Greatest Hits

Barry Manilow Greatest Hits Lyrics
1.Mandy

Written:Richard Kerr/Scott English

I remember all my life
raining down as cold as ice.
Shadows of a man,
a face through a window cryin' in the night,
the night goes into
Morning just another day;
happy people pass my way.
Looking in their eyes,
I see a memory I never realized how happy you made me.
Oh Mandy well,
you came and you gave without taking,
but I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
and I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
I'm standing on the edge of time;
I've walked away when love was mine.
Caught up in a world of uphill climging,
the tears are in my mind and nothin' in rhyming.
Oh Mandy well,
you came and you gave without taking,
but I sent you away.
Oh, Mandy well,
kissed me and stopped me from shaking,
and I need you today.
Oh, Mandy!
Yesterday's a dream
I face the morning
Crying on a breeze
The pain is calling
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you today Oh, Mandy
you came and you gave without taking
But I sent you away oh, Mandy
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaking
And I need you


2.New York City Rhythm

Lyrics:Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

When my heart is torn apart
by love I wish I had
I spend my nights in the city's lights
and things dono't seem so bad
you know the movement seems to soothe me
and the tempo takes control
and I lost 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
you know that I don't care
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,got,got to be New York City rhythm
got,got,got,got to be New York City rhythm
got,got,got to be New York City rhythm
(fade out)
REPEAT CHORUS


3.Ready To Take A Chance Again

Lyrics:Norman Gimbel
Music:Charles Fox

You remind me I live in a shell,
Safe from the past,
and doing' okay,
but not very well.
No jolts, no surprises,
No crisis arises:
My life goes along as it should,
it's all very nice,
but not very good.
And I'm Ready To Take A Chance Again,
Ready to put my love on the line with you.
Been living with nothing to show for it;
You get what you get when you go for it,
And I'm Ready To Take Chance Again with you.
When she left me in all my despair,
I just held on,
My hopes were all gone.
Then I found you there.
And I'm Ready To Take A Chance Again
Ready To Take A Chance Again with you,
With you.


4.Looks Like We Made It

Lyrics:Will Jennings
Music:Richard Kerr

There you are
looking just the same as you did last time I toughed you
and here I am
close to getting tankeled up in side the though of you
do you love him
as much as I love her
and will that love be strong
when old feeling start to stair
looks like we made it
left each other on the way
to another love
looks like we made it
or I though so till today
until you where there every where
and all I could taste was love the way we made it
loves so strange
playing hid and seek with hearts and aways hurting
and where the fools
standing close enough to tough the burning memorys
and if I hold you
for the sake of all those times
love made us lose our minds
could I ever let you go
woh no we made it
left each other on the way
to another love
looks like we made it
or I tough so till today
until you where there,every where
and all I could taste was love the way we made it
ohhhhh we made it
looks like we made it
left each other on the way
to another love
looks like we made it
or I tough so till today
until you where there, every where
and all I could taste is love the way we made it
looks like we made it
woh babe we made it
(fade out)


5.Daybreak

Lyrics:Adrienne Anderson
Music:Barry Manilow

Singing to the world
its time we let the spirt come in
let it come on in
I'm singing to the world
everybody's caught in a spin
look at where we been
we been running around
year after year
blind it with pried
blind it with fear
but its daybreak
if you want to beleave
it can be daybreak
ain't no time to grive
that is daybreak
if you 'll only beleave
then let it shine,shine,shine all around the world
singing to the world
what the point of puting it down
there's so much love to shear
I'm singing to the world
don't you see it all comes around
the feeling's every where
we've been closing our eyes
day after day
cover in clouds losing are way
hey but its daybreak
if you want to beleave
it can be daybreak
ain't know time to grieve
and its daybreak
and if you only beleave
then let it shine,shine,shine all around the world
and its daybreak
if you want to believe
it can be daybreak
ain't no time to grieve
and its daybreak
and if you only believe
then let it shine,shine,shine all around the world
come on and let it
shine,shine,shine all around the world
hey and its daybreak
can you feel it
and its daybreak
can't you sing it
that its daybreak
sunshine
(fade out)


