Barry Manilow Album

Don't have to look no more
Here I am
I'm your man
I'm what you've waited for
Here I am
I'm your man

You always said you like the way
that I loved you before
Get ready for me cause this time
I'm gonna give you it all

I'm older and I'm wiser
You can bet I'm goin' to surprise ya
Oh, you know I am
I'm your man

I was good then but now I'm even better
Hey, look at me I've got it all together
Come on take my hand
I'm your man

I was afraid of love
so I ran
When I was your man

I couldn't give enough
But now I can
Oh, I'm your man

You always said
that you saw something special in me
Now I'm the man you always dreamed I could be

I spent my whole life thinking
Oh, that there could not be
Anyone in this world
Who'd show me they care
Who'd really be there to love me

Now you're holding me
And I see in your eyes
That you've been lonely too baby

We've been all alone on our own for so long
But it's all behind us
The words no one heard when we sang our sad song
Well it's all behind us now

Everytime I looked for love
It looked the other way
Now love has turn around
It's smiling at me
Now someone loves me

All the nights in the moonlight
With no one to hold
Take a good look at us baby!

Chorus

Every dream is coming true
Now that I am holding you near
Happiness without an end
I feel alive again
Suddenly I can not even remember when

We were all alone on our own for so long
But it's all behind us
The words no one heard when we sang our sad song
Well it's all behind us now

There is somebody
In this world somebody
She was put on earth for me
Where can her love be?

See, I'm no exception
I need real affection
What's life worth living for
If not to give it all . . . so

I'm reaching out
I'm in search of love
You're everything that I'm dreamin' of
I can't give up, no!
I'm reaching out I'm in search of love
Been on my own for long enough

Well, I'm goin' crazy
Only you can save me
From the tears and loneliness
Girl, I must confess

That day or night time
There is no right time
For a heart to be alone
I just can't go on . . . so

I'm reaching out
I'm in search of love
You're everything that I'm dreamin' of
I can't give up, no!
I'm reaching out
I'm in search of love
Been on my own for long enough

Don't make me beg
Don't make me plead
Just go ahead and give me what I need
Set me free Answer me
Can't you hear me calling out to you

So all alone
Little girl blue
You tell me the tale
And stand there crying
I'm here for you
You know that I care
Listening to you
Inside I'm dying
Your heart may be breaking
But my heart is breaking too

He doesn't care if you're all alone
But I do
He doesn't care if you come back home
But I do, yes I do
Why can't you feel it too

I'm your best friend
A brother you say
Hurting me so
To see your sorrow
Knew all along
He's not for you
Sadness and tears
But tomorrow
You'll see how I need you
And maybe you'll need me too

He doesn't care if he breaks your heart
But I do
He doesn't care if you fall apart
But I do

Oh, don't throw your love away
On someone whoe doesn't deserve it
If you belonged to me I'd love you more each day
I'd take you and make you believe what I say

All my life
I've been living in a fantasy
Songs of love
To help me through the night

All my life
I keep wondering where you'll be
When will I finally see the light

Oh, Some sweet day
I know I'll find you
I won't stop searching til I do
This I swear
If I live my whole life through
I'll hold on till my dream comes true
Some sweet day
Some sweet day

Where are you
Darling, how I need you now
Need your voice
I need to know your name
Where are you
Please try to get through somehow
I don't want to be alone again

Oh, Some sweet day
I know I'll find you
I won't stop searching til I do
This I swear
If I live my whole life through
I'll hold on till my dream comes true
Some sweet day
Some sweet day

I've been shouting to the sky
And I keep on asking why
If I have to hold out much longer
I will surely die

Feel the heat tonight
Everything so right
Let's get together
At the dance

Turn down all the lights
I wanna hold you tight
Let's stay here forever
At the dance

Music starts to play
Carries us away
Let's get together
At the dance

Feel your body move
Get into the groove
Let's stay here forever
At the dance

I've been watching you
You've been watching me
You're my dream come true
You're my fantasy
Will you be my girl?
Will you stay with me?

Let yourself go free
Come along with me
Let's get together
At the dance

Girl we'll be so fine
I'll be yours and you'll be mine
Let's stay here forever
At the dance

I want to touch you now
Feel you close to me
Now I know just how
Love's supposed to be

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

Chorus

Tonight the minutes seem like hours
How long before the light of day
Helps to chase these thoughts away

(from the Movie "Copacabana")

Sweet heaven I'm in love again
Sweet heaven I'm in love again
You came along now what can I do
I only want to be with you

Sweet heaven here I go again
I'm hooked from head to toe again
One minute I'm so lonely and then
Oh sweet heaven

Hey babe
Now that I've found you life's a song
Say babe
Where were you hiding I've been waiting so long

Sweet heaven I'm in love again
So totally in love again
I'll shout it everywhere I go
I'll sing it on the radio
I want the whole world to know
Sweet heaven I'm in love again

(Duet with Muffy Hendrix)

Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I've got your picture hanging on the wall
But it can't see or come to me
When I call your name
I realize it's just a picture in a frame

I read your letters when you're not here
But they don't move me and they don't groove me
Like when I hear your sweet voice
Whispering in my ear

Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

I play my game of fantasy
And I pretend that I'm not in reality
I need the shelter
Of your arms to comfort me

No other sound
Is quite the same as your name
No touch can do quite as much
To make me feel better
So let's stay together

I've got the memories to look back on
And though they help me when you're gone
I'm well aware
But nothing can take the place of your being there

So glad we've got the real thing, Baby
So glad we've got the real thing
Ain't nothing like the real thing, Baby
Ain't nothing like the real thing

Once you find what matters in your life
Keep on pushing through the darkness
Till you see the light
You're gonna find it
You're no longer behind it

Once you learn what you've been doin' wrong
You can make the change
You need to make to carry on
Now and forever
The sooner the better, just remember now . . .

It's a long way up
When you're coming from nowhere
It's a long way up
When you're coming from nowhere
You gotta fight a little harder
You gotta push a little more
You gotta gamble everything you got
To get you through the door
'Cause it's a long way up

You've been down before but that's okay
You can rest assured
That every dog will have his day
And life is a jungle
But you ain't gonna crumble, remember now . . .

It's a long way up
When you're coming from nowhere
It's a long way up
When you're coming from nowhere
You gotta fight a little harder
You gotta push a little more
You gotta gamble everything you got
To get you through the door
'Cause it's a long way up

Don't give up the dream
Hey don't you know it's dark before the dawn
When you think you just can't take it
That's when you'll make it