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Her family lives in a trailor
Five miles out of town
He's crazy said the neighbors
I was white--she was brown
But we'd just run to the river
And lay our bodies down
Between her sighs we'd love away the lies
That followed us around

Margarita, Margarita
The softness of your body and the hunger in my soul
Are the only secrets I'll ever know
Margarita

We grew up together
While our families worked the land
And the shadows never touched
The places where we ran
But as the years went driftin' by
The harvest turned to sand
She went away--I had to stay
I'll never understand

Margarita, Margarita
The softness of your body and the hunger in my soul
Are the only secrets I'll ever know
Margarita

Sometimes in the evenin'
At the closing of the day
I look down on the valley
Where we used to lay
And now there's just a whisper
Of an old familiar name
Margarita, give anything to see you
It feels that good to say

Margarita, Margarita
The softness of your body and the hunger in my soul
Are the only secrets I'll ever know
Margarita

Link To Paul's Recording Of This Song

Moonlight becomes you
It goes with your hair
You certainly know the right things to wear

Moonlight becomes you
I'm thrilled by the sight
We'll probably get romantic tonight

(Chorus)
All dressed up to go dreamin'
Don't try to tell me I'm wrong
What a night to go dreamin'
Mind if I tag along

(Repeat Chorus)

If I say that I love you
I swear that it's so
It isn't because there's moonlight
Although,moonlight becomes you so

Moonlight beoornes you
Moonlight becomes you
Moonlight becomes you

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I'm not the type to hang around
Chasing shadows
When the sun has gone
Once again I'm leavin'
Mornin' I'll be movin' on

I've made myself a way of life
On tomorrows
Holding something new
Try to understand me
Deep inside I'm much like you

Long as I can touch somebody
Make them laugh instead of cry
Save my tears until tomorrow
I'll pass them by, I've got to try

I've had my share of broken dreams
And I've noticed
That you've had yours too
You should understand me
Deep inside I'm much like you

Long as I can touch somebody
Make them laugh instead of cry
Save my tears until tomorrow
I'll pass them by, I've got to try

I'm not the type to hang around
Chasing shadows
When the sun has gone
Once again I'm leavin'
Mornin' I'll be movin' on
Movin' on

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(FROM THE MOTION PICTURE "ONE TO ONE")

Lost, lost as a child's first thought
I must have arms to hold me
Lost without loving care
I will have my fair share

Fair, fair is a changing word
Fair is an honored promise
Justice if you're still there
I will have my fair share

Justice is a lady
Lay me down with justice
In a long white gown
With a breath of love we can share

Share, sleep with me if you dare
Celebrate my fair share

Fair, fair is a changing word
Fair is an honored promise
Justice if you're still there
I will have my fair share

Justice is a lady
Lay me down with justice
In a long white gown
With a breath of love we can share

Share, sleep with me if you dare
Celebrate my fair share

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My love and I
Learning from each other
Gathering roses on a rainy do-nothin day

My love and I
Listen to each other
Touching in silence
While we talk of love with our eyes

And in our room
Lying in darkness
We'll feel the sunshine
On a cloudy day
We can rise above the darkness
Once love has swept the clouds away

And if we change we change together
Pick up the pieces if our dreams should fall
Put them back again together
We've found the love to mend them all

My love and I
Turning to each other
Live every moment
While the world outside rushes by

And in our room
Painted with laughter
We've put our story
In a song I play

And we live happy ever after
Our song will always end that way

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(FROM THE PARAMOUNT MOTION PICTURE "BUGSY MALONE")
(FROM THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE STAGE SHOW "BUGSY MALONE")

My name is Tallulah
My first rule of thumb
I don't say where I'm going
Or where I'm coming from
I try to leave a little reputation behind me
So if you really need to
You'll know how to find me

My name is Tallulah
I live till I die
I'll take what you give me
And I won't ask why
I've a lot of friends
In some exotic places
I don't remember names
But I remember faces

Lonely
You don't have to be lonely
Come and see Tallulah
We can chase your troubles away
If you're lonely
You don't have to be lonely
When they talk about Tallulah
You know what they say
No one south of Heaven's
Gonna treat you finer

Tallulah had her training
In North Carolina

My name is Tallulah
And soon I'll be gone
An open invitation
Is the road I'll travel on
I'll never say goodbye
Because the words upset me
You may forgive my going
But you won't forget me

Lonely
You don't have to be lonely
Come and see Tallulah
We can chase your troubles away
If you're lonely
You don't have to be lonely
When they talk about Tallulah
You know what they say
No one south of Heaven's
Gonna treat you finer

Tallulah had her training
In North Carolina

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(FROM THE MOTION PICTURE "CINDERELLA LIBERTY")

Hello such a simple way to start a love affair
Should I jump right in and say how much I care
Would you take me for a mad man or a simple hearted clown
Hello with affection from a sentimental fool
To a little girl who's broken of every rule
One who brings me up when all the others seem to let me down
One whose nice to be around

Should I say that it's a blue world without you
Nice words I remember from an old love song
But all wrong, cause I never called it love before
This feeling's new - this came with you

And I know that the nicest things that never seem to last
That we're both a bit embarrassed by our past
But I think there's something special in the feelings that we've found
And you're nice to be around
And you're nice to be around

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Do you love me babe
Do you love me not
Let's decide in the morning not now
Do you love me babe
Do you love me not
Let's decide in the morning not now

You don't like Schumann
Or Randy Newman
And Nilsson's not your cup of tea
You say Van Heusen is the shirt worth choosin'
But you're still undecided about me

Do you love me babe
Do you love me not
Let's decide in the morning not now

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(FROM THE 20TH CENTURY FOX FILM "PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE")

Our love is an old love
It's older than all our years
I have seen in strange young eyes
Familiar tears

We're old souls in a new life baby
They gave us a new life
To live and learn
Some time to touch old friends
And still return

Our paths have crossed and parted
This love affair was started
Long, long ago
This love survives the ages
In its story lives are pages
Fill them up, may ours tum slow

Our love is a strong love, baby
We give it all
And still receive
And so with empty arms
We must still believe

All souls last forever
So we need never fear goodbye
A kiss when I must go
No tears, in time, we kiss hello

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(FROM THE PARAMOUNT MOTION PICTURE "BUGSY MALONE")
(FROM THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE STAGE SHOW "BUGSY MALONE")

Only a fool, like fools before me
I always think with my heart
Only a fool
That same old story
Seems I was born for the part

It's a lesson that I've learned
And a page I should have turned
I shouldn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through

How many times have I mistaken
Good looks and laughs for bad news
How many times have I mistaken
Love songs and laughs for the blues

When a road I've walked before
Ends alone at my front door
I shoudn't cry, but I do
Like an ordinary fool
When his ordinary dreams fall through

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Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away
I find a quiet place
Far from the human race
Out in the country

Before the breathing air is gone
Before the sun
Is just a bright spot in the night time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone
And take back something worth remembering

Whenever I feel they're closing in on me
Or need a bit of room to move
When life becomes too fast
I find relief at last
Out in the country

Before the breathing air is gone
Before the sun
Is just a bright spot in the night time
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone
And take back something worth remembering

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