Melissa Manchester

I know you're listening as I lay me down to sleep It's not for me I ask, but my children's souls to keep It seems the world is going crazy And though I need to do my share Could you please take them under wing Watch over them especially Keeping them safe...

Be somebody, be somebody, be somebody Be somebody, be somebody, be somebody I can tell by looking in your eyes There is something on your mind Restless soul, it's time to let you go There's a dream out there, I know you got to find So if you take the love th...

Well, another day has come After all is said and done You are here as you were before 'Cause it feels as if we've been Through it all and back again Now I know there'll be something more No more tears left to hide We have made it through a long and lonely nig...

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 n...

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 b...

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 alwa...

Baby cried the day the circus came to town, 'Cause she didn't want parades just passing by her. So she painted on a smile and then took up with some clown, While she danced without a net upon the wire. I know a lot about her, 'cause you see, Baby, is an awful...

I don't care if you say that you need me 'Cause I see the way that you deal Well you're talking from the top But you're playing from the bottom And I know that your love wasn't easy Yes, but now I understand how You're playing your hand And it's time to reshuf...

I call you up, you let me down and every way i turn i watch those vivid visions of my love baby they burn my eyes i wipe away each tear i hope and pray that you are gonna tell hell tell her you're missing your baby why don't you tell her tell her right...

Stuck in four walls day and night Need a love to bring me back to life Got to find a way of breaking through I'll find a way to get to you I can hear the rockets lifting I can see the atoms split in two I can feel the planet shifting It's pulling me to you Ch...

I know it's late to call I don't blame you if you're angry But there 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 fir...

I work in the chorus doing three shows a night Wearing fishnets and feathers under blinding white lights I've served shorts to hard hats who had booze on their lips Been fondled and leered at for an occasional tip And it don't get no better, but it can't get n...

I was lookin' out my window just this mornin Wasn't finding inspiration in my bed I was wondering if all this was a warning 'cause I'd rather waste the day than work instead It's been quite a while since I could feel my heartbeat I appreciate you offering me y...

Some women you make love to And some you marry But I just sing my songs for you To keep us free from worry Chorus: Oh, no, I feel it coming on again I must be fantasy’s best friend I’m so crazy for happy endings I do believe in new beginnings And while I sing...

Hey, sugar, where'd you get that sweet tooth Where'd you get that swagger Where'd you get off acting like Babe Ruth When you look just like the others And you wouldn't know good silk stockings From a cheap old pair of tights You ain't, you ain't no swell in yo...

I can't believe this Love has caught up with me again So it begins All the confusion Too many grand delusions of romance Play with me lose my chance for a happy ending Stuck in the middle in between What could be and yesterday Am I afraid Anticipation is just...

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...

He's in the market for a hiding place He'll pay a very good price And he'll try anything To cut the pain behind his lonely eyes She honestly believed He would have changed somehow, but Chorus: How does it feel right now? Hold on Do you remember How does it fe...

[C]I've flown around the world in a plane I've settled revolutions in Spain And the North Pole I have charted Still I can't get started, with you [M]And on the golf course I'm under par Metro Goldwyn has asked me to star I've got a house - that’s a show...

In my neighborhood we don't live so good The rooms are small And the buildings made of wood I hear the neighbors talking 'bout you and me I guess I heard it all 'Cause the talk is loud And the walls are much too thin He don't really love her That's what I he...

Oh, dreamboat, my sugarloaf I can tell from your smile Oh, baby, I could be one girl of a port of call If you will drop your anchor And stay for awhile And, yes, I want to smother my perfect lover Till we're dancing in the skies There's nothing like hustle an...

I don't need no song to sing I don't need no violin I don't need much of any old thing And as long as I got you here I keep on Because I know your love won't let me down I took my time and I shopped around Baby what you've got is the best I've found I've been...

Standing by my window, listening for your call Seems I really miss you after all Time won't let me keep these sad thoughts to myself I'd just like to let you know, I wish I'd never let you go I'll always love you Deep inside this heart of mine I do love you I...

