Thursday, December 12, 2013

#20: "Greatest Hits" by Barry Manilow

#20—That's right!!!
Best song: Weekend in New England
Notable tracks: All of them
Released: 1978
Popularity: Triple Platinum

Oh Mandy, well you came, and you gave without taking, but I sent you away, oh Mandy. 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. Looks like we made it—left each other on the way to another love. But it's daybreak—if you wanna believe, it can be daybreak, ain't no time to grieve.

I can't smile without you. I can't laugh, 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...Even now, when I have come so far, I wonder where you are, I wonder why it's still so hard without you. 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.

Come, come, come into my arms. Let me know the wonder of all of you...could this be the magic at last? You're my song! Music too magic to end, I'll play you over and over again. We'll just go on burning bright somewhere in the night. When will our eyes meet? When can I touch you? When will this strong yearning end? And when can I hold you again?

This one's for you, wherever 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 everything else I have, this one's for you. At the Copa, Copacabana, the hottest spot north of Havana, at the Copa, Copacabana, music and passion were always the fashion at the Copa...they fell in love.

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 am music, and I write the songs.

You already know that you were singing along, right?

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