Barry Manilow Album

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
she would merengue and do the cha-cha
and while she tried to be a star
Tony always tended bar
across the crowded floor, they worked from 8 til 4
they were young and they had each other
who could ask for more?

CHORUS:

At the copa (CO!) Copacabana (Copacabana)
the hottest spot north of Havana (here)
at the copa (CO!) Copacabana
music and passion were always in fashion
At the copa.... they fell in love

His name was Rico
he wore a diamond
he was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancing there
and when she finished,he called her over
but Rico went a bit to far
Tony sailed across the bar
and then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
there was blood and a single gun shot
but just who shot who?

REPEAT CHORUS

At the copa... she lost her love

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl,
but that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
now it's a disco, but not for Lola,
still in dress she used to wear,
faded feathers in her hair
she sits there so refined,and drinks herself half-blind
she lost her youth and she lost her Tony
now she's lost her mind

REPEAT CHORUS

At the copa... don't fall in love
don't fall in love

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 you

layin' beside you, lost in the feeling
so glad you open my door
come with me
somewhere in the night we will know
everything lovers can know
you're my song
music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again
lovin' so warm, movin' so right
closing our eyes, and feeling the light
we'll just go on burning bright
somewhere in the night

you'll sleep when the morning comes
and I'll lie and watch you sleeping
and you'll smile, when you dream about the night
like it's a secret you've been keeping

Layin beside you lost in the feeling
so glad you open my door
you're my song
music too magic to end
I'll play you over and over again
lovin' so warm, moving so right
closing our eyes and feeling the light
we'll just go on burning bright
somewhere in the night
we'll just go on burning bright
somewhere in the night.

He never wrote a song for Linda
he wrote as though he lived alone
he wrote of dreams that end of sad brave men
inventing worlds he never know

but he never wrote a song for Linda
and she was right there all alone
loved him back to life
when his luck ran low
but he never wrote a Linda song

he nearly broke his heart at writing
Linda kept him from despair
standing by his side, through the hungry days
but he hardly seemed to see her there

and he never wrote a song for Linda
and she was right there all alone
the one real thing in his crazy world
and he never wrote a Linda song

when the bills piled up and couldn't pay
he couldn't dream no more
so he hitched a ride and he road away
and he left a note for Linda by the door
by the door

when times got rough he phone her
once or twice she took the call
then she changed her number and she turned her head
and Linda never looked back at all

he'll never write a song for Linda
and she was right there all alone
oh he knows,is no one understands
and he never wrote a Linda song
no he never wrote a Linda song

CHORUS

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 you're sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

you came along just like a song
and brighten my day
who would of believed that you where part of a dream
now it all seems light years away

and now 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 your sad
I feel glad when you're glad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile

now some people say happiness takes so very long to find
well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me

and you see 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 glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
if you only knew what I'm going through
I just can't smile without you

I tried to tell you there's trouble on the way
I lost the feeling that I once had
but when I held you there was nothing I could say
I couldn't bare to see you hurt so bad

so I'll be leaving in the morning
wishing that I could stay
and though I'll miss you every morning
it's the only way
so I'll be leaving in the morning
but how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
and now I don't know how to say goodbye

I tried to tell you there was something that I miss
something I couldn't dare to find with you
but I was blinded by your love every time we kissed
afraid I never find a love so true

so I'll be leaving in the morning
but how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
and now I don't know how to say goodbye

I waited too long but now I see
it's no good for you, it's no good for me
you can't see it now
but one day you'll know I just had to go
oh, oh, oh, oh

so I'll be leaving in the morning
wishing that I could stay
and though I'll miss you every morning
it's the only way
so I'll be leaving in the morning
but how can I tell you why
I never gave you any warning
(fade out)

Autumn days
lying on a bed of leaves
watching clouds up through the trees
you said our love was more than time

it's colder now, the trees are bare and the nights are long
can't get warm since you've been gone
I can't stop singing sad songs

CHORUS:

where do I go from here
tell me where do I go from here
you say you'd take me through the years
so where do I go from here

lovers plans, like falling leaves on windy days
flutter past and they fly away
I thought I knew you all so well

and I need you now
I need to feel you in the night
I need your smile so warm and bright
I wish my mind could let you go

