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Up in the morning
Out on the job
Work like the devil for my pay
But that lucky old sun got nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day

Fuss with my woman
Quarrel with my kids
I sweat till I'm wrinkled and grey
But that lucky old sun got nothing to do
But roll around heaven all day
Good Lord of mine
Can't you see I'm tired
Tears are in my eyes
Send down that cloud with a silver lining
Take me to paradise

Show me that river
Take me across
Wash all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun
Give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day
Like that lucky old sun
Give me nothing to do but roll around heaven all day

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If I can make you cry
If I can fill your eyes with pleasure just by holding you
In the early hours of morning
When the day that lies ahead's not quite begun
Ah well, that's enough for me
That's all the hero I need be
I smile to think of you and me
You and I
And how our, pleasure makes you cry

If I can make you smile
If I can move you close to laughter with a word or two
When your day's been filled with strangers
And the castles that you've built all tumbled down
Ah well, that's enough for me
That's all the hero I need be
I smile to think of you and me
You and I
And how our pleasure makes you cry

And when the world has got me down
And I've almost lost the will to try
I may look sad and I may frown
But I still find comfort in your waiting
Your hello
And your goodbye
And how our pleasure makes you cry

And when I wake to you
And I pretend that I don't know how you've been watching me
All the time that I lay sleeping
By the loving look that lingers in your eye
Ah well, that's enough for me
That's all the hero I need be
I smile to think of you and me
You and I
And how our pleasure makes me cry

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Friends are like music
Sometimes they're sad
Sometimes they're lonely
And need to be told that they're loved
Everyone needs to be loved

Friends are like good wine
And I've had the best
Don't always show it
But no one knows better than I

So drink up
I'm a homesick old sailor
Who longs for the sound of his own front door
Tell me your stories
I'll teach you my songs
And we'll have one more
Isn't that what friends are for
Isn't that what friends are for

Friends are like warm clothes
In the night air
Best when they're old
And we miss them the most when they're gone
Miss them the most when they're gone
Friends love your good side
And live with your bad
Want you and need you
When no one else knows you're alive

So drink up
I'm a homesick old sailor
Who longs for the sound of his own front door
Tell me your stories
I'll teach you my songs
And we'll have one more
Isn't that what friends are for
Isn't that what friends are for

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

There's pie in the sky and it belongs to me
I'm the legal owner of the recipe
The upper crust looks up to me
Didn't you know gang

We're beginning to see
That's why they call you Dandy

I rule this town with a velvet fist

Oh, yeah, that's our Dan

I got a sense of humour that they can't resist

It's our Dan

I give that plot a lemon twist

Oh, what a plan

Didn't you know gang

We're beginning to see
That's why they call you Dandy
The fact is, the fact is
The very celebrated man
Who created custard pie
Is directly related to my
Didn't you know gang

The Marquis De Meringue

Didn't you know gang
I was born with something more than an urge
I was born to manufacture the splurge!
Didn't you know gang

We're beginning to see
That's why they call you Dandy!

Didn't you know gang

It's a magical plan

That's why they call me (him) Dandy Dan!
Yeah!

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Once again
There's a feeling inside of me
Nothing new
I've felt it before
Like the voice of hunger
Inside of me crying out
There's got to be more

I'll put my faith
In the arms of an open road
And you can come along
If you choose

'Cause there's places
That I've never been to
Sunsets to be ridden into
Not a lot I can do
But give in to the drifter
There's a drifter in me

Though I've tried it
I'm just not a settler
And nine to five
Don't make it with me
Why deny it
It makes me feel better
To come alive
And prove that I'm free

I wear no chains
And I carry no heavy load
So much to gain
And nothing to lose

'Cause there's places
That I've never been to
Sunsets to be ridden into
Not a lot I can do
But give in to the drifter
There's a drifter in me

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This tired city was somebody's dream
Billboard horizons as black as they seem
Four level highways across the land
We're building a home for the family of man

One man to lead us with so much to say
Moving the mountains that got in our way
Prayer books and meetings to find a plan
Deciding the fate of the family of man
And it's so hard
Whatever are we coming to
Yes it's so hard
With so little time and so much to do
Mem'ries replacing the loves that we've lost
Burning our bridges as soon as they're crossed
Factories built where the rivers ran
And time running out for the family of man

