Melissa Manchester

I am stripped of all my pride
I stand here at your door
Sick of all the lies
Let me come inside
I couldnt see myself
The room was
Filled with signs
A strange woman kissed me
A tattoo in her eyes
Forget about the past
Forget about the guilt
I am going back to the house
That love built
I need to remember
What I came here for
Love or mercy keeps me at your door
Let me come inside
Nowhere to goNo way to tell
If I am nearer to heaven
Or one step closer to hell

Baby cried the day
the circus came to town
'cause she didn't want
parades just passin' by her

So she painted on a smile
and took up with some clown
While she danced
without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er
'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Baby saw that when they
pulled that big top down
They left behind her
dreams among the litter

The different kind of love
she thought she'd found
There was nothin' left
but sawdust and some glitter

But baby can't be broken
'cause you see
She had the finest teacher
that was me- I told 'er

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost made it

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all -

Whatever it is, it'll keep till morning.
Haven't we both got better things to do? Midnight blue.
Even though simple things become rough, haven't we had enough?
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all the old times.
For all the times you told me you need me,
Needing me now is something I could use. Midnight blue.
Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend? Maybe it's not the end.
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all the old times. Midnight blue.
I think we can make it. I think we can make it.
Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend? Think of me as your friend,
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all of the old old old times.

Baby cried the day
the circus came to town
'cause she didn't want
parades just passin' by her

So she painted on a smile
and took up with some clown
While she danced
without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er
'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Baby saw that when they
pulled that big top down
They left behind her
dreams among the litter

The different kind of love
she thought she'd found
There was nothin' left
but sawdust and some glitter

But baby can't be broken
'cause you see
She had the finest teacher
that was me- I told 'er

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost made it

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all -

Well, hello there
Good old friend of mine
You've been reaching for yourself
For such a long time
There's so much to say
No need to explain
Just an open door for you
To come in from the rain

It's a long road
When you're all alone
And someone like you
Will always take the long way home
There's no right or wrong
I'm not here to blame
I just want to be the one
Who keep you from the rain
From the rain

And it looks like sunny skies
Now that I know you're alright
Time has left us
Older
And wiser
I know I am

'Cause I think of us
Like an old cliche
But it doesn't matter
'Cause I love you anyway
Come in from the rain

And it looks like sunny skies
Now that I know you're alright
Time has left us
Older
But Wiser
I know I am

And it's good to know
My best friend has come home again

And I think of us
Like an old cliche
But it doesn't matter
'Cause I love you anyway
Come in from the rain

Come in from the rain
Come in from the rain

Please, don't let this feeling end

It's everything I am
Everything I want to be
I can see what's mine now
Finding out what's true
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love
Now, I can take the time
I can see my life

As it comes up shining now
Reaching out to touch you
I can feel so much
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love

And now, I do believe
That even in a storm we'll find some light
Knowing you're beside me, I'm all right
Please, don't let this feeling end
It might not come again
And I want to remember
How it feels to touch you
How I feel so much

Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love

When your heroes go up in a puff,

And there's not enough to hang on to

And the ones you would count on to call

They all fall down all around you

Then you've got to believe there's more

It is the reason we're put here for

It's just you and I

When the legends' over - and we have just begun

We can look to each other to see us through

Just you and I

When a miracle's long overdue

And there's no one who's gonna come to guide you

So you keep looking up to the sky - wondering why

The clouds won't hide you

At the times when you're most afraid

That is the reason why dreams are made

It's just you and I

When the legend's over - and we have just begun

We can look to each other to see us through

Just you and I

From: "Jorge Luis Contreras"

She's so very nice you should break the ice
Let her know that she's on your mind
Whatcha tryin' to hide when you know inside
She's the best thing you'll ever find?
Ahh, can't you see it?
Don't you think she's feeling the same?
Ahh, I guarantee it,
She's the one that's calling your name

CHORUS:
You should hear how she talks about you,
You should hear what she says
She says she would be lost without you,
She's half out of her head (out of her head)
You should hear how she talks about you,
She just can't get enough.
She says she would be lost without you,
She is really in love.

(spoken) She's in love with you boy

I ain't tellin' tales, anybody else
Could repeat the things that I've heard
She's been talkin' sweet and it's on the street
How our girlfriend's spreadin' the word

Ahh, you should hurry,
You should let her know how you feel
Ahh, now don't you worry
If you're scared this love is for real

You should hear how she talks about you,
You should hear what she says
She says she would be lost without you,
She's half out of her head (out of her head)
You should hear how she talks about you,
She is really in love
(She is really in love)

Ahh, you should hurry
You should let her know how you feel
Ahh, now don't you worry
If you're scared this love is for real

CHORUS

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk

Can'tcha see? (Can'tcha see?)
It's me!