6.Can't Smile Without You

Written:C.Arnold/D.Martin/G.Morrow

CHORUS
You know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel sad when you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you
you came along just like a song
and brighten my day
who would of believed that you where part of a dream
now it all seems light years away
and now you know I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel sad when your sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile
now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me
I can't smile without you
I can't smile without you
I can't laugh and I can't sing
I'm finding it hard to do anything
you see I feel glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you


7.It's A Miracle

Lyrics:Barry Manilow/Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

you wouldn't believe where I've been
the city and town I been in
from Boston to Denver
and every town in between
the people they all look the same
only the names have been changed
but now that I'm home again
I'll tell you what I believe
It's a miracle
a true blue spectacle
a miracle come true
we're together ,baby-I was goin' crazy
'till the miracle
came through
now you here,and my arms are around you
and baby, there'll be
dancin in the streets
for the miracle
the true blue spectacle
the miracle is you
I never knew you look so good
I never knew any one could
I must have been crazy
to ever had gone away
I almost for got what it's like
holdin' you near me at night
but now that I'm home again
you know that I'm home to stay
cause' its a miracle
a true blue spectacle
a miracle come true
we're together baby-I was goin crazy
'till the miracle came through
now you here and I'm feelin so good
and baby there'll be
dancin in the streets
for the miracle
the true blue spectacle
the miracle is you
now you here and my arm's are around you
and baby the'll be dancing in the street
there's going to be dancing in the street
dancing in the street
dancin ,dancin, dancin , dancin
dancin in the street
dancin , dancin,dancin in the street
for the miracle
a true blue spectacle
the miracle is you
hey the miracle is you
the miracle is you


8.Even Now

Lyrics:Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

Even Now
when there's someone else who cares
when there's someone home who's waiting just for me
even now I think about you as I'm climbing up the stairs
and I wonder what to do so she don't see
that even now
when I know it wasn't right
and I found a better life than what we had
even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
and I can't believe it still could hurt so bad
CHORUS:
even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
and how I wish you knew
Even now
even now
when I never hear your name
and the world has changed so much since you been gone
even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same
and the pain inside of me goes on and on
REPEAT CHORUS


9.Bandstand Boogie

Lyrics:B.Manilow/Bruce Sussman
Music:C.Albertine/L.Elgart/Bob Horn

We're goin' hoppin' (Hop)
we're goin' hoppin' today
where things are poppin' (Pop)
the Philadelphia way
we're gonna drop in (Drop)
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)
We're goin' swingin' (Swing)
we're gonna swing in the crowd
and we'll be clingin' (Cling)
and floatin' high as a cloud
The phones are ringin' (Ring)
My mom and dad are so proud
I'm on Bandstand (Bandstand)
And I'll jump, and hey, I may even show 'em my handstand
because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand
when we dance real slow I'll show all the guys in the grandstand
what a swinger I am, I am on American Bandstand
we're goin' hoppin
we're goin' hoppin today
where thinks are poppin
the Philadelphia way
we're gonna drop in
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)
Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand
Bandstand The Bandstand The Bandstand
(What d'ya know--Here on the show--ready to go--what a pro)
Hey I'm makin' my mark
Gee, this joint is jumpin'
they made such a fuss just to see us arrive
Hey, it's Mr. Dick Clark
what a place you've got here
swell spot the music's hot here
best in the east, give it at least a seventy five!
Now for all you Joe's here goes my American handstand
Because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand
As we dance real slow I'm showin' the guys in the grandstand
that I like my girl, but I love American Bnadstand
The singers' croonin'
he ain't the greatest but gee
my baby's swoonin'
in front of all of TV
so if you tune in
you'll see my baby and me
on the Bandstand (Bandstand)
and now we're hoppin
and we'll be hppin all day
when thinks are poppin
the philadelphia way
and you can drop in
on all the music they play
on the Bandstand
Bandstand
And we'll rock and roll and scroll on American
Lindy hop and slop, it's American
tune in, I'm on,
turn on, I'm in, I'm on
Today (Bandstand)


