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1. _ When I Look At You
When I look at you
What I always see
Is the face of someone else
Who once belonged to me
Still I can hear him laugh
Even though that melody plays on
He's gone
When I look at you
He is standing there
I can almost breathe him in
like summer in the air
Why do you smile his smile
That heaven I'd forgotten eases through
In you
If you could look at me once more
With all the love you felt before
If you and I could only dance into the past
And find that love we knew
I'll never take my eyes away from you
When I look at you
He is touching me
I would reach for him
But who can hold a memory?
And love isn't everything
This moonlight on the bed will melt away someday
Oh, you were once that someone
Who I followed like a star
And suddenly you changed
And now I don't know who you are
Or could it be that I never really knew you from the start
Did I create a dream
Was he a fantasy
Even a memory is a paradise for all the fools like me
Now remebering is all that I can do
Because I miss him so
When I look at you
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2. _ One Bad Habit
I try my best to live a good life
Walk down that straight and narrow street
My Mama told me go to live right
Beware the strangers that you meet
But she never, ever laid her eyes on you
If she did, she'd know it's true
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I resits temptation when he's knocking at my door
Got no time for trouble keep away
But I've got one big trouble
And I don't know what to do
I've got one bad habit, you
I saw you coming from the distance
Like a falling dollar bill
You're thinking woman's not mad
I think I want you think I will
When my mind leaves, when you smile, my body wants to stay
What can I do, what can I say
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And I go, oh no every time you're near
My resistance disappears
You play me, sting me, turn me upside down
God knows why I stick around
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I gave up lying, staying up too late
I gave up on ???
But I got one big trouble
And I don't know what to do
I've got one bad habit, you
I gave up drinking, smoking cigarettes
And I gave up placing ???
But I got one big trouble
And I don't know what to do
I've got one bad habit, you
I gave up sockeling everyday I had at the gym
I gave up caughing on the wind
But I got one big trouble
And I don't know what to do
I've got one bad habit, you
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3. _ Storybook
Listen to me, I have beautiful dreams I can spin you,
Dreams to linger within you,
Close your eyes and we'll ride my carousel.
I'll sing you stories of
Lovers whose love used
To fill me.
And the lovers who will be.
For, you see, love is one thing I do well.
Come let's believe love can be just as sweet as it seems.
Let's live on dreams...
In my dreams such beautiful lovers have found me.
Story book lovers surround me.
Nothing is real, but I'm flying,
Sighing: Where, where, where is my story book
Ending?
Why does my golden pretending
Leave me with nothing to hold...but
My dreams?
Oh is it only in dreams that we find out ideal love?
Are there lovers with real love?
If you know how to feel love, show me how.
Ah, but my prince, if you can't be as sweet as you seem,
I'd rather dream!
Come and wake me! Come be the love I can hold now.
Storybook love leaves me cold now.
Show me the way to stop dreaming!
There is only one perfect story book ending.
That is the end of pretending.
That is the moment I say: Love me now!
Et sur mon manege, l'amour toujours est chantant.
Des mes reves, c'est le commencement,
Et j'espere une fine heureuse.
Mais la fin de l'histoire ne vient pas tres doucement,
Pour l'histoire il faut faire semblant.
Certes je n'embrasse que mes reves, seuls mes reves!
