Laulunsanoja:
Barry Manilow

I've been alive forever And I wrote the very first song I put the words and the melodies together I am music and I write the songs I write the songs

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there She would meringue and do the Cha-Cha And while she

We're goin' hoppin', we're goin' hoppin' today Where things are poppin' the Philadelphia way We're gonna drop in on all the music they play On the bandstand

We dreamers have our ways Of facin' rainy days And somehow we survive We keep the feelings warm Protect them from the storm Until our time arrives Then

You know I can't smile without you I can't smile without you I can't laugh and I can't sing I'm finding it hard to do anything You see, I feel sad when

Time, you found time enough to love And I found love enough to hold you So tonight, I'll stir the fire you feel inside Until the flames of love enfold

Doctor my woman is comin' back home late today Could you maybe give me something? 'Cause the feelin' is gone And I must get it back right away Before

Last night I wave goodbye, now it seems years I'm back in the city where nothing is clear But thoughts of me, holding you Bringing us near And tell me

You remind me I live in a shell Safe from the past and doing' okay but not very well No jolts, no surprises, no crisis arises My life goes along as it