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

you said that you'll take me though the years
so where do I go from here

Even Now
when there's someone else who cares
when there's someone home who's waiting just for me
even now I think about you as I'm climbing up the stairs
and I wonder what to do so she won't see
that even now
when I know it wasn't right
and I found a better life than what we had
even now I wakeup crying in the middle of the night
and I can't believe it still could hurt so bad

CHORUS:

even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
and how I wish you knew
even now

even now
when I never hear your name
and the world has changed so much since you been gone
even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same
and the pain inside of me goes on and on
even now

even now when I have come so far
I wonder where you are
I wonder why it's still so hard without you
even now when I come shining through
I swear I think of you
and God I wish you knew
some how
Even now

after I've had my last cigarette
when the night is as black
as the nights goin' to get
well I'm still wild awake
cause I still can't forget
I was a fool, to let you go
and after I've close the bar with the boys
though I can't stand the drinks
and I can't stand the noise
when I know I'll be back
cause their's no other choice
I know I was a fool, to let you go

I was a fool, to think that I could sleep a wink
in this big and deep bed by myself
and I was a fool to wate ,until it was to late
to tell you just how I felt

and after I've been with somebody new
and she know's what to say
ah but not what to do
then I know what I've lost
and I know it's so true
no I was a fool, to let you go

and after I've been with somebody new
and she knows what to say
ah but not what to do
then I know what I've lost
and I know it's so true
when I seen what It caused
and what I'm going through
I know I was a fool
I was a fool to let you go

I can tell something up
you haven't touched your scotch
you've been starring out the window
now your starring at you watch
and lately that's been happening to much
I think we're losing touch

is it something that I've done
or thing I never said
it's been getting pretty quiet
there on you side of the bed
remember when we used to talk so much
I think we're losing touch

after all the love we found together
who had ever guessed ,that we could fall
after all the things we had in common
where they to common after all

won't you tell me what's wrong
I haven't got a clue
is there something we can take for this
or something we can do
together you and I have had so much
there's so much to lose
and I think we're losing touch

some people shoot for the stars
dream upon dream
they long to go far
chasing their rainbow so high
wish upon wish
they'll reach for the sky
but I got one little dream
and baby that's all I want
girl it's up to you
you can make my dreams come true

CHORUS:

I just want to be the one in your life
for ever, for always
I just want to be the one in your life
for ever , for always

I don't need cheers from the crowd
to make me feel big
to make me feel proud
darlin just a little touch of your hand
is all that I need
to feel like a man
and I keep hoping each day
I won't dream my life away
girl you hold the key
to make my dream a reality

REPEAT CHORUS TWICE

(FADE OUT)

and it started again
and I meant every word
and I like what I said
and I liked what I heard
and I started to think
I could think about starting again

we where laughing again
over memories and wine
and the years in between
didn't seem along time
when I smile she knew why
In awhile it was starting again

and I started to think
I could feel again
all the bad times seemed unreal
when she looked in my eyes
the cheating , the lies , the things that where wrong
seem far behind
and I started to think
I could care again
and my fears all disapper
when she called me by name
I knew that she changed
the flaws where all gone
the saint remained

but it started again
when I asked her to stay
and she said there's this friend who's in town just for today
and she really felt bad
but she had to be leavin again
and she left me again
as she left me before
still pretending she cared when we kissed at the door
but I saw in her eyes
that the lies where all starting again
just when I'd started to fell again
when all the bad times seemed unreal
when it all seemed so right
and I tough that tonight if she said she cared
she really might
just when my fears disapeared again
and I heard what I wanted to hear
it all started again
and I knew what that meant
it wasn't the start
it was really the end

and so it began
as I sat by my window
all by myself in the dawn

no body else
no polite conversation
just waiting for life to come on

and I see the sunrise over the ocean
sunrise on the sea
I'm watching the sunrise
I'm glad to be living
sunrise , shine over me

I think of my life as I look out my window
people I love , places I've been
sometimes I feel I could go on forever
with nothing to lose and nothing to win

when I see the sunrise over the ocean
sunrise on the sea
I'm watching the sunrise
I'm glad to be living
sunrise , shine over me