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Beverley Heast give it a beat a 75
Best in the East give it at least a seventy five
 
Through the W.A.
The Philadelphia way
 
Beautiful music I knew it just had to be you
Beautiful music I knew it just had to be true
 
"Brooklyn Blues"
Barry but there's a Sodomite I couldn't have sung.
But there's a song of mine I couldn't have sung.
 
"Brooklyn Blues"
But there's a sodomite I couldn't have sung,
 I should have started back when I was young.
But there's a song of mine I couldn't have sung.
 A tune I started back when I was young.
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
I can't laugh and I can't sink
I can't laugh and I can't sing
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
I can't laugh and I can't swim
I can't laugh and I can't sing
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
I feel bland when you're bland
I feel glad when you're glad
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
I feel bland when you're bland
I feel glad when you're glad
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
I've been sad when you're sad
 I've been glad when you're glad
I feel sad when you're sad
 I feel glad when you're glad
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
If you're only new, what I'm gonna do
If you only knew what I'm going through
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
Now some people say
 Blackberries take
 So very long to find.
Now some people say
 Happiness takes
 So very long to find.
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
That only seemed like years away
That only seemed light years away
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
You came along
 Just like a song
 And frightened my Dave.
You came along
 Just like a song
 And brightened my day.
 
"Can't Smile Without You" (MP3) 
You see I feel glad when you're glad.
I feel sad when you're sad.
If you only knew, but I worry to.
I just can't smile without you.
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.
 
"Copacabana (At the Copa)" (MP3) 
Her name is Lobo
Her name is Lola
 
After cold cuts
At the Copa
 
And when he finished, he called a robot.
And when he finished, he called her over.
 
And when he finished, he called a rover.
And when he finished, he called her over.
 
And when she finished, he called a rowboat.
And when she finished, he called her over.
 
And when she finished, he called her Rover.
