TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY
By
Barry Manilow
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I was gonna see the world one day
Maybe be a movie star
Or buy a quiet house, down by the bay
And write about the way things are
But the way things are right now
I can hardly write my name
And I’ve lost my taste for the wanderin’ ways
For fortune and for fame
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
If you want to be with me
Then here’s where I’ll stay
I was gonna save the human race
Find my place in history
Or sail away one day far out in space
And live a life of mystery
But the mystery to me
Is the life I’ve lived before
And the place for me isn’t history
It’s with you forever more
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
If you want to be with me
Then here’s where I’ll stay
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
All the other dreams I’ve had
Have faded away
Darlin’ all I want to do is be with you
Twenty four hours a day
HERE COMES THE NIGHT
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The day is ending
And the same old pain begins
Each deeper shade of blue
Brings back more of you to miss
I fight the tears again
But I just can’t win and…
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
I still remember
You lyin’ next to me
The love would go so deep
We wouldn’t get to sleep at all
These nights I’m losing sleep
To a lonely memory
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
Will it never end
Why can’t I get forever
Here comes the night
And here I go out of my mind again
Here comes the night
And here I go crazy missin’ you
Wanting you
Needing you
I just can’t stand it
Here comes the night again
I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU
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My love must be a kind of blind love
I can’t see anyone but you
And dear, I wonder if you find love
An optical illusion, too?
Are the stars out tonight?
I don’t know if it’s cloudy or bright
‘Cause I only have eyes for you, dear
The moon may be high
But I can’t see a thing in the sky
‘Cause I only have eyes for you.
I don’t know if we’re in a garden
Or on a crowded avenue
You are here, so am I
Maybe millions of people go by
But they all disappear from view
And I only have eyes for you
DON’T SIT UNDER THE APPLE TREE
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Don’t sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
No no no
Don’t sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
’til I come marching home
Don’t go walking down lovers lane
With anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
No no no
Don’t go walking down lovers lane
With anyone else but me
’til I come marching home
I just got word from a guy who heard
From the guy next door to me
The girl he met just loved to pet
And fits you to a “T”
So don’t sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
’til I come marching home
Don’t give out with those lips of yours
To anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
Anyone else but me
No no no
Watch the girls on the foreign shores
You’ll have to report to me
When you come marching home
You’re on your own
When there is no phone and I can’t keep tab on you
Be fair to me I’ll guarantee
This is one thing that I’ll do
I won’t sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but you
’til you come marching home
Don’t sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
I know the apple tree
Is reserved for you and me
And I’ll be true
’til you come marching home
THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS
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The bells of christmas
Are ringing in the night
The chrildren string there lights upond the tree
The bells of christmas
They sing to me tonight
Bring back thoughts of you and me
Central Park
Slideing round in the snow
And then after dark
Filling the fires burning glow
The bells of christmas
They ring of what could be
For the bells of christmas
They ring for you and me
Sunday walks watching ships in the bay
Midnight talks we voul
We never let love slip away
The bells of christmas
They ring of what could be
For the bells of christmas
The bells of christmas
The bells of christmas
They ring for you and me
BANDSTAND BOOGIE
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We’re goin’ hoppin’ (Hop)
We’re goin’ hoppin’ today
Where things are poppin’ (Pop)
The Philadelphia way
We’re gonna drop in (Drop)
On all the music they play
On the Bandstand (Bandstand)
We’re goin’ swingin’ (Swing)
We’re gonna swingin’ the crowd
And we’ll be clingin’ (Cling)
And floatin’ high as a cloud
The phones are ringin’ (Ring)
My mom and dad are so proud
I’m on Bandstand (Bandstand)
And I’ll jump, and hey, I may even show ’em my handstand
Because I’m on, because I’m on the American Bandstand
When we dance real slow I’ll show all the guys in the grandstand
What a swinger I am, I am on American Bandstand
We’re goin’ hoppin
We’re goin’ hoppin today
Where things are poppin
The Philadelphia way
We’re gonna drop in
On all the music they play
On the Bandstand (Bandstand)
Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand The Bandstand The Bandstand
(What d’ya know–Here on the show–ready to go–what a pro)
Hey I’m makin’ my mark
Gee, this joint is jumpin’
They made such a fuss just to see us arrive
Hey, it’s Mr. Dick Clark
What a place you’ve got here
Swell spot the music’s hot here
Best in the east, give it at least a seventy five!
Now for all you Joe’s here goes my American handstand
Because I’m on, because I’m on the American Bandstand
As we dance real slow I’m showin’ the guys in the grandstand
That I like my girl, but I love American Bnadstand
The singers’ croonin’
He ain’t the greatest but gee
My baby’s swoonin’
In front of all of TV
So if you tune in
You’ll see my baby and me
On the Bandstand (Bandstand)
And now we’re hoppin
And we’ll be hopppin all day
When things are poppin
The philadelphia way
And you can drop in
On all the music they play
On the Bandstand
Bandstand
And we’ll rock and roll and stroll on American
Lindy hop and slop, it’s American
Tune in, I’m on,
Turn on, I’m in, I’m on
Today (Bandstand)