WHO NEEDS YOU?
By
Barry Manilow
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Wherever I go
You’re leanin’ on me
What I gotta do
Who I gotta be
You’re claimin’ you made me
Built me up high
So go make another
Let’s see you try
You’re feeling important
Yeah, walkin’ real tall
In tight with me, right
You come when I call
Yeah, you with the blackberry
You with the phone
When you’re here beside me
I know I’m alone
Who needs you?
Take a hike
I know where I’m headed
I know what they like
I know who I am
I know what to do
What have you got for me?
Who needs you?
Who needs you?
Seen it all
Done it all twice!
I mean it man,
I win!
Concerned as my friend
Yeah, I know what you mean
I’m nobody’s friend
I’m your money machine
Who paid for the room?
Who paid for the ride?
Who paid for that girl
You got waitin’ outside?
Who needs you?
Take a hike
I know where I’m headed
I know what they like
I know who I am
I know what to do
What have you got for me?
Who needs you?
Who needs you?
Nothin’ in the mirror
Just a wall behind me
I’m everywhere
‘Cause I’m God!
I can stop when I want to
I can stop when I want to
Don’t wanna hear it
I’m in control
Can’t you hear what I’m saying?
When I want to
When I want to
I’m in control
YOU’RE LEAVING TOO SOON
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You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon
You’ll never learn to fly unless you learn to fall
You’ll never know the answers ’till you’ve heard the call
You can’t turn your back until you face it all
Take my word
You’re leaving too soon
You’re leaving too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving to soon
Babe you shouldn’t go until you know just what I mean
Now, “happy ever after”, I have never seen
But still we might come closer than we’ve ever been
Come over here
You’re leavin’ too soon
You’re leavin’ too soon
You oughta try believin’ just for a day or two
You’re tryin’ to be wise and that’s a foolish thing to do
Close the door
You’re leaving too soon
You’re leaving too soon
IF YOU WERE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT
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Sometimes late at night
When the shadows made by street lamps
Cast a darkened silver light
You’ll drift into my mind
Reminding me of all I’ve lost
And all I’ve yet to find
So many things I know I should have told you
Now what I wouldn’t give if I could hold you
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them all again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
Somehow now I see
How time can soften
Even the most painful memory
Now what we had is gone
And the sooner I believe in that
The sooner I’ll go on
But love like ours
Comes just once in a lifetime
So I tell myself it just wasn’t the right time
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them all again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
The minutes seem like hours
How long before the light of day
Helps to chase these thoughts away
If you were here with me tonight
This time I’d never let it end
We’d find those feelings we once had
And feel them once again
We’d make love stronger than before
And give each other even more
And finally find a way to make it right
If you were here with me tonight
If you were here with me tonight
If only you were here with me tonight
Here with me tonight
LET ME GO
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I never feared the devil
Or the gypsy in my soul
But you’re not on the level
And I’m not in control
And I’m afraid your baby blues
Are just too much for me
And I’m afraid I’ll loose my heart
If you don’t set me free
Let me go
I don’t want to believe you
I just want to be gone
I just want to be gone
Let me go
Don’t say how much I need you
Say goodnight and move on
Say goodnight and move on
If you get me under your spell
I’ll be lost for good, I can tell
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
Hey, I never bought a hustle
And I never took a dive
I’ve always had the muscle
To get through love alive
But I’m afraid your loving lies
Might just do me right in
And I’m afraid to play tonight
’cause I know that I won’t win
Let me go
I don’t wanna be lovers
I just wanna be free
I just wanna be, wanna be, wanna be free
Let me go
You’ve got so many others
Have some pity on me
Some pity on me
On my own, I’m doing just great
So, don’t mess around with my fate
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
Don’t let me love you
Let me go
MY MOONLIGHT MEMORIES OF YOU
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One time in everybody’s life
There is a moment
Like the moment we knew
And if you’re a fool
You’ll let it slip away
Sometime in everybody’s life
There is a feeling
A feeling so real
And once it’s gone it can never be replaced
I’m dancing with a shadow
Holding on to a dream that’ll never come true
Still haunted by that old love song
My moonlight memories of you
My heart is like a ghost town
To every stranger that passes on through
All they find there
Is what you left behind there
My moonlight memories of you
You thought when you left me
I’ll let you go
But here I am loving you more
Then you’ll ever know
If I could hold you
Feel your heart beat
Just one more time
There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
’cause without your love
I’ll never be free of
My moonlight memories of you
One time in everybody’s life
There is a moment
Like the moment we knew
And if you’re a fool
You’ll let it slip away
I’m dancing with a shadow
Holding on to a dream that’ll never come true
Still haunted by that old love song
My moonlight memories of you
My moonlight memories of you
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