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4. _ Let Him Fly
It's not a whispered word or a pretty phrase
It's not a touch it's not a gaze
It's not how we hold on, but how we grow
It's standing back and letting go
It's not the beauty of making someone yours
Love sets us free
Loves opens doors
Love says move on
Stand on your own
Love knows when someone else needs to rise and walk along
Life has to change
Don't wonder why
He needs to feel the light of the open sky
If we hold on too tight
How can a dream take flight
Open your arms
And let him fly
It's not just pulling someone very near
It's having faith instead of fear
You can't hold someone back when his dream calls
Love is a home that has no walls
Yes he may disappear
There's no way to know
You take that chance
You let him go
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Go find your dream
Be who you are
I want much for you
Than I wish upon a star
Move from my side
I will not cry
If you remember me
Love can never die
Love lets the light break through
Now love will help me too
Open my arms and let him fly
It's not the end, it's not goodbye
Someday you'll fly, home
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5. _ Smile
Smile, though your heart is aching
smile even though it's breaking
when there are clouds in the sky,
you'll get by
if you smile thru your fear and sorrow
smile and maybe tomorrow
you'll see the sun come shining thru for you
Light up your face with gladness
hide every trace of sadness
although a tear may be ever so near
that's the time you must keep on trying
smile, what's the use of crying
you'll find that life is still worthwhile
if you just smile
That's the time you must keep on trying
smile, what's the use of crying
you'll find that life is still worthwhile
if you just smile.
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6. _ Where Are You Now
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7. _ All The Way
When somebody loves you
it's no good unless he loves you,
all the way
happy to be near you
when you need someone to cheer you,
all the way
taller than the tallest tree is
that's how it's got to feel
deeper than the deep blue sea is
that's how deep it goes, if it's real When somebody needs you,
it's no good unless he needs you,
all the way
through the good and lean years
and for all those in between years, come
what may
Who knows where the road will lead us
only a fool would say
but if you let me love you
it's for sure I'm gonna love you
all the way, all the way
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8. _ When I Look In Your Eyes
When I look in your eyes
I see the wisdom of the world in your eyes
I see the sadness of a thousand goodbyes
when I look in your eyes
And it is no surprise
to see the softness of the moon in your eyes
the gentle sparkle of the stars in the skies
when I look in your eyes
In your eyes
I see the deepness of the sea
I see the deepness of the love
the love I feel you feel for me Autumn comes summer dies
I see the passing of the years in your eyes
and when we part there'll be no tears,
no goodbyes
I'll just look in your eyes
Those eyes so wise, so warm, so real
how I love the world your eyes reveal
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9. _ I Don't Remember
I don't remember
how much I needed to be near you
and I can't close my eyes and hear you
no, no I simply don't recall
our love at all
I don't remember
the way you filled my world with laughter
or how I changed forever after
as I look back it's sad to see
my memory
is failing me
I don't see your face
almost every place
I don't cry
I don't think of you
and I don't wonder why
'cause day after day
after day after day
I don't recall
when you went away
I don't remember
a thousand little things about you
like how I just can't live without you
no, no I simply can't recall...
why lovers fall...
in love at all
I don't remember
try as I might
I don't remember
each lonely night
I don't remember us at all
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10. _ The Man That Got Away
The night is bitter
the stars have lost their glitter
the winds grow colder
and suddenly you're older
and all because of the man that got away
No more his eager call
the writings on the wall
the dreams you've dreamed
have all gone astray
The man that won you
has run off and undone you
that great beginning
has seen a final inning
don't know what happened
it's all a crazy game
No more that all time thrill
for you've been through the mill
and never a new love
will be the same Good riddance, goodbye
every trick of his you're onto
but fools will be fools
and where's he gone to
The road gets rougher
it's lonelier and tougher
with hope you burn up
tomorrow he might turn up
there's just no letup
the livelong night and day
Ever since this world began
there is nothing sadder than
a one man woman
looking for the man that got away
the man that got away
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11. _ If He Never Said Hello
If he never said hello
If his eyes had never smiled at me
What did he find inside my heart
That made him take a chance
Did he know what I was feeling
Could it be that he was lonely
Something between us had begun
Something so beautiful
Something that's started with hello
Now memories are filling me with pictures of the past
Foolish me hoping love would last
And even now I still can feel
The way he looked at me
The way he looked at me
If he never said I love you
If he never said forever
I would have never known love
If he never said hello
I'll never know goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
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12. _ Is This Any Way To Fall In Love
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13. _ Bridge Over Troubled Water
When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
When you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
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