YOU BEGIN AGAIN
By
Barry Manilow
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Sometimes it’s hard to believe
How simple life can be
Just when you think
You’ll never reach the end
You’re finally round the bend and see
There’s no need to cry anymore
Life’s better than before
Yesterday fades away into the past
The pain you thought would last
Is gone
And you begin again
Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
But you begin again
Even though you’re heart is breaking
In time, the sun will shine
And you’ll begin again
You’ll begin again
Life’s bittersweet mystery
Never tells what will be
You can create your own reality
And make your dreams come true
It’s really up to you
If you begin again
Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win
But you begin again
Even though your heart is breaking
In time, the sun will shine
And you’ll begin again
You’ll begin again
When you begin again
LETTER FROM A FAN / SO HEAVY, SO HIGH
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Remember I sent you a picture
I know all the names in your band
I was the girl wearing yellow down front
I was the first one to stand
It’s silly to think you’d remember
It’s silly pretending you’d care
But I want you to know I was there last night
I was there, I was there, I was there…
Sometimes I think we’re connected
I dreamed we were talking last night
Day to day stress just undoes me at times
But listening to you makes it right
I’m positive someday you’ll see me
And love me just like it was planned
I feel all the sorrow you’re trying to hide
You’ll realize I understand
Oh how I understand…
Another room
Where the lights are too bright
Not gonna sleep
I want it just right
Another hotel room
Random replay
There’s too many touching me
Keep ‘em away
Move into midnight
Just turn off the pager
I tell ya, the well has run dry
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Fast track to nowhere
So heavy, so high
Too many scenes
And I’m losin’ the names
Silence and talk
Both feelin’ the same
All the same city
All the same night
Step over the bodies, boy
Turn out the light
Forever, whatever
What’s winning or losing
There’s nothing my money can’t buy
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
I’ll pass on the party
So heavy, so high
Hey I feel the moon breathin’
I hear electricity
I know the size of the sky
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Time hangin’ frozen
So heavy, so high
You never waved back at the airport
I covered your poster in mud
I cut out the eyes on the photo you signed
I wrote you a poem in blood
I’m stupid to think I could matter
A loser pretending you’d care
To you I’m a nothing
I ought to be dead
But night after night
I’ll be there, I’ll be there, I’ll be there
The floor’s movin’ slower
The frequency’s fadin’
I tell ya, the well has run dry
Too tired to sleep
Too wired to try
Fast track to nowhere
So heavy, so high
HAPPY HOLIDAYS / WHITE CHRISTMAS
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Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Why the merry bells keep ringing
May your every wish come true
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
May the calender keep bringing
Happy holiday to you
I’m dreaming of a white christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten
And children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow
I’m dreaming of a white christmas
With every christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your christmases be white
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
Why the merry bells keep ringing
May your every wish come true
Happy Holiday
Happy Holiday
May the calender keep bringing
The most happy holiday to you
I GUESS THERE AIN’T NO SANTA CLAUS
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I got evenings to spare
That nobody will share
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I don’t flirt, I don’t dance
Cause I don’t get a chance
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Jingle Bells
Wedding Bells
Ring so merely
But Jingle Bells
And Wedding Bells
Never ring for me
Like the clock on the shelf
I hold hands with myself
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I got wine, I got cheer
I got nobody here
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Well they sure got it right
When they sing Silent Night
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
Lovers walk, holding hands
Everywhere I go
Ready, set, here I stand
‘neath the mistle toe
Sugarplums in my head
Only me in my bed
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
My dad and mother
Told one another
They saw a future for me
But since I’ve grown up
I got to own up
It’s not like they said it would be
Lovers walk, holding hands
Everywhere I go
Ready, set, here I stand
‘neath the mistle toe
Sugarplums in my head
Only me in my bed
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I guess
Guess there ain’t no Santa Claus
I GO CRAZY
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Hello girl it’s been a while
Guess you’ll be glad to know
That I’ve learn how to laugh and smile
Getting over you was slow
They say old lovers can be good friends
But I never thought I really see you
I really see you again
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
No my heart just can’t high
That old feeling in side
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I go crazy
You say he satasified your mind
Tells you all of his dreams
I know how much that means to you
I realize that I was blind
Just when I thought I was over you
I see your face and it just ain’t true
You know it just ain’t true
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive
It starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
Oh it just ain’t true
No it’s just ain’t true
I go crazy
When I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
That old flame comes alive
It starts burning inside
Way deep down inside
Oh baby
You know when I look in your eyes
I still go crazy
LET’S GET ON WITH IT
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Whatcha’ gonna do it with my time darlin’
Whatcha’ gonna do with my soul
When ya’ gonna make up your mind about me
Whatcha’ you still need to know
When are ya gonna walk out the door forever
When are ya gonna run and hide
Darlin’ can’t ya see that it’s now or never
Say you’re gonna stay or say good-bye
But let’s get on with it
Let’s get started
Climb up or fall down the hill
Either foward or else it’s backward
But nothing ever stands still
So let’s get on with it
Whatcha’ gonna do with the hope inside you
Whatcha’ gonna do with your dreams
How ya gonna live with all those mem’ries
Wonderin’ how it might have been
All I’m askin’ is keep on tryin’
All ya gotta dois hold on
No ones gonna guaruntee tomorrow
But it’s gonna be here before too long
So let’s get on with it
Let’s get started
Climb up or fall down the hill
Either foward or else it’s backward
But nothing ever stands still
So let’s get on with it