And it's so hard
Whatever are we coming to
Yes it's so hard
With so little time and so much to do

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Sweet angel of life
You give us time
For touching and learning
Eyes for pictures and tears
Moments and years
Your pages are turning
And love, love is your song
Love is your star
Your strength and your calling
Sweet angel of life
This is your gift

Sweet angel of life
You fill our hearts
With hope for tomorrow
Lips for kisses and words
And hands to be held
In moments of sorrow
And love, love is your song
Love is your star
Your strength and your calling
Sweet angel of life
This is your gift

Love, love is your song
Love is your star
Your strength and your calling
Sweet angel of life
This is your gift

This is your gift
This is your gift

When your song is over
And your words have all been sung
We'll hold on to the meaning
Keep your love alive and young

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

Roll on thunder shine on lightnin' the days are long and the nights are frightnin'
Nothing matters anyway and that's the hell of it
Winter comes and the winds blow colder well some grew wiser you just grew older
And you never listened anyway and that's the hell of it

Good for nothin' bad in bed nobody likes you and you're better off dead goodbye
We've all come to say goodbye goodbye
Born defeated died in vain
Super destructive you were hooked on pain and tho' your music lingers on
All of us are glad you're gone
If I could live my life half as worthlessly as you
I'm convinced that I'd wind up burning too

Love yourself as you love no other be no man's fool be no man's brother
We're all born to die alone y'know that's the hell of it
Life's a game where they're bound to beat you and time's a trick they can turn to cheat you
And we only waste it anyway and that's the hell of it

Good for nothin' bad in bed nobody likes you and you're better off dead goodbye
We've all come to say goodbye
Born defeated died in vain
Super destructive you were hooked on pain and tho' your music lingers on
All of us are glad you're gone

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Brighter than sunshine reflected on water
The smile of the lady is gracious and warm
Though she's a woman
She laughs like a child at play
And the lady is waiting
At the end of my day

Waits at the doorway and says that she loves me
And wants me to tell her that I love her too
If I have troubles I know she will wish them away
And the lady is waiting
At the end of my day

Waiting to comfort me if I am weary
Eases my mind
Waiting to comfort me
Ready to cheer me ever so gentle and kind

Sharing my secrets and wishing my wishes
A whisper of summer is there in her smile
Softly reflecting our love in the thing that we say
And the lady is waiting
At the end of my day

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(FROM THE 1970 TV SERIES "THE ODD COUPLE")

Spoken Intro
Sit down a minute will you. I've just finished a new song. I'd kind of like to get your opinion of it. Sit down.
A fellow gave me a note, I read it, it kind of inspired me. It said what I'd want to say to my daughter if I ever have one.

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And even though I'm not around to pick you up at times your down
You know I think about you each and every day
And even though I feel a love for you that's always growin', always new
The things I'm quick to feel I'm sometimes slow to show.

And so I lay awake and worry are you hungry are you warm
Why there's nothing in this world too good for you
And then I turn around and make a list of things that you can't have
I only hope my good intentions still show though
You know the ones who love ya expect the most from you.

Once I held a perfect baby, you slept soundly in my arms
Now a women is awakening in you
And I'll probably be jealous when your first love rolls around
I guess that calls for extra understanding too
We'll order up a cup of tolerance for two
You know the ones who love ya expect the most from you.

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(FROM THE 1976 TV MOVIE "GRIFFIN & PHEONIX")

Here's lookin' at the miracle we've found
Two feet off the ground and not even trying
Another toast and join me if you please
Love is like a breeze and this is flyin'

You and I have found the makin's of a dream
We're the perfect team, the perfect lovers
The joker's laughin' 'cause he won the queen of hearts
This is how it starts for perfect lovers

Here's lookin' at you, mornin', noon and night
I wish you love and light and sunny weather
And if it's stormy let our pleasure pull us thru
There's nothin' we can do if we're together

You and I have found the makin's of a dream
We're the perfect team, the perfect lovers
The joker's laughin' 'cause he won the queen of hearts
This is how it starts for perfect lovers

