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Once upon a lonely time
But not so lone ago
You use to be a superstar
You used to still the show
But now you get be satisfied
That singing on the street
I watch the world go passing by
And once was on your feet
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Sadness, anger feeling not becomes you
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Remember life will always love you
In another circus all the time
We seem to waste
To make up plans and find them all
The plans of being race
We have a little money
And we made a little time
And soon we broke forgetful
Of what we left behind
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Sadness, anger feeling not becomes you
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Remember life will always love you
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Sadness, anger feeling not becomes you
Baby, don't let it mess your mind, no
Remember life will always love you
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In A Stranger's Arms
03:46
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It's an uphill climb to get on top
Not to stop and never fall
It takes so much time time just to be secure
You're never sure if it's worth it all
But tonight whether it's wrong or right
I can't tell
'Cause I don't know you all that well
You can't trust everybody you meet
Out here on the street
You might want to test your charms in a stranger's arms
It's a lonely town
With fancy cars, private bars, and desperate souls
It's so upside down
And the dream you're in can surely spin out of control
But tonight whether it's wrong or right
I can't tell
'Cause I don't know you all that well
You can't trust everybody you meet
Out here on the street
You might want to test your charms
It's sometimes hard to find
Just what's on some stranger's mind
You might want to test your charms in a stranger's arms
In a stranger's arms
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I'll Be Around
03:25
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Hey, the loneliness is growing
And you're so afraid of knowing
Just what you've become
It keeps you on the run
And you're wondering how to hide the emptiness inside
Thinking all of your dreams have died
It's bound to leave you crying, crying
Hey, little fool
Don't you let it get you down
When you need someone to lean on
I'll be around
Break all the rules
Spread your wings and you can fly
But when flying brings you down
I'll be around
Oh, you want to be much higher
Higher than you've been before
But you're sinking to the bottom
Staring at the floor
And you're wondering how to hide the emptiness inside
Thinking all of your dreams have died
It's bound to leave you crying, crying
Hey, little fool
Don't you let it get you down
When you need someone to lean on
I'll be around
Break all the rules
Spread your wings and you can fly
But when flying brings you down
I'll be around
And you're wondering how to hide the emptiness inside
Thinking all of your dreams have died
It's bound to leave you crying, crying
Hey, little fool
Don't you let it get you down
When you need someone to lean on
I'll be around
Break all the rules
Spread your wings and you can fly
But when flying brings you down
I'll be around
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Lady Of The Silver Spoon
04:15
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Way down in Trinidad, there's a taste I've had
That's bigger than Coca-cola
Take a jug of rum and some noon day sun
And a little of this will knock you over
And the girls will be fine and you're on over time
The nightingale sings forever
And if you shout a new dance you'll be finding romance
If you listen you'll be talking real clever
And it's so good you have to chew to taste it
It's a tricky little number so don't you waste it
Then in the evening when it's full moon
You can dance with the crazy lady of the silver spoon
Keep on dancing
From San Francisco bay you can find your way
You can hear it by the sound of the laughter
But you can search too hard along the promenade
'Cause the people there will know what you're after
Now it's the rage I know, where it come and go
If they find another way to amuse us
I wonder if this will just be another thrill
Or maybe just a find to confuse us
And it's so good you have to chew to taste it
It's a tricky little number so don't you waste it
Then in the evening when it's full moon
You can dance with the crazy lady of the silver spoon
Keep on dancing
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As you leave
Please tiptoe down the backstairs of my life
Everything is all you ever meant
And said to me
Could you live with all the hurt
The pain and tears again
Yesterday should be a song
For the years refrain
Vacant vessel
Me, I've given all
I've been outpoured
Oh, I've been poured out
As you leave
Please tiptoe down the backstairs of my life
When you leave
You're taking all of my dreams outside my door
Twisted heart is crying more
Oh, more, encore
In the darkness
Now all I can see is where I've been
As you leave
Please tiptoe down the backstairs of my life
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If I Can't Have You
02:57
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Don't know why I'm surviving every lonely day
When there's got to be no chance for me
My life would end and it doesn't matter how I cry
My tears of love are a waste of time if I turn away
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do