Say goodbye? Why, I can barely say goodnight If I can hardly take my eyes from yours, How far can I go? Walk away? The thought would never cross my mind I couldn't turn my back on spring or fall Your smile least of all When I say always I mean forever I trus...

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...

I don't know why you're here You like the way I move I like the face you wear, but let's not talk it away I've got the whole night to tell you Friendship to formula Where will we both leave off? Why don't we try to go slow? Put all your numbers aside and let's...

Guess I'm just afraid I'm not the kind who makes it last forever And in my selfish way I think I'm clever Until you cry Do you wanna leave? You can let it go because you're strong But one day without your love seemed so long And I sigh, how I sigh If this is...

When the man don't give me the food I need The fuel to feed the fire I'd gladly turn my back on him And lift my hopes up high We're so busy talking Ah but talk don't mean too much to me What you say ain't what you feel And it's all confusing me Who do you be...

BUSTER In junkyard society We're repelled by all propriety Humility and modesty Good manners and sobriety We always gulp our meat Our coats are never neat Alas, we lack all poise We're full of natural noise No pets you stroke and pat You might as well be a cat...

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...

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'...

I thought that love was just a word They sang about in songs I heard. It took your kisses to reveal That I was wrong, and love is real. Quand il me prend dans ses bras, Il me parle tout bas Je vois la vie en rose Il me dit des mots d'amour das mots de tous le...

Dearest friends, dear gentlemen Listen to my song Life down here's been hard for you Life has made you strong Let me lift the mood With my attitude Hey, fellas, the time is right Get ready, tonight's the night Boys, what you're hoping for will come true Let m...

Boats rockin' slow on the water Wheat fiilds just wave good-bye Pictures to you of my roamin' alone at night Oh, what a surprise Even I look on to see the lights of dawn Daylight so bright it comes so easy To rest a weary soul When holdin' on gets you weary...

Some people, they just look for a sure shot Roll the dice and then wish for something Someone else has got If you win, when do you begin to have fun Seems to me everyone's Everybody's looking for the perfect ahh, ahh... Looking for the perfect ahh, ahh... At...

Every day I want to fly my kite, Every day I want to fly my kite, Every day I want to get on my camel and ride. Every day I want to shake your hand For in the world making you a better man, And every day I want to get on my camel and ride And when the day is...

Woman: When I look deep into your eyes That's when I know I'm living Man: For every moment of our lives We should be forgiven, oh Duet: We'll hold each other when we cry Even if we fall Somehow, we'll be lovers after all Man: In time we'll learn to understa...

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...

Ain't you something O you know me so well, can't believe it could last Say you know me I'm the one who's afraid to be moving too fast Like a good book that you never want to end So you stay with the beginning; I'm winning at last It's so quiet like a soft...

And the one thing You taught Me clearly to see Is that the miracle is in My soul I used to dream of heaven As the home of the final down If You were good You went to heaven If You were bad You went to town I used to see a heaven As a snow kingdom cold as lead...

Bells will be ringing the glad glad news. Oh, what a Christmas to have the blues. My baby's gone. I have no friends To wish me greetings once again. Choirs will be singing Silent Night. Christmas carols by candlelight. Please come home for Christmas. Please co...

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 t...

There is but one freedom, man running along Each step that he's taking's a step to his soul The passion and courage it takes to be fair The spirit of freedom alive in the air Whenever the running man awakes To challenge to glory He knows that he can turn The...

Rescue me Protect me in your arms Rescue me I want your tender charm 'Cause I'm lonely And I'm blue I need you And your love too Come on and rescue me Come on, baby, and rescue me Come on, baby, and rescue me 'Cause I need you by my side Can't you see that I'...

Falling on hard times, the girl came home at last With her baggage of bad times, her presence from the past Made the elders eyes to wander when she cried If you're looking for my love, pass me by She was gonna be a dancer, gifted by gods and kings And it all...

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...