Here's lookin' at you, mornin', noon and night
I wish you love and light and sunny weather
And if it's stormy let our pleasure pull us thru
There's nothin' we can do if we're together

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Each morning those same old voices rage inside my head
They say
It's pointless why don't you give it up and stay in bed
Then you whisper my name as you brush back your hair
And I thank god for being alive

Before you the world was sometimes more than I could take
Without you just keeping even took a lucky break
But with you at my side
I'm a winner at last
And I know when I look in your eyes
You are the prize

I come home from a day without glory
To your arms where I know I belong
You're the ending l need for my story
You touch me and I realize
You are the prize

My patience is sometimes gone before the sun goes down
You say
Keep dreaming someday your luck is bound to turn around
Well I live by your faith and the comfort you give
Heaven never made beauty so wise
You are the prize

I come home from a day without glory
To your arms where I know I belong
You're the ending I need for my story
You touch me and I realize
You are the prize

Well I live by your faith and the comfort you give
Heaven never made beauty so wise
You are the prize

I come home from a day without glory
To your arms where I know I belong
You're the ending I need for my story
You touch me and I realize
You touch me and I realize
You touch me and I realize you are the prize

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Time to remember
Can you remember?
Remember now Time to remember
The heroes you thought you could be
Time to remember
The kingdoms you wanted to see
Come now we will arm ourselves
With paper hats and pleasure
Come now we will lose ourselves
In fantasy and fun
Turn now to the younger dreams
Of pirate kings and buried treasure Time to remember
The stories you wanted to hear
Time to remember
The endings you wanted to cheer
Come now to the proving grounds
Of your imagination
Come now walk together
I will lead the way
If you're lost
Then I will take you in with me And I will show you
A world without time
Come with me
And I will give you The secret of pleasure Time to remember
The places you wanted to go
Time to remember
The people you wanted to know
Come now to the feather's edge
We'll set out hearts out flying
Come now to the windy thoughts
You dared so long ago There you'll find the perfect
State of mind I know And I will show you
A world without time
Come with me
And I will give you
The secret of pleasure

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(FROM THE MOTION PICTURE "A STAR IS BORN")

I was warned as a child of thirteen
Not to act too strong
Try to look like you belong but don't push girl
Save your time and trouble
Don't misbehave

I was raised in a "No You Don't World"
Overrun with rules
Memorize your lines and move as directed
That's an age old story
Everybody knows that's a worn out song

But you and I are changing that tune
We're learning new rhythms from the woman
I said the woman in the moon
Little sister, little brother
Keep on pushin'
Don't believe a word about
Things you've heard about
Askin' too much too soon
'Cause they can hold back the tide
But they can never hold the woman in the moon

I believe there's a best of both worlds
Mixing old and new
Recognizing change is seldom expected
As I long suspected
They believed that strange was a word for wrong
Well not in my song

'Cause you, you and I are changing that tune
We're learning new rhythms from that woman in the moon
Little sister, little brother
Keep on pushin'
Don't believe a word about
Things you've heard about
Askin' too much too soon
'Cause they can hold back the tide
But they can never hold the woman
I said the woman in the moon

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How far I've come--the miles and years
Turn the light from my eyes
But the path can still be found
When the truth has rolled around
Then I'll be home

When old loves lost like patient smiles
Come alive one last time
When the lock accepts my key
When a stanger laughs like me
Then I'll be home

Each of us alone must choose a path to bring us all together
Share the love we've known and understand the loves that walk away

My mother's eyes--my father's smile
Shed their sweet life on me
When my voice and voices past
Sing in harmony at last
Then I'll be home

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There have been times in my life
When I thought I'd found the one
The missing part
Matching heart to mine
But I never felt this much
The power of your touch
A feeling I'm just learning to define

This is making love
This is something higher
A perfect blending of
Devotion and desire
I thought heaven was above
'Til I found it in your kiss
This is making love

There is a sound to your voice
That holds me like a child
Face to face
The safest place to stay
And when I hold you near
I know you always hear
The truth behind the words I try to say

This is making love
This is something higher
A perfect blending of
Devotion and desire
I thought heaven was above
'Til I found it in your kiss
This is making love

