WORK THE ROOM
By
Barry Manilow
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Open a door
On the seventeenth floor
Secretary sends me through
Walkin’ right in
With a big time grin
But I’m shakin’ in my shoes
Suit One shakes my hand
But it takes him a beat to recall my name
Gotta move it along
Gotta play somethin’ strong
Gotta show ‘em why I came
Work the room
Work the room, baby
Nobody here wants to know you
But tomorrow they’ll be talkin’ about you
Work the room
Startin’ in sweet
With a rockin’ beat
Show ‘em I can really ride
Not about fluff
Get to serious stuff
Here’s my softer side
Suit Two frowns
Is it bringin’ him down?
Or does it mean he’s in the groove?
Back to the beat
Activatin’ their feet
See the Pradas start to move
Work the room
They’re movin’
Oh baby
Watch them beginnin’ to wonder
You can bet tomorrow
They’ll have serious hunger
Work the room
Go one step up
Or all the way back
Take the turns
Or jump the track
Rise an inch – or fall for a mile
All the time remember to smile
Stoppin’ the show
But they don’t say go
Suddenly smiles all ‘round
Man oh man
We’re shakin’ hands
Telling me they like my sound
Big Suit smilin’ at me
Talkin’ about sales and fame
Everybody’s talkin’ to me
Makin’ it like I got it
Dammit now they know my name!
Work the room
They want me
I got it!
You went in an unsung zero
You’re comin’ out a musical hero
Never gonna have to work the room again!
SUNRISE
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And so it began
As I sat by my window
All by myself in the dawn
No body else
No polite conversation
Just waiting for life to come on
And I see the sunrise over the ocean
Sunrise on the sea
I’m watching the sunrise
I’m glad to be living
Sunrise , shine over me
I think of my life as I look out my window
People I love , places I’ve been
Sometimes I feel I could go on forever
With nothing to lose and nothing to win
When I see the sunrise over the ocean
Sunrise on the sea
I’m watching the sunrise
I’m glad to be living
Sunrise , shine over me
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
ALL THE TIME
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All the time I thought
There’s only me
Crazy in a way
That no one else could be
I would have given everything I own
If someone would have said you’re not alone
All the time I thought
That I was wrong
Wanting to be me,but needing to belong
If I had just beleaved in all I had
If someone would have said you’re not so bad
All the time, all the wasted time
All the years, waiting for a sign
To think I had it all
All the time
All the time I thought
There’s only me
Crazy in way that no one else could be
I can’t believe that you where somewhere too
Thinking all the time there’s only you
All the time, all the wasted time
All the years, waiting for a sign
To think I had it all
All the time
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
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You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen,
But do you recall, the most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You could even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.
Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say:
“Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”
Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
“Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer,
You’ll go down in history.”
PLEASE DON’T BE SCARED
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There’s a light, behind your eyes
I see it shining, it only fades when you cry
There’s a heart that beats so strong
I feel it dying when the night time lasts too long
Now you and I have lived our century
And all I can say is what you offered to me
Please don’t be scared
’cause I’ve stood there too
Between survival and the right thing to do
’cause only the strong, admit their fears
And if you really need me
I’ll always be here
The parties and the lights
Fade to memories in the still of the night
And you wonder in your mind
If there’s nothing left to show for all the time
’cause feeling pain is a hard way to know you’re still alive
But someday someone will make you glad you survived REPEAT CHORUS
‘Cause feeling pain is a hard way to know you’re still alive
Someday someone will make you glad you survived