TOYLAND
By
Barry Manilow
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Toyland, toyland
Little girl and boy land
When you dwell within it
You are ever happy there!
Childhood toyland
Mystical merry toyland
Once you pass it’s borders
You can never return again! (not again!)
Childhood toyland (Toyland!)
Mystical merry toyland
Once you pass it’s borders
You can never return again!
(Toyland!) Toyland (Toyland!) Toyland!
(Toyland!) Toyland!
COME MONDAY
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In 3B it’s Diane
And she’s makin’ a plan
She says
I’m gonna change my hair
It just don’t fit my face anymore
I’m gettin’ out of here
I just don’t like this place anymore
Tired of all the stallin’
This time it’s for good
Come monday
Come monday
My life starts again
My new point of view is beginning
Come monday
That one day
My ship’s comin’ in
And this time I’m ready to roll!
Come monday
Come monday
Now here’s Ken in 5N
And he swears once again
He says
I’m gonna lose the weight
Gonna get in to my clothes again
I’m gonna graduate
I’m gonna be the one who knows again
No more lame excuses
Then it’s understood!
Come monday
Come monday
My life starts again
My new point of view is beginning
Come monday
That one day
My ship’s comin’ in
And this time I’m ready to roll!
Come monday
Come monday
Come monday
Come this monday
Hey Bob, I’m changin’ my job!
Hey men, I’m making a plan!
Yeah slim,I’m joinin a gym!
And this time I’m ready to roll!
Come monday
Come monday
My life starts again
My new point of view is beginning
Come monday
That one day
My ship’s comin’ in
And this time I’m ready to roll!
Come monday
Come monday
Come this monday
Come this monday
EVEN NOW
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Even Now
When there’s someone else who cares
When there’s someone home who’s waiting just for me
Even now I think about you as I’m climbing up the stairs
And I wonder what to do so she won’t see
That even now
When I know it wasn’t right
And I found a better life than what we had
Even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
And I can’t believe it still could hurt so bad
Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it’s still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And how I wish you knew
Even now
Even now
When I never hear your name
And the world has changed so much since you been gone
Even now I still remember and the feeling’s still the same
And the pain inside of me goes on and on
Even now
Even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it’s still so hard without you
Even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
And God I wish you knew
Some how
Even now
OLD FRIENDS
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Hey old friend
Are you ok old friend
What’ll you say old friend
Are we or are we unique
Time goes by
Everything else keeps changing
You and I we get continued next week
Most friends fade
Or they don’t make the grade
New ones are quickly made
And in a pinch, sure they’ll do
But us old friends
What’s to discuss old friend
Here’s to us
Who’s like us
Damn few
FOOLS GET LUCKY
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When I see you lying there
Like a living answered prayer
There are no words
For what I feel for you
My life was once a high trapeze
You pulled me down
And gave me peace
That’s something no one else
Could ever do
And on nights like tonight
It scares me recalling
How close I came to falling
But fools get lucky
Fortune must like me
When people ask where you came from
I tell them that
Fools get lucky
Destiny likes me
It must be one of nature’s rules
Love like yours
Should save the fools like me
When I see the good times shine
On this wayward life of mine
I tell the world
It’s all because of you
Like me
Like me
TRAINWRECK
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Hey there
Trainwreck
Look in the mirror
Could it be clearer
End of the line
Way off the rails
Next door to nowhere
Lamp burnin’ low where
The sun used to shine
Wake up
Trainwreck
No navigator
Sooner or later
All up to you
Somewhere out there
Comin’ on morning
Sun without warning
Day burnin’ through
Maybe I played too hard
Maybe I ran too fast
Maybe I was their hero
That don’t last
Flameout
Trainwreck
Hey, what’s past is past
Come on
Trainwreck
Get it together
Life goes on whether
You don’t or you do
Back on the track
Startin’ to move now
Something to prove now
They say you’re through
Maybe I played too hard
Maybe I ran too fast
Maybe I was their hero
That don’t last
Flameout
Trainwreck
Hey, what’s past is past