WHAT AM I DOING HERE
By
Barry Manilow
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What am I doin’ here
Alone in this lonely house
This house that we dreamed about
This house we shared till you walked out
What am I doing here
This place ain’t no good for me
It just brings back memories
And the last thing I need is memories
I should be movin’ on
What am I doin’ here
Now that you’ve really gone
Why can’t I dry these tears
But oh, the years we had
Here in this house that we both loved so madly
I’ve never been like this
Just livin’ in yesterdays
But there’s so much I miss
And so much that I still can’t face
If there’s a chance for me
I just can’t see it now
All I see is what can’t be
And all I see is no way out
I should be movin’ on
What am I doin’ here
Now that you’ve really gone
Why can’t I dry these tears
But oh, the years we had
Here in this house that we both loved so madly
What am I doing here
I should be movin’ on
What am I doing here
What am I doing here
I DON’T WANT TO WALK WITHOUT YOU
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I don’t want to walk without you , baby
Walk without my arm about you , baby
I thought the day you left me behind
I’d take a stroll and get you right off my mind
But now I find that
I don’t want to walk without the sunshine
Why’d you have to turn off all that sunshine
Oh baby, please come back
Or you’ll break my heart for me
Cause, I don’t want to walk with out you
No siree
I don’t want to walk with out you,baby
Walk with out my arm about you , baby
I though the day you left me behind
That I’d take a stroll and get you right off my mind
But now I find
That I don’t want to walk with out the sunshine
Why’d you have to turn off all that sunshine
Oh baby, please come back
Or you’ll break my heart for me
Cause I don’t want to walk with out you
I don’t want to walk with out you
No siree
BORDER TRAIN
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Got nobody left to listen to
Got no promises to keep
Something’s gotta be out there
Fine a world for me out there
No more livin’ half asleep
There’s an island in the misty night
Little platform by the track
I dreamed I saw a light for me
A face, a place so right for me
That I’d never think of lookin’ back
Through the shadowland
Like a siver band
Got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
City jumps up like a circus
Neon flutters out of sight
The town itself is traveling
America unraveling
And swallowed in the hungry night
Through the shadowland
Like a siver band
Got no kind of plan
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
There’ll come a time
With no goodbyes
When I’ll simply grab
That border train
And at journey’s end
They will all be real
My lovers and friends
And I swear to God
There’s time for me
And I’ll live the life I waited for!
Wooo oooo ooo oooo
Wooo oooo ooo oooo
Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
I ride the border train
Somewhere new to be
Please light the way for me
Moon and memories
I ride the border train
BREAK DOWN THE DOOR
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I’m not the man I used to be
Fell down a time or two
When luck was lookin’ out for me
I missed the knock
And never knew
I let you go
But you can’t get away from me again
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break down the door
Do you want me to break down the door
Break down the door
You say you saw me lose control
Look now I’m in the lead
And you can have me heart and soul
I’m overhauled
And guaranteed
What do you say
Why don’t you take a chance
On me again
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break down the door
Do you want me to break down the door
Break down the door
Can’t say for sure what’s comin’
It ain’t what’s gone before
Except we had some damn good times
And I know we both want more
Do you want me to plead?
Do you want me to cry?
Any proof that you need
Any promise you’ll buy
Do you want me to break
Do you want me to break down
Do you want me to break down the
Do you want me to break down the door
NO OTHER LOVE
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There were no violins
There were no soft guitars
Hot summer love under the city stars
I was Mr. Dynamite
And you were my only girl
We held each other through the night
Caught in the whirl
No other love
In all of the world
In all of my life
There was no other love
There was no fireside
No Beaujolais for two
Winter was cold but we had me and you
All the words we used to say
All the crazy plans we made
We were so nieve that way
So unafraid
I don’t know where it went
Turned into yesterday
Time comes and goes like music in a play
Looking back I still don’t know
Why we ever had to end
And it’s so hard letting go
Of what we had then
I AM YOUR CHILD
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I am your child.
Wherever you go, you take me, too.
Whatever I know, I learn from you.
Whatever I do, you taught me to do.
I am your child.
And I am your chance.
Whatever will come, will come from me.
Tomorrow is won, by winning me.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope,
I am your chance,
I am your child.
Whatever I am, you taught me to be.
I am your hope,
I am your chance,
I am your child.