Barry Manilow Album

Spoken:
Her name is … Lola!
She's from Tulsa.. yeah!
Just arrived, two suitcases in hand
And a dream in her heart

Just arrived track seventeen
All the way from Tulsa Okla-nowhere
Where's her chauffeured limousine?
Where's the marching band?
Just in time to take the town
And though her knees are shaking
She's making her stand

It all starts now
I can see her name in neon
I won't allow
Anyone to disagree
Don't ask me how
But before too long
She'll be on some marquee
New York or bust!
She's just arrived!

Just arrived track seventeen
(Just arrived track twenty four)
All the way from Tulsa Oklahoma
(All the way from St. Paul, Minnesota)
(All the way from Fargo, North Dakota)
Though she's still a little green
(Marching through the open door)
When she left, she left her past behind
(Wonder what she'll find)
Just imagine, here she is the girl from work
(The soda jerk)
(The groc'ry clerk)

The kid they all made fun of
Is one of a kind

It all starts now
Look who's currently appearing
This girl's a wow
All the magazines agree
She'll take her bow
And the world will all be cheering, wait and see
New York or bust
She's just arrived

Hey!
(Hey! which way's uptown?)
Somebody said they're auditioning for "south pacific"
(Where's the palace?)
Say!
(Hey!, she's from Dallas!)
Somewhere I read they need lookers and she looks terrific
(That one's Alice!)
This is her moment
(Hey, world here I come!)
She knows it she can taste it
And she sure ain't gonna waste it
Cause it's time she faced it

It all starts now
(Right now!)
I can see her name in neon
(I can see her name in blazing neon)
This girl's a wow
(And how!)
All the magazines agree
(No way anyone would dare to disagree)
She'll take her bow
(Oh, wow!)
And before too long she'll be on some marquee

Gathering dust
She just survived
Now, New York or bust
She's just arrived!
Hey world
She's just arrived!

When I hear a band blowin' basie
I can count on losing my cool
Take me where the rhythm is racy
Let me be a dancin' fool

Some prefer the café europa
Sipping dubonnet on a stool
Me, I get my kicks at the copa
That's where i'm a dancin' fool
I'll show you some moves
Smooth as satin
And others they don't teach in school
When that crooner starts in to scattin'
Just give me a chance an'
My tuxedo pants an'
Presto!
I'm a dancin' fool

When those trumpets blare, man
I ain't got a care man
I'm like fred astaire, man
Cool!

Just give me a chance an'
My tuxedo pants an'

Presto!
I'm a dancin' fool!

You were in my dreams
Always in my dreams
That was long before
I ever saw you standing there
When I felt afraid
Of the choice I made
I would close my eyes
And hope my dreams would comfort me
But now I'm free

Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven to look forward to?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You're my dream come true

In my fantasy
You believed in me
And as long as you were there
Then I believed in me
Now suddenly

Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven to look forward to?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You're my dream come true

Now you are my dream
You are my only dream
I'll hold you in my heart forever
Who needs to dream?
Who needs to dream?
When I see you there
Then I see my every dream come true

Who needs to dream when there is you?
Who needs a heaven?
For my whole life through
Who needs to dream?
You're my dream come true
Every dream
All come true
My dream come true!

(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

There are times
You live as if in a dream
Drawn by your heart to a distant door
One that opens
For a moment
To a world that you've never known before

Were you real
Or were you part of a dream
Calling to me from across the floor?
In your sweet voice
There was music
And we danced the bolero de amor

Let the drums carry us away!
They say all there is to say
And all too soon the night becomes the day
And magical - miracle

You are real
And we are living a dream
Sharing a love we have hungered for
Let your passion soar like music
In the spell of bolero de amor

Ensemble:
The drums carried us away
They said all there was to say
And all too soon the night became day
And magical-miracle

There are times
You live as if in a dream
Drawn by your heart to a distant door
Trust your heart and
Take the moment
When you hear
Your bolero de amor
Amor
Amor!

