WHEN LOVE IS GONE
By
Barry Manilow
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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
BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER
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When you’re weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I’m on your side. When times get rough
And friends just can’t be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
When you’re down and out,
When you’re on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I’ll take your part.
When darkness comes
And pain is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Sail on silvergirl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
I’m sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
LEAVING IN THE MORNING
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I tried to tell you there’s trouble on the way
I lost the feling that I once had
But when I held you there was nothing I could say
I couldn’t bare to see you hurt so bad
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye
I tried to tell you there was something that I miss
Something I couldn’t dare to find with you
But I was blinded by your love every time we kissed
Afraid I never find a love so true
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
And now I don’t know how to say goodbye
I waited too long but now I see
It’s no good for you, it’s no good for me
You can’t see it now
But one day you’ll know I just had to go
Oh, oh, oh, oh
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
Wishing that I could stay
And though I’ll miss you every morning
It’s the only way
So I’ll be leaving in the morning
But how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
NO LOVE FOR JENNY
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Not even anbition
Led her right in to the palm of his hand
Not that she didn’t know better
But she never been out on the streets before
Lost in her anbition
She just had to know the good and the bad
So she took a apartment
And spend all the money she didn’t have
No love for Jenny
She’s wasting her smile
Takeing a chance that it’s all worth her wile
Dancin for strangers
Thinking she’s grown up
Loving so many
But no love for Jenny
Fakeing dependents
Kept her right on top of his list
Makeing some really good money
But knowing it won’t last very long
A happy birthday
What away to spend your sweet 16
Saying she’s 20 but looking like 30
Hey what went wrong
No love for Jenny
She’s wasting her smile
Takeing a chance that it’s all worth her wile
Dancin for strangers
Looking so grown up
Loving so many
But no love for Jenny
NEW YORK CITY RHYTHM
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When my heart is torn apart
By love I wish I had
Well I spend my nights in the city’s lights
And things don’t seem so bad
You know the movement seems to soothe me
And the tempo takes control
And I loss my blues when the New York City Rhythm fills my soul
It’s the New York City Rhythm runnin’ thru my life
The poundin’ beat of the city’s streets
That keep my dreams alive
I’m lost, I’m found
I’m up, I’m down
But somehow I survive
It’s got to be the New York City Rhythm in my life
It’s got to be the New York City Rhtym in my life
In my life
When I’m out for love or sin
Oh it’s good to be in town
In the funky dives, on the old West Side
There’s always something goin’ down
Yes, I live my life with strangers
And the danger’s always there
But when I hit Broadway and it’s time to play
And you know that I don’t care
Cause it’s the New York City rhythm runnin thru my life
The poundin’ beat of the city’s streets
That keeps my dreams alive
I’m lost, I’m found
I’m up ,I’m down
But some how I survive
It’s got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
Oh It’s got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
In my life
Oh got to,got to,got to be
You know the movement seems to soothe me
And the tempo makes me high
Its got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
Oh its got to be the New York City rhythm in my life
In my life
Oh got to, got to, got to be
The city in my life
OH MY LADY
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First they told me
That they loved me
Dressed me up in the light of gold
All they wanted was to know me
Gotta get me on before I get too old
Then they told me I was big time
Lots of favors of limosine
This might be what they told me it would be
But I’m not sure it’s what I need
Not what I need
Now, won’t you tell me
Oh, my lady
Where’s my lady
All this glory
Where’s my lady
To share it with me
Oh, to share it with me
First they told me
I could love you
And then they told me never mind
Never mind
Gotta keep those cards and letters flowing in my friend
Gotta try and have a real good
Real good time
Now wouldn’t you tell me
Oh my lady
Where’s my lady
All this glory
Where’s my lady to share it with me
Oh to share it with me
Now woun’t you tell me
Oh where’s my lady
All this glory
Where’s my lady to share it with me
To share, to share it with me
Oh my lady