10.Tryin' To Get The Feeling

Lyrics:David Pomeranz
Music:David Pomeranz

Doctor, my woman is comin' back home late today
Could ya' maybe give me something?
'cause the feelin' is gone and I must get it back right away
Before she sees that I've been
Up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again
all around.... tryin' to get the feeling again
the one that made me shiver, made my knees start to quiver
every time she walked in
and I've looked high, low, everywhere I possibly can
but there's no tryin' to get the feeling again
it seemed to disappear as fast as it came
Where did it run to?
I thought I'd done all that I could
just to keep the lovelight burnin'
but whatever I've done I guess I just haven't done it too good
'cause all that's left is yearnin'
is I been up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again
all around....tryin' to get the feeling again
the one that made me shiver made my knees start to quiver
every time she walked in
and I've looked high ,and low and every where I possibly can
but there's no tryin to get the feeling again
it seemed to disapper as fast as it came
and I've been looken, I've been looken,I've been looken
I've been up ,and down and tryin to get the feelin '
I've been up ..I've been down...I've been tryin' to get
I've been tryin'..I've been tryin..I've been tryin
to get the feeling
I've been trying to get the feeling again
I want to get that feeling
I'm going to get that feeling
I got to get that feeling
I got to get that felling
and again...and again...and again...and again
trying to get that feeling
I been trying to get the feeling again


11.Could It Be Magic

Lyrics:Adrienne Anderson/Barry Manilow
Music:F.Chopin/Barry Manilow

Spirit move me
every time I'm near you
Whirling like a cyclone in my mind
Sweet Melissa,
angel of my life time,
Answer to all answers I can find
Baby I love you Come, come,
come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby I want you,
now, now, now and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last
Lady take me
hight upon a hillside
High up where the stallion meets the sun
I could love you,
build my world around you,
Never leave you till my life is done
Baby I love you Come, come,
come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
and baby I want you,
now, now, oh now, oh now and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last
now could it be magic
Come, come on,come on
come oh come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby I want you,
now, now, oh now,oh now and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last.
Could it be magic
come, come on,come on,come,oh come onto my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby I want you,
now, now, oh now,oh now and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last.
Could it be magic
come, come on,come on,come,oh come into my arms
Let me know the wonder of all of you
Baby I want you,
now, now, oh now,now oh now and hold on fast
Could this be the magic at last.


12.Somewhere In The Night

Lyrics:Will Jennings
Music:Richard Kerr

Time, you found time enough to love
And I found love enough to hold you
So tonight I'll stir the fire you feel inside
Until the flames of love enfold you
Layin' beside you lost in the feeling
So glad you opened my door, come with me
Somewhere in the night we will know
Everything lovers can know
You're my song, music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again
Lovin' so warm, movin' so right
Closin' our eyes and feelin' alive
We'll just go on burnin' bright
Somewhere in the night

You'll sleep when the mornin' comes
And I'll lie and watch you sleepin'
And you'll smile when you dream about the night
Like it's a secret you've been keepin'
Layin' beside you lost in the feeling
So glad you opened my door
You're my song, music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again
Lovin' so warm, movin' so right
Closin' our eyes and feelin' alive
We'll just go on burnin' bright
Somewhere in the night

We'll just go on burnin' bright
Somewhere in the night!!

(We'll just go on burnin' bright)
(Somewhere in the night)
(We'll just go on burnin' bright)

FADE
(Somewhere in the night)


13.Jump Shout Boogie

Lyrics:Barry Manilow/Bruce Sussman
Music:Barry Manilow

well not to long ago in 1944
when every mothers son was going off to war
they had to lift there spirits high
for uncle sam ,mother hood and apple pie
instead of spending money that they didn't have
in hot spots in the Bronx
they went to here the kind of jazz
you hear in funkie hunkie tonks
CHORUS:
it made you want to
jump, shout knock your self out
the boggie-woggie beat is what I'm talking about
if you have the heebie jeebies you can dance away
to the boggie-woggie music of piano man will play
and you could jump, shout, knock yourself out
the boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about
you could pull a switcheroonie if your belts go down
with the boogie-woogie beat of a piano man who's going to town
it had the kind of rhythm that would fill the hall
the plinkin' and the pluckin' drove 'em off the wall
and they would dance and drink their gin
and when the fuzz buzz they joined in
so everybody partied 'till the cows came home
'cause that's what boggie's for
and everynight that dump will jump
and keep them coming back for more
because they make you wanna....
REPEAT CHORUS
it made you wanna jump, shout
who wanna jump, shout
you wanna jump, shout
to the boogie-woogie music of a piano man was playing
you could jump, shout, knock yourself out
the boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about
you could pull a switcharoonie if your belts go down
to the boogie-woogie beat of piano (laughter)
shake it yes, yes, yes (repeat 8x till fade)