(duet with Olivia Newton-John)

Olivia:
This can't be real
As long as I love you
How could this ever be real
As long as you're there?
Help me to feel
The nightmare's behind me
That your love will find me
Anywhere

Barry:
Love is what's true
The rest is illusion
What I've discovered with you
No one can steal

Both:
The truth isn't what it seems
The truth is our wildest dreams
Real was your kiss
But as for this
This can't be real

Barry:
This can't be real
So why do I love you
I know that this can't be real
Still you are there
You aren't real
But somehow you've found me
To haunt and surround me
You're everywhere

Both:
This isn't true
It's only illusion
What I've discovered with you
Is just an ideal

Barry:
This must be a dream, I know
So why do I want you so?
Is it because

Olivia:
Only because
This can't be real?

Barry:
This can't be real

Both:
Love is what's true
The rest is illusion
What I've discovered with you

Olivia:
No one can steal

Barry:
No one can steal

Both:
The truth isn't what it seems
The truth is our wildest dreams

Barry:
This must be a dream, I know

Olivia:
So why do I want you so?
Real was your kiss

Barry:
Is it because

Olivia:
Oh, but as for this

Barry:
Only because

Both:
This can't be real
This can't be real
This can't be real

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
she would merengue and do the cha-cha
and while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4
they were young and they had each other
who could ask for more?

CHORUS:

At the copa (CO!) Copacabana (Copacabana)
the hottest spot north of Havana (here)
at the copa (CO!) Copacabana
music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa.... they fell in love

His name was Rico
he wore a diamond
he was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
and when she finished,he called her over
but Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
and then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
there was blood and a single gun shot
but just who shot who?

REPEAT CHORUS

At the copa... she lost her love

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl,
but that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
now it's a disco, but not for Lola,
still in dress she used to wear,
faded feathers in her hair
she sits there so refined,and drinks herself half-blind
she lost her youth and she lost her Tony
now she's lost her mind

REPEAT CHORUS

At the copa... don't fall in love
don't fall in love

Harmony
Unforgettable harmony
Harmony
First there was harmony
And there was rhyme
This was our time

Harmony
Did we have harmony
And that's just about all we had!
Suddenly
A little harmony
And the poverty's not so bad
Thin, we were
Poor as sin in berlin, we were!
Patches on our pants
Mercif'lly, when you're in harmony
You're in a trance
Others went marching
Not us, we'd dance

No one in grodnogubernia
Ever learned to dance like this!

Spoken:
(Believe it or not I was a rabbi before all this started!
In grodnogubernia yet!)

If you're in grodnogubernia
Tell em', this you shouldn't miss!

Harmony
All arm in arm were we
Well, except when the punches flew
Squabbles, sure
But squabbles don't endure
When there's harmony in the brew
Then did we
Oh, so splendidly blend, did we
Like a spell had come
It was clear
My pals and I could hear
A different drum
Outside they hollered!
But we had…harmony!

In this joint
All encounters with counterpoint
End in harmony
And it's clear
No man's a solo here
Not even me
No solo mio!

No we've got harmony!
When we've got harmony
Then just maybe we've got a chance
Harmony, the best is harmony!
And the rest is a song and dance!

Where you find
You're in harmony
There you find
Shelter in a storm
Every note
A button on the coat
That keeps you warm
Stars have the heavens
But we've got harmony!
Harmony!
Harmony!
Harmony!
Troubles disappear
And what you feel is what you hear
Not what you see!
Yes, first there was
Harmony!

Every day
As I sit and stare through my window
I look out
At a world that's tearing apart
This is what I see
And what do you see?

Time goes by
And the times get worse
Through my window
Still I watch
As the madness darkens the heart
This is what I see.
And what do you see?

Tell me how do we live in a world
That is crumbling away--
And be happy
As we are today?