CHORUS

Bright eyes is here again
And I am so low, and so alone
Sweet lady night
Keep me from sunny's light.
Slippin' through stone
I'm into bein' bone.

I was raised on the good books of mornin'
And I learned how to laugh and get by.
I was gamin' and pleasin',
With never a reason why.

So the promise of heaven was broken
And I held on and I didn't care.
Just a dance for a changer,
A stranger to brush my hair.

And I know I'm an angel who's fallen from the sky.
And I shine like a star, I burn out, down to die.
Crawlin' back to my hurt and my heart, hear me cry.
Oh my heart, I cry
Oh my heart, I cry
Oh my heart, I cry

I must cry for the song of my mama
For the love lyin' somewhere in me
For the devil in dark night
Who needed the light to see

Touch me once if you like, make me over.
I am lust, I am am sleek, and I'm good.
But I'm startin' to shiver
Climb up and feel the sun.

And I know I'm an angel who's fallen from the sky.
And I shine like a star, I burn out, down to die.
And I'm tryin' to get back to my hurt or my heart
Oh my heart, my heart
Oh my heart, my heart
Oh, Oh my heart I cry

Oh I cry
Ah, I cry
Ooh
I cry
I cry

"B.F.P.O."
Army dreamers
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
"Mammy's hero"

Our little army boy
Is coming home from B.F.P.O.
I've a bunch of purple flowers
To decorate a mammy's hero

Mourning in the aerodrome
The weather warmer, he is colder
Four men in uniform
To carry home my little soldier

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician"
But he never had a proper education
"What could he do?
Should have been a father"
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers

Tears o'er a tin box
Oh, Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know
Like a chicken with a fox
He couldn't win the war with ego

Give the kid the pick of pips
And give him all your stripes and ribbons
Now he's sitting in his hole
He might as well have buttons and bows

"What could he do?
Should have been a rock star"
But he didn't have the money for a guitar
"What could he do?
Should have been a politician"
But he never had a proper education
"What could he do?
Should have been a father"
But he never even made it to his twenties
What a waste
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of
Army dreamers
Ooh, what a waste of all that
Army dreamers
Army dreamers
Army dreamers, oh

"B.F.P.O."
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum
Army dreamers
Did-n-did-n-did-n-dum
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
Army Dreamers
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
No harm heroes
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
Army dreamers.
"Mammy's hero"
"B.F.P.O."
No harm heroes

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Written By SAGER, CAROLE BAYER/MANCHESTER, MELISSA
<i>Lyrics &copy; EMI Music Publishing, WINDSWEPT HOLDINGS LLC, CARLIN AMERICA INC</i>

I wake up and see
The light of the day
Shining on me
Make my own time
It's mine to spend
Think to myself
My own best friend
It's not so bad all alone
Comin' home to myself again
Now I understand

Whatever I feel is whoever I am
Watching my life and how its grown
Looking on back to friends I've known
Its not so bad all alone
Coming home to myself again
It's not so bad to get lost in my tears
And to laugh and to cry for the years gone by
Oh my, oh my

Now somehow I know
I've come a long way
Got a long way to go
But something inside
Keeps making me strong
And in the bad times
I'll get along
'Cause it's not so bad all alone
Comin' home to myself again
I'm comin' home

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on, our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yuletide gay
From now on, our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now

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

Oh, 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

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
All your Christmases
May all your Christmases be white

Here's the real stuff that life is made of
It's the mother and father of love
It is out there and inside your mind
It's the part of the heart
That is measuring time

It's in every heartbeat that you hear
Your defenses against all your fears
How you bounce back
When you start to fall
And it's all in the climb
That's measuring time

Live every minute
Shine like you should
Here is what's in it for you
Don't it feel good
To be feelin' good
Feelin' good

All the answers are inside your heart
Touch somebody
And that's the best part
Love somebody
And see what you find
'Cause we're all in the climb
That's measuring time

Live every minute
Shine like you should
Here is what's in it for you
Don't it feel good
To be feelin' good
Feelin' good

You got to live. . . .

A bunch of weary voices
I mistook for angels
Telling me what to do with my life
Leaving me no choices
Putting me through changes
Telling me what to do with my life

Oh
I'm sure I won't be back for more
Oh
I am in search of you
My caravan

I will bring my red beads
You will bring what you need
Riding through this journey
On this night

Time to free the gypsy
Time for you to see me
Riding through this journey
On this night

Time to free the gypsy
Time for you to see me
Riding from the darkness
To the light

Oh
I'm sure I won't be back for more
Oh
I am in search of you
My caravan

Oh
I'm sure I won't be back for more, no
Oh
I am in search of you
My caravan

Oh my life's begun
Oh my time has come

It's come
It's come
It's come

I can feel it come
I can see it grow
I found my caravan

Oh
I'm sure I won't be back for more
Oh
I am in search of you
My caravan

Oh
I'm sure I won't be back for more, no
Oh
I am in search of you
My caravan

Baby cried the day
the circus came to town
'cause she didn't want
parades just passin' by her

