mister puente
They said he’d be here by ten-thirty
Said he was comin’ back to his roots again
To finds some old friends
The night that Tito played
My life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
Movin’ and swayin’ under the moon
Prayin’ to the rhythm of a puente tune
The night that Tito played
Nothin’ was ever the same
There was Romona
She came uptown from corona
Right there on the stairway of the subway train
We danced real slow
(she was heaven to know)
She whispered secrets
The way she kissed me it was perfect
We held on in the shadows of the city lights
Oh, it felt so right
The night that Tito played
My life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
Movin’ and swayin’ under the moon
Prayin’ to the rhythm of a puente tune
The night that Tito played
Nothin’ was ever the same
The night that Tito played
My life forever changed
I felt my heart and soul come alive
I felt it all
Movin’ and swayin’ under the moon
Prayin’ to the rhythm of a puente tune
The night that Tito played
Nothin’ would ever be the same
THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays
‘Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can’t beat home, sweet home
I met a man who lives in Tennessee
And he was headin’ for
Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie
From Pennsylvania folks are trav’lin’ down
To Dixie’s sunny shore
From Atlantic to Pacific, gee,
The traffic is teriffic!
Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays
‘Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can’t beat home, sweet home
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays you can’t beat home
Holidays you can’t beat home
Holidays you can’t beat home,sweet home
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!