Still I watch
As I pin my hopes on the future
Still I wait
Wond'ring what in heaven will be--
Is this an ending
Or a beginning
That I see?
And what do you see?

And at times it appears that our happiness
Hangs by a thread
Can we hold on
Through what lies ahead?

People say
I should turn away
From the window
All the worry
In all the world doesn't pay
And still I wonder
What kind of future
Starts this way?
For you...
And me....
And what do you see?

Every single day
We'll remember what we do today
Words we didn't say
We'll remember every single day
Then years go by
To wonder why, and wonder what we learned
Was that the bridge we should'a crossed?
The one we burned?

Every empty night
To regret a life that could've been
Maybe you were right,
just forget that emptiness within
So if you go
before that moment's gone
look at me the way
I'll remember every single day
From now on

You deserve,I don't know,
what the man I'd love to be
That's not the way it turned out
No, you fell in love with me

Everything you doubt
I will fight for every single day
Help me work it out
Make it right for every single day
But this I swear
I'd stake my life upon
If you go or stay
I will love you as I do today
And I love you
Every Single Day
From Now On

I know, bobby, I see
The times are awful, true
But they're times that we inherit
What else can we do?
The choices pal, are few
Roll over, die, or rise above it all
Show 'em why and how to shove it all!
I know, bobby
I see

This is our time, bobby, this is our time
Bad times, so then what's to lose?
A lousy year of lousy news
And stuffin' cardboard in our shoes
When here's a chance to know what bliss is
It's our dance, hey fellas
This is our time!
Sad as hell
But our time
Our world
If the world survives
Then we've got time and bobby
Just maybe it could be
The time of all times of our lives!

Help it happen
Draw the plan
You can't do it
Nor can I
But Bobby
We can!

This is our time
Maybe it's the last time
Who knows, but at least it's ours
And it won't be the first time
That men picked the worst time
To lift up their eyes to the stars!
'Cause it's our time!
Here's to our time!
This is our time!

And it won't be the first time
That men picked the worst time
To lift up their eyes to the stars!
'Cause it's our time!
Here's to our time!
This is out time, fellas!
This is our time!
This is our time!
Our time!

Where you go
I will go
Where you walk
I'm beside you
My love, where you are is where I want to be

Where you go
We will go
Maybe scared
But together
With you, I'm prepared the rest is destiny

When it starts
Take my hand
And whether it's through hell or to the promised land
God knows where
I'll be there
Where you go

No matter where we go
Take my hand
And whether it's through hell or to the promised land
Where you go
I will go
Where you lie
So will I
And I'll stay
I will stay
'Till the day
That we die
'Till the day we die

How have I found you?
How in the world?
Now that I've found you
You are my world
In these times that keep us guessing
You're my answer and my blessing
Pretty damn amazing, given
This peculiar world we live in

In this world
That's lost all its reason
At last there's a reason
For hope in my heart
In this world
Unsure of its future
So sure of you
I say, let the future start!
In this world
That's yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you

Barry and group:

In this world
That's lost all its reason
At last there's a reason
For hope in our hearts
In this world unsure of its future
Somehow with you
I'm sure where the future starts
In this world
That's yearning for someone
To answer the call
From out of the blue
In this world
I prayed there would come one
Magnificent someone
Someone like you

Look, look at the stars
How brilliant they are
How can they be shining now?
When hope is so far
Look, look how they shine
These cruelest of stars
What fire inspires them,
What faith is it fires them?
Darkness grows,the world turns cold
And still, there glows the light
Heaven knows what hope they hold tonight

Look,look how they shine
These stars in the night
The darker the night becomes
The brighter their light becomes
Chill winds wail
The tempest blues
and clouds asail the sky
Through the veil,
The stars refuse to die

In this world of darkest night
Where hope is hurled away
There they are
And still, there's light
Oh,so far, but will they
There they lift our hearts
As we lift our eyes
Are we fools to see
The harmony that fills the sky
Look,there's the light
Stars In The Night
The Stars In The Night