THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
By
Barry Manilow
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You ask me how much I need you, must I explain?
I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain
You ask how long I’ll love you,
I’ll tell you true Until the Twelfth of Never,
I’ll still be loving you
Hold me close, never let me go
Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow
I’ll love you ’til the bluebells forget to bloom
I’ll love you ’til the clover has lost its perfume
I’ll love you ’til the poets run out of rhyme
Until the Twelfth of Never and that’s a long, long time
Until the Twelfth of Never and that’s a long, long time
WHEN LOVE IS GONE
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When love is gone
What good is candlelight
Each lonely day
Becomes a sleepless night
No one is there to share the rising down
And so it fades away when love is gone
When love is gone
Life’s just a hollow shell
The stars don’t shine
The moon has lost its spell
That old familiar ache that makes the night
So long
Just seems to linger on when love is gone
When love is gone
There’s just the memories
An empty heart where love once used to be
Those lonely blues refuse to let you carry on
It’s just that way each day when love is gone
When love is gone
When love is gone
THE LOOK OF LOVE
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The look of love
Is in your eyes
The look your heart can’t disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more
Than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
You’ve got the look of love
It’s on your face
A look that time can’t erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this
Let’s take a lover’s vow
And then seal it with a kiss
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don’t ever go
I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Don’t ever go
Don’t ever go
I love you so
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
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Before I knew that I was blessed
When I was just like the rest of the people
Who never let dreams in their minds
Music would play and say
Maybe you’re wastin’ your time
Before I knew what good could be
When I couldn’t see the need or the reason
For trusting in me or my star
Music would play and say
Hey, what a dummy you are!
And when I heard all the words about passion
Singin’ to me about love of a fashion
That I never heard anywhere else
That’s when I said,
“Gotta get some of that for myself”
And when I heard about hurtin’ and healin’
Beautiful words about beautiful feelings
What lots of believin’ could do
Beautiful music, I knew it just had to be true
You’re beautiful
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Before I saw my life in lights
When I couldn’t taste the nights I was missin’
I’d listen alone in my bed
And music would sing to me
Things no one else even said
And when I heard all the words about passion
Singin’ to me about love of a fashion
That I never heard anywhere else
That’s when I said,
“Gotta get some of that for myself”
And when I heard about hurtin’ and healin’
Beautiful words about beautiful feelings
What lots of believin’ could do
Beautiful music, I knew it just had to be true
You’re beautiful
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
And now I laugh and now I cry like a baby
Livin’ and lovin’ each day
And just maybe
For all the good things that came true
Beautiful music
The best of my blessings is you
You’re beautiful
Beautiful music
I JUST WANT TO BE THE ONE IN YOUR LIFE
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Some people shoot for the stars
Dream upon dream
They long to go far
Chasing their rainbow so high
Wish upon wish
They’ll reach for the sky
But I got one little dream
And baby that’s all I want
Girl it’s up to you
You can make my dreams come true
I just want to be the one in your life
For ever, for always
I just want to be the one in your life
For ever , for always
I don’t need cheers from the crowd
To make me feel big
To make me feel proud
Darlin just a little touch of your hand
Is all that I need
To feel like a man
And I keep hoping each day
I’ll woun’t dream my life away
Girl you hold the key
To make my dream a reality
CARELESS WHISPER
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Time can never mend the careless whispers, of a good friend
To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
Should’ve known better
I feel so unsure
As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies, something in your eyes
Calls to mind the silver screen
And all its sad good-byes
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There’s no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you’ll find
I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste this chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
Never without your love
Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it’s better this way
We’d hurt each other with the things we’d want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But no one’s gonna dance with me
Please stay
And I’m never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it’s easy to pretend
I know your not a fool
Should’ve known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I’ve been given
So I’m never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you
(Now that you’re gone) Now that you’re gone
(Now that you’re gone) What I did’s so wrong
That you had to leave me alone