You can´t make love to everyone you love I don´t know why but we just can´t do it And so we´re gathered here together to sing to one another It helps us to get us through it You got to sing, sing, sing Sing, sing You got to sing, sing, sing Sing, sing Being...

How do I like to dance And how do I like romance Oh, if you want to hold me And fall in love slowly Then, baby, this is our chance So let's dance (Let's dance, slowly) I can't hurry, my loving Like you want me to do And one night of love, baby Won't mean a t...

There's a saying old, says that love is blind Still we're often told, seek and ye shall find So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet He's the big affair I cannot forget Only man I ever think of with regret...

He may not always say What you would have him say, But now and then he'll say something wonderful. The thoughless things he'll do will hurt and worry you Then all at once he'll do something wonderful. He has a thousand dreams that won't come true, You know t...

This is very rare I am very happy here And I don't really care If the whole world disappears Got my music got my man Think I'll stay out on the lam And I'll be your Stand Up Woman I'll be your Stand Up Woman Doing the best I can to lend a helping hand Doin...

You've got heaven on Your shoulder I've been told You got a special in with him or her They say You've got heaven on Your shoulder I've been told You know how energy begins on earth O my God, how You move Me And I know for sure I'm not the first You've got th...

When it happened in my dreams Seems to me it never went like this Here you're telling me you love me And I'm weeping like a baby Put your arms around your baby She's been waiting, oh, so long Guess I'm feeling too happy to smile And I just have to cry for awhi...

What good is the dawn That grows into day The sunset at night Or living this way For I have the warmth of the sun Within me at night The love of my life He left me one day I cried when he said "I don't feel the same way" Still I have the warmth of the sun W...

Somewhere deep inside of a stranger's eyes There are stranger things I see Shades of light on a secret part of me Living in the shadows hiding from my life I was waiting for a dream Now a perfect stranger fills my needs Thief Of Hearts Stole my heart from me T...

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. Chor...

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...

If you see me walking down the street And I start to cry each time we meet Walk on by, walk on by Make believe That you don't see the tears Just let me grieve In private 'cause each time I see you I break down and cry And walk on by (don't stop) And walk on b...

Chorus 1: We don't have to push it no more We don't have to rush it no more And as long as we keep an open line We've got time We've been chasing all the ancient shadows But a good ship doesn't need a paddle With a full sail and the north wind from behind We'...

Afternoons on the Rue de Flores In the flat that I shared with Gertrude We served tea and got drunk on conversations With the lost generation she found. Hemingway, Picasso and Matisse Janet Flanders and Sylvia Beach. We were searching for unknown destinations...

Once upon a time there was time enough for you and me You know I nearly lost my mind thinking about the way it used to be We never know what it was all about We never took the time to talk it out But there was time enough to love you when we laughed Love enou...

Whenever I call you friend I begin to think I understand Anything we are You and I have always been ever and ever I see myself within your eyes And that's all I need to show me why Everything I do, always takes me home to you ever and ever Now I know my life...

Somewhere down the line We found the rhythm and the rhyme Like two notes played out of time Now we don't fit in the score, no, no Somehow through the years We let the laughter turn to tears And all those feelings wanted so clear Just aren't here anymore, anym...

No, I can't forget this evening Or your face as you were leaving But I guess that's just the way the story goes You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows Yes, it shows No, I can't forget tomorrow When I think of all my sorrow When I had you there bu...

You and me, we wanted it all we wanted it all Passion without pain, sunshine without rainy days We wanted it always You and me, we reached for the sky, the limit was high Never giving in, certain we could win that prize I should have seen it in your eyes Loo...

Everybody needs a vacation A celebration that would open their eyes... If we could relieve all the tension that I could mention We'd be free from disguise You can make it all come true Baby, you're the one with all of the answers High inside it's shining thro...

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 on...

Ooh... In my life what I thought could never be Is alive and it is better than a dream Never thought I'd surrender to desire Hey, hey, your place or mine We have danced like two moths around the flame Never touching 'cause we've always been afraid But I know...