14.Weekend In New England

Lyrics:Randy Edelman
Music:Randy Edelman

Last night I wave goodbye
now its seems years
I'm back in the city
where nothing is clear
but thoughts of me holding you
bringing us near
and tell me
CHORUS:
When will our eyes meet?
When can I touch you?
When will this strong yearning end
and when will I hold you again
Time in New England
took me away
to long rocky beaches
and you by the bay
we started a story
who's end must now end
and tell me
REPEAT CHORUS
I feel the change coming
I feel the wind blow
I feel brave and daring
I feel my blood flow
with you I could bring out
all the love that I have
with you there's a heaven
so earth ain't so bad
and tell me
REPEAT CHORUS AND END


15.All The Time

Lyrics:Barry Manilow/Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

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
one thing 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


16.This One's For You

Lyrics:Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

This one will never sell
they'll never understand
I don't even sing it well
I try but I just can't
but I sing it every night
and I fight to keep it in
cause this one's for you
this one's for you
I've done a hundred songs
from fantasy to lies
but this one so real for me
that I'm the one who cries
and I sing it every night
and I fight to hide the tears
cause this one's for you
this one's for you
this one's for you
where ever you are
to say that nothing's been the same
since we've been apart
this one's for all the love we once knew
like every think else I have
this one's for you ohhhhh
I've got it all it seem
for all it mean to me
but I sing of think I miss
and thinks that use to be
and I wonder every night
If you might just miss me too
and I sing for you
I sing for you
this one's for you
where ever I go
to say the thinks I should have said
thinks that you should know
this one's to say that all I can do
is hope that you will hear me sing
cause this one's for you ohhhh
this one's for you
where ever you are
to say that nothin been the same
since we been apart ohhhh
this one's for all the love we once knew
like every think else I have
this one's for you
(fade out)


17.Copacabana (At The Copa)

Lyrics:Bruce Sussman/Jack Feldman
Music:Barry Manilow

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
but while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
across the crowded floor, he 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
Copa...Copacabana... music and passion... always the fashion...
Her name was 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,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


18.Beautiful Music

Lyrics:Marty Panzer
Music:Barry Manilow

Before I knew that I was blessed
when I was just like the rest of the people
who never let dreams in their minds
music would play and say
maybe you're wastin' your time
Before I knew what good could be
when I couldn't see the need or the reason
for trusting in me or my star
music would play and say
hey, what a dummy you are?
CHORUS:
And when I heard all the words about passion
singin' to me about love of a fashion that I never heard
anywhere else
that's when I said, 'Gotta get some of that for myself'
and when I heard about hurtin' and healin'
beautiful words about beautiful feelings
what lots of believin' could do
beautiful music, I knew it just had to be true
You're beautiful
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Before I saw my life in lights
when I couldn't taste the nights I was missin'
I'd listen alone in my bed
and music would sing to me things no one else even said
REPEAT CHORUS
And now I laught an dnow I cry like a baby
livin' and lovin' each day
and just maybe
for all the good things that came true
beautiful music
the best of my blessings is you
you're beautiful
beautiful music


19.I Write The Songs

Lyrics:Bruce Johnston
Music:Bruce Johnston

I've been alive forever
and I wrote the very first song
I put the words and the melodies together
I AM MUSIC
And I write the songs
CHORUS:
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
My home lies deep within you
and I've got my own place in your soul
now when I look out through your eyes
I'm young again, even tho' I'm very old
REPEAT CHORUS
Oh, my music makes you dance and gives you spirit to take a
chance
and I wrote some rock 'n roll so you can move
music fills your heart, well that's a real find place to start
It's from me, it's for you
it's from you, it's for me
it's a worldwide symphony
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
I am music and I write the songs