THEY LONG TO BE - CLOSE TO YOU
By
Barry Manilow
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Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by?
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon-dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon-dust
In your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
(Ah, aahh, aahh) Close to you
LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT (ACOUSTIC)
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There you are
Looking just the same as you did last time I touched you
And here I am
Close to getting tangled up in side the thought of you
Do you love him
As much as I love her
And will that love be strong
When old feelings start to stir
Looks like we made it
Left each other on the way
To another love
Looks like we made it
Or I thought so till today
Until you where there everywhere
And all I could taste was love the way we made it
Loves so strange
Playing hide and seek with hearts and always hurting
And we’re the fools
Standing close enough to touch those burning memories
And if I hold you
For the sake of all those times
Love made us lose our minds
Could I ever let you go
Woh no we made it
Left each other on the way
To another love
Looks like we made it
Or I thought so till today
Until you where there,everywhere
And all I could taste was love the way we made it
Ohhhhh we made it
Looks like we made it
Left each other on the way
To another love
Looks like we made it
Or I thought so till today
Until you where there, everywhere
And all I could taste is love the way we made it
Looks like we made it
Woh babe we made it
CAROL OF THE BELLS
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Hark! How the bells, sweet silver bells
All seem to say, “Throw cares away.”
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To young and old, meek and the bold
Ding, dong, ding, dong
That is their song
With joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear words of good cheer
From everywhere, filling the air
Oh how happy are their tones
Gaily they ring, while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas
On, on they send on without end
Their joyful tone to every home
On, on they send on without end
Their joyful tone to every home
Ding, dong, ding, dong
Ding, dong, ding, dong
WHEN YOU WERE SWEET SIXTEEN
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You were sweet sixteen, you were sweet sixteen
I love you as I never loved before!
Since first I met you on the village green.
Come to me, or my dream of love is o’er!
I love you as I loved you,
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.
When first I saw the lovelight in your eye,
And dreamt the world held naught but joy for me.
And even though we drifted far apart,
I never dreamt of what I dream of thee
I love you as I never loved before!
Since first I met you on the village green.
Come to me, or my dream of love is o’er!
I love you as I loved you,
When you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
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So you have finally made up your mind
Take one last look at who you’re leaving behind
We lost the ending we were too late
But we took time enough to devestate
When people never say things
They lead themselves astray
Oh oh oh
The one that got away
Gave me everything
I never had
Oh oh
The one that got away
Gave me everything I never
I had no problems you had no doubts
We were the ones they used to talk about
We saw no windows we had no door
I used to wonder what the shouting’s for
When people never say things
They watch their love decay
When loves take it too far
They bow their heads and say
One that got away
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