If I can't have you, I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you
If I can't have you, I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you
Can't let go, and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it all so easily, to you my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do
If I can't have you, I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you
If I can't have you, I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you
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Prince of Fools
03:30
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It doesn't seem so long ago
You were here and I was whole
I'm weaker since you went away
I could've made you stronger if you stayed
You told me that you'd been around
And I was the best thing that you'd ever found
Well, how can something be so right
And turn to nothing overnight
If you could, you were thinking it good
Broke in two
And hoping to hide
Thinking you had time on your side
Prince of fools
You'd better make up your mind
Empty promises, unspoken lines
Well, they kept me hanging for a time
But now your time is running out on you
And if you really want to make it true somehow
Well, it's got to be now
Oh, why, why can't you see
What you're doing to people like me
And would you change it if you could
You know I don't think you would
But it's true that I did it for you
Broke in two
And hoping to hide
Thinking you had time on your side
Prince of fools
You'd better make up your mind
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Moment by Moment
03:18
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Though our love is like a winding road of uncertainty
I long to trust your smile
And all the ways you feel touching me
Moment by moment
Our lifetime goes on
Till one day
Our somedays are gone
Look at us
Two drifters with a dream
Scared to see it through
But we're so happy now
It might be beautiful if we do
For moment by moment
The choices we make
Depend on the chances we take
For moment
Moment by moment
Our lifetime goes on
Till one day our somedays are gone
For moment, moment by moment
The choices we make
Depend on the chances we take
Moment, moment by moment
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Sally Go Round The Roses
04:22
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Sally go round the roses (sally go round the roses)
Sally go round the roses (sally go round the pretty roses)
Roses they can't hurt you (roses they can't hurt you)
Roses they can't hurt you (roses they can't hurt you)
Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown
Sally don't you go, don't you go downtown
Saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is see your baby with another girl
Oh, Sally don't you go
Don't you go downtown
Don't you go downtown
Because the saddest thing in the whole wide world
Is see your baby with another girl
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the roses)
Sally go round the roses (Sally go round the pretty roses)
They won't tell your secrets (they won't tell your secrets)
They won't tell your secrets, no, no, no, they won't tell your secrets
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Sally baby cry, let your hair hang down
Because the saddest thing in the whole wide world
See your baby with another girl
Sally go 'round, Sally go 'round
Sally go 'round the roses
'Cause they won't tell your secrets
Sally baby cry
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Up To The Man In You
03:15
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You're holding something
And I don't know what it is
You're sweet and sour
And I hate to tell you this
You keep me loving you
What am I supposed to do?
Allow the secret you embrace
The recipe I'll never taste
I guess I've finally come to face
Up to the man in you
You slip and slide away
But you can't escape my gaze
I see right through you
Running through the constant maze
But I will follow you
Tell you what I'm gonna do
When I meet you at the end
We'll give it up or make amends
I need a lover and a friend
It's up to the man in you
Up to the man in you
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Sailing Ships
04:45
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Trees stay green
The wind still blows
And leaves they gone
With the widening wind
Birds still fly and dogs may whine
And life has been succeededly divine with you
Sailing ships fly the wind
And breadth now you know
They sail through away
To wave goodbye
Wave good-bye my friend and I love you
I've still speak
They told not sweet
We no longer be together again
For lovers part in time of strength
When the love needs rest
To go strong again
Sailing ships fight the wind
And breadth now you know
They sail through away
To wave goodbye
Wave good-bye my friend and I love you
Love the heart that
Love makes grow
Fill my heart with freedom
Song to sing when we are lone
To love is to be forgiving
Sailing ships fight the wind
And breadth now you know
They sail through away
To wave goodbye
Wave good-bye my friend
I love you
I love you
I love you
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Yvonne Elliman Honolulu, Hawaii
She got her big break playing Mary Magdalene in the original London production of "Jesus Christ
Superstar".
Later, she became part of Eric Clapton's live band before going solo.
Her biggest hit "If I Can't Have You" was taken from the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack and went to No.1 in the US chart.
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