I thought heaven was above
'Til I found it in your kiss
This is making love ...
This is making love

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I'd feeling fine
Filled with emotion
Stronger than wine
Gives me the notion
That this strange new feeling
Is something that you're feeling too

Matter of fact
I admit it
Caught in the act
Maybe we've hit it
Is this strange new feeling
Something that you're feeling too

If this is love, it's a rhapsody
I'd rather sing it like a song
And if you're singing it back to me
Forget about sophistication
Keep it simple
That's my style

If this is love, it's a rhapsody
I'd rather sing it like a song
And if you're singing it back to me
Forget about sophistication
Keep it simple
That's my style

Love at its best
A pleasure to make it
A chance and a test
I'm willing to take it
If this strange new feeling
Is something that you're feeling too

Is this strange new feeling
Something that you're feeling too?
If this strange new feeling
Is something that you're feeling too

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(Lyrics & Music Mia Sharp, Georgia Middleman, Paul Williams)

There's no keeping lovers in the way we keep old friends
When the good times are over the story has to end
But I've come to find there's one or two
Rules that don't apply to you

I thought the road I was walkin' was runnin' straight ahead
It was turnin' so slow I didn't notice where it led
Well I know this place it brought me to
'Cause I'm standing face to face with you

(Chorus)
We fell too fast
Only to find
Love out of reach
But it's different this time
'Cause we're willing to climb
This time

(End Chorus)

We've all run with scissors so there's patches on our dreams
They're a part of the puzzle and the mystery it seems
We'll be solved if every chance we take
Here's the lesson in our last mistake

(Repeat Chorus)

We've all run with scissors so there's patches on our dreams

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You may start in the trenches
and rise through the ranks
till your wildest dreams have come true
make your mark as a hero, that everyone thanks
famous for just being you

you can play to the masses
entertain kings
but alone in the quiet, it won't mean a thing
till you're loved
till you're loved

you can look to the scholars
and study their works
forever expanding your mind
you can turn to the poets
each time your heart hurts
they'll offer you reason and rhyme
you can shoot for the moon, follow your bliss
but a dream ain't a dream
and a kiss ain't a kiss
tilt you're loved (repeat 4x)

Life as you know it can change in a moment
when somebody whispers three words in your ear
even lost and forsaken, your confidence shaken
one tender touch and it all becomes clear

you can live in a castle
surrounded by walls
desperately trying to hide
and live with the loneliness haunting those halls
with a heart that is empty inside
you're more like a prisoner the longer you wait
baby I've been there and there's no escape
Till you're loved (repeat 4x)

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Time was a friend of mine
Back when I was young
And summer was forever
Time, good was your first name
Ev'ry day a lesson
With something new to learn
Time, I guess you've known us all
The cowards and the kings
And well you must remember
Time, when did you begin
Trading your tomorrows
For worn out yesterdays

You have shared my life
Like a trusted friend
You have watched me grow old
While this story I have told
Is ending

Time, you're leaving me behind
I feel you movin' on
As you'll go on forever
Time, rolling into years
Years that left me walking
When you began to fly
When you began to fly
Oh you've begun to fly

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Time and tide
Your rolling rhythms
Are the music of my past
Hard times move slowly
While the good times move so fast
The good times move so fast

Roll on time and tide
Your summer sunlight
Seems to melt away disguise
Reflects the woman waiting
In a young girl's eyes,
In a young girl's eyes,

And love
There is love enough for two
In every mornin'
Come let us taste it
Find the love
In a life so quickly thru
An April warning
We must not waste it

Time and tide
I've watched your perfect sunsets slip into the waves
Your light has gone,
Your beauty, mind and mem'ry saves
My sweet mem'ry saves

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Don't think I haven't noticed you girl
'Cause I noticed you right away
And don't think I haven't been listening, girl
'Cause I hear ev'ry word you say

Yes I'd like to hang around
But I'll have to let you down
I just haven't got what it takes
To put up with you

Don't think I'm not impressed with your looks
'Cause I think that you look just fine
And don't think that I haven't considered you, girl
Or the fact that you could be mine
Yes I'd like to hang around
But I'll have to let you down
I just haven't got what it takes
To put up with you

There's really nothing to gain
I won't be a part of your chain of broken hearts

Yes I'd like to hang around
But I'll have to let you down
I just haven't got what it takes
To put up with you

To put up with you
To put up with you
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(FROM THE PARAMOUNT MOTION PICTURE "BUGSY MALONE")
(FROM THE NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE STAGE SHOW "BUGSY MALONE")

Tomorrow
Tomorrow never comes
What kind of a fool
Do they take me for?