So she painted on a smile
and took up with some clown
While she danced
without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er
'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Baby saw that when they
pulled that big top down
They left behind her
dreams among the litter

The different kind of love
she thought she'd found
There was nothin' left
but sawdust and some glitter

But baby can't be broken
'cause you see
She had the finest teacher
that was me- I told 'er

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost made it

Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
and learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
remember you almost had it all -

Grace and John are in their morning places
He looks at the paper: she looks straight ahead
Neither one is hungry, but they need to be fed.
Yesterday the kids came by to see them,
Celebrating 30 years of holding on,
Lift a loving cup, a cup of number one.

Chorus

"Look across the table John, look across the table to me";
There's still a young girl in the old girls face.
"Look across the table honey."
So the day begins, through the eyes of Grace.

Late at night, when she can hear him sleeping,
Reaching in the darkness for a dream or two;
What she doesn't know is that he's dreaming too,
Something in the mirror will remind her;


Something 'bout the moonlight shining on the bed;
Women don't get older, just a deeper shade of red.

Chorus

"Tell me what to do Johnny, tell me what to do with all this freedom!"
"Tell me what to do Honey, tell me what to do 'bout all my dreamin'!"
Just to catch his eye when she's not looking, just to be surprised by such an old idea.
Just to see your life seen thought the eyes of Grace.

"Look across the table John, look across the table to me";
There's still a young girl in the old girls face.
More than just a memory.
So the day begins, through the eyes of Grace.

Somebody told me a long, long time ago
O baby - I feel a change in me
Is comin' on
I've found the strength I need
To carry on
Something's come over me at last

Sweet darlin' - long as you stay by me
I'm halfway home
I can see brighter days before me
Tho' it's been stormy
At least I know I'm not alone

'Cause there's just too many people
In this world
Who are undecided
There's just too many broken people
Afraid to take a stand
There's just too many lonely people
Livin' in a house divided
By loneliness and sorrow
I'll never understand

Somebody told me a long, long time ago
Remember when you need something to believe in
Look in my eyes to find your heaven
I'll make it happen -
I need to know you're there

'Cause there's just too many people
In this world
Who are undecided
There's just too many broken people
Afraid to take a stand
There's just too many lonely people
Livin' in a house divided
By loneliness and sorrow
It's more than I can stand

Whatever it is, it'll keep till morning.
Haven't we both got better things to do? Midnight blue.
Even though simple things become rough, haven't we had enough?
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all the old times.
For all the times you told me you need me,
Needing me now is something I could use. Midnight blue.
Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend? Maybe it's not the end.
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all the old times. Midnight blue.
I think we can make it. I think we can make it.
Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend? Think of me as your friend,
And I think we can make it. One more time, if we try.
One more time for all of the old old old times.

I know it's late to call, I don't blame you
if you're angry
But these are things that only
old lovers understand
I remember rainy nights like this when
we'd go to bed real early
(And) try to catch each other's dreams
and wake up holding hands

We'd light a fire in the morning and
keep it burning strong
Outside it could be storming, but we
never felt so warm
We'd curl up on the couch and trade the
world for our love song
We'd light a fire in the morning and
make love all day long

I hope you know it's not that I've
got no one else to go to
Cause I keep thinking of you even
when I'm not alone
Now I'd love to hear you say I'm still
the one you can't say "no" to
and that's you'll take me back tonight
and for all the love we've known

We'd light a fire in the morning and
keep it burning strong
Outside it could be storming, but we
never felt so warm
We'd curl up on the couch and trade the
world for our love song
We'd light a fire in the morning and
make love all day long

Please, don't let this feeling end
It's everything I am
Everything I wanna be
I can see what's mine now
Finding out what's true
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love

Now, I can take the time
I can see my life
As it comes up shining now
Reaching out to touch you
I can feel so much
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love

And now, I do believe
That even in a storm we'll find some light
Knowing you're beside me, I'm all right
Please, don't let this feeling end
It might not come again
And I want to remember
How it feels to touch you
How I feel so much
Since I found you
Looking through the eyes of love

Please, don't let this feeling end,
It's ev'rything I am,
Ev'rything I wanna be;
I can see what's mine now,
Finding out what's true,
Since I've found you
Lookin' through the eyes of love


Now I can take the time,
I can see my life
As it comes on shining now;
Reachin' out to touch you,
I can feel so much,
Since I've found you
Lookin' through the eyes of love.


Refrain

And now I do believe,
That even in a storm, we'll find some light;
Knowin' you're beside me,
I'm alright.


Please, don't let this feelin' end,
It might not come again;
And I want to remember
How it feels to touch you;
How I feel so much,
Since I've found you
Lookin' through the eyes of love.