THE NIGHT THAT TITO PLAYED
By
Barry Manilow
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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
SINGIN’ WITH THE BIG BANDS
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If I wrote history
And could pocket a moment for me
It would be
Singin’ with the big bands
I would turn back the clock
For the time we’ll be in for a shock
Hearin me singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Swingin’ with the big boys
Singin’ with the big bands
Singin’ with the big bands
If I had me a genie inside Aladdin’s lamp
I’d tell him Mr. Genie go on and do your thing
And like that I would be
At the Paramount in ’43
And I sing
Ringin’ in the good times
Singin’ with the big boys
Wingin’ it in swing time
Bringing back the big nose
I’m jumpin with the Duke
Stoppin with the King
Cooler than the Kid
Swinging everything
I’m singin’ with the big bands
VENUS
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Hey, Venus
Oh, Venus
Venus, if you will
Please send a little girl for me to thrill
A girl who wants my kisses and my arms
A girl with all the charms of you
Venus, make her fair
A lovely girl with sunlight in her hair
And take the brightest stars up in the skies
And place them in her eyes for me
Venus, goddess of love that you are
Surely the things I ask
Can’t be too great a task
Venus, if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I’ll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live
Venus, goddess of love that you are
Surely the things I ask
Can’t be too great a task
Venus if you do
I promise that I always will be true
I’ll give her all the love I have to give
As long as we both shall live
Hey, Venus
Oh, Venus
Make my wish come true
WINDY
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Who’s peekin’ out from under a stairway
Calling a name that’s lighter than air
Who’s bending down to give me a rainbow
Everyone knows it’s Windy
Who’s tripping down the streets of the city
Smilin’ at everybody she sees
Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it’s Windy
And Windy has stor-my eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
And Windy has stor-my eyes
That flash at the sound of lies
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
Above the clouds (above the clouds)
Who’s tripping down the streets of the city
Smilin’ at everybody she sees
Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment
Everyone knows it’s Windy
IF YOU WERE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT
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Sometimes late at night
When the shadows made by street lamps
Cast a darkened silver light
You’ll drift into my mind
Reminding me of all I’ve lost
And all I’ve yet to find
So many things I know I should have told you
Now what I wouldn’t give if I could hold you
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them all again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
Somehow now I see
How time can soften
Even the most painful memory
Now what we had is gone
And the sooner I believe in that
The sooner I’ll go on
But love like ours
Comes just once in a lifetime
So I tell myself it just wasn’t the right time
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them all again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
The minutes seem like hours
How long before the light of day
Helps to chase these thoughts away
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them once again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
If you were here with me tonight
If only you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
LETTER FROM A FAN / SO HEAVY, SO HIGH
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Remember I sent you a picture
I know all the names in your band
I was the girl wearing yellow down front
I was the first one to stand
It’s silly to think you’d remember
It’s silly pretending you’d care
But I want you to know I was there last night
I was there, I was there, I was there…
Sometimes I think we’re connected
I dreamed we were talking last night
Day to day stress just undoes me at times
But listening to you makes it right
I’m positive someday you’ll see me
And love me just like it was planned
I feel all the sorrow you’re trying to hide
You’ll realize I understand
Oh how I understand…
Another room
Where the lights are too bright
Not gonna sleep
I want it just right
Another hotel room
Random replay
There’s too many touching me
Keep ‘em away
Move into midnight
Just turn off the pager
I tell ya, the well has run dry
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Fast track to nowhere
So heavy, so high
Too many scenes
And I’m losin’ the names
Silence and talk
Both feelin’ the same
All the same city
All the same night
Step over the bodies, boy
Turn out the light
Forever, whatever
What’s winning or losing
There’s nothing my money can’t buy
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
I’ll pass on the party
So heavy, so high
Hey I feel the moon breathin’
I hear electricity
I know the size of the sky
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Time hangin’ frozen
So heavy, so high
You never waved back at the airport
I covered your poster in mud
I cut out the eyes on the photo you signed
I wrote you a poem in blood
I’m stupid to think I could matter
A loser pretending you’d care
To you I’m a nothing
I ought to be dead
But night after night
I’ll be there, I’ll be there, I’ll be there
The floor’s movin’ slower
The frequency’s fadin’
I tell ya, the well has run dry
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Fast track to nowhere
So heavy, so high