THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE)
By
Barry Manilow
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Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
Jack Frost nipping at your nose
Yule-tide carols being sung by a choir
And folks dressed up like Eskimos.
Everybody knows a turkey
And some mistletoe
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 in his sleigh
And every mother’s child is gonna spy
To see if reindeer
Really know how to fly.
And so I’m offering this simple song
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said
Many times, many ways
Merry Christmas to you.
And so I’m offering this simple song
To kids from one to ninety-two
Although it’s been said
Many times, many ways
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you.
FREDDIE SAID
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Freddie’s got the dirt on
Everybody on the street
Don’t know how he does it
But it isn’t too discreet
Everybody says
It always winds up being true
He’s got somethin’ on everyone
Maybe even you!
Freddie know-oh yeah
Freddie goes-“Oh yeah,
I got the 411 in my head!”
That’s what Freddie said
One night Freddie’s goin’ home
He’s had a long, long day
When he see big Eddie
Runnin’ out the alleyway
Freddie looks at the shadow
Of a body with a shrug
There’s Slapsie layin’ deader
Then an ugly fire plug
Freddie know-oh yeah
Freddie goes-“Oh yeah!”
I’ll get the 411 to the feds!”
That’s what Freddie said
Personally i don’t think that
Was such a wise move on freddie’s part
If you see what i’m sayin’
Freddie now has the biggest news
He’s ever had
But Eddie knows that Freddie knows
And man, you knows, thats’s bad!
’cause next night
Freddie’s walking home
Just like he did before
Badda-boom! badda-bang!
Badda-bing!
He won’t be blabbin’ anymore!
See Eddie said-“oh yeah!
Freddie’s dead!-oh yeah
No more the 411 in his head
That’s ’cause Freddie’s dead
Now you know the skinny
All about the scuttlebutt
And the moral of this story is
To keep your big mouth shutt!
Cause Freddie said-“oh yeah!”
Now Freddie’s dead!-oh yeah
I’ll keep the 411 in my head!”
That’s what Freddie should’a said
SHE SHOULD’A BEEN MINE
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There goes the girl in the arms of someone new
Night after night I can see the life
She’s stumbing through
And I know that she’ll never notice me
But I still look for a sign
’cause she should’a been mine
She could’a been mine
We would’a been sharing love until the end of
Time
I should’a known how
We would’a been close to paradise by now
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine
Sometimes she smiles when I see her passing by
Sometime she waves
When she turns and whispers “hi”, again
And I see the pain of the life she lives
Yet I’m hoping for a sign
’cause she should’a been mine
She could’a been mine
We would’a been sharing love until the end of
Time
I should’a known how
We would’a been close to paradise by now
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine
I’m the one that she’s been lookin’ for
We would have been so find
If it could’a been
It would’a been
Still she should’a been mine
I’M COMIN’ BACK
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Baby I miss you so badly
You know that I love you madly
Can you forget all the pain
Let’s try it again
I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go
Seems like yesterday
It was you and me
How did it slip away?
You are a part of me
You live in the heart of me
I never stopped loving you
And so
I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go
If the answer’s “no”
I will understand
But it won’t change my mind
You are the only one
And I am the lonely one
I’ll never get over you
And so
I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go
Baby I miss you so badly
You know that I love you so madly
I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go
I’m comin’ back
So I can love you
The way I used to loved you long ago
Girl I’m comin’ back
Hopin’ that you’ll have me
And this time I will never let you go
I’m comin’ back
SINCERELY
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Sincerely, oh yes, sincerely
‘Cause I love you so dearly
Please say you’ll be mine
Sincerely, oh you know how I love you
I’ll do anything for you
Please say you’ll be mine
Oh Lord, won’t you tell me why
I love that fella so
He doesn’t want me
But I’ll never, never, never, never let him go
Sincerely, oh you know how I love you
I’ll do anything for you
Please say you’ll be mine
Oh Lord, won’t you tell me why
I love that fella so
He doesn’t want me
But I’ll never, never, never, never let him go
Sincerely, oh you know how I love you
I’ll do anything for you
Please say you’ll be mine
Please say you’ll be mine
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