Tomorrow
A resting place for bums
A trap set in the slums
But I know the score

I won't take no for an answer
I was born to be a dancer now, Yeah!

Tomorrow
Tomorrow, as they say
Another working day and another chore

Tomorrow
An awful price to pay
I gave up yesterday
But they still want more

They are bound to compare me
To Fred Astaire when I'm done

Anyone who feels the rhythm
Movin' through em
Knows it's gonna do em good
To let the music burst out
When you feel assured
Let the people know it
. Let your laughter loose
Until your scream
Becomes a love-shout, ah

Tomorrow
Tomorrow's far away
Tomorrow, as they say,
Is reserved for dreams

Tomorrow
Tomorrow's looking grey
A playground always locked
Trains no winning teams

Won't take no for an answer
I was born to be a dancer now

Anyone who feels the rhythm through em
Knows it's gonna do em good
To let the music burst out

When you feel assured
Let the people know it.
Let your laughter loose
Until your scream becomes a love shout
Ah

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Wake up my love beneath a midday sun
Alone once more alone
This traveling boy was only passing through
But he will always think of you

One night of love beside a strange young smile
As warm as I have known
A traveling boy and only passing through
But one who'll always think of you

Take my place out on the road again
I must do what I must do
Yes I know we were lovers
But a drifter discovers
That a perfect love won't always last forever

Well I won't say that I'll be back again
But time will tell the tale
So no good-byes from one just passing th rough
But one who'll always think of you
This traveling boy was only passing through
But I will always think of you

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'Tis a pity you've a stranger, I would like to know
you, show you around
Keep you warm and free from danger, share the
secrets I have found to be true
In a city built on laughter, I have found you crying
caught you in tears
Trust in me and from hereafter you'll be safe from
sorrow, shadows and fears

Trust in me I will care for you
Share a grace with you, I'll make a place for you
for you and me, you and me
And if it pleases you, I'd be honoured to serve you
take a stand for you
Always there with a loving hand for you
There if you fell, yes and I'll serve you well,'' serve
thee well

In a world of hidden treasure, I have found the
rainbow found it in you
Taking comfort in your pleasure, love will come in
silence faithful and true

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Trust in me, I will care for you
Share a grace with you, I'll make a place for you
for you and me
Trust in me, trust in me

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Tiny farms, all familiar
Where a boy once felt the need to roam
Christmas eve settlin' 'round me
And I'm only twenty miles away from home
There I'll wipe away the tears
And all the time be laughin'
'Cause what I feel inside
I never know how to say
Twenty miles never seemed so far away

Mom and Dad, they'll be waiting
With a girl who's been too long alone
Christmas eve settlin' 'round me
And I'm only twenty miles away from home

Yes I'll wipe away the tears
And all the time be laughin'
'Cause what I feel inside
I never know how to say
Twenty miles never seemed so far away

Tiny farms, all familiar
Where a boy once felt the need to roam
Christmas eve settlin' 'round me
And I'm only twenty miles away from home
Christmas eve settlin' 'round me
And I'm only twenty miles away from home

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

Carburetors man, that's what life is all about
That's what life is all about, that's what life is all about
That's what life is all about, that's what life is all about

I was not myself last night lost a fight, my woody barely running
By a dude I should have beat, and on the street a blow like that is stunning

I finally lost control and tore my tuck-n-roll upholstery
Where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about
Upholstery where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about

Of all life's mysteries the greatest one I've seen
My short runs better when it's clean

I was not myself last night ran a light without my registration
Where the cops were bound to see and you know me already on probation
I wound up on parole I tore my tuck-n-roll upholstery
Where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what our life is all about
Upholstery where my baby sits up close to me
That's supposed to be what life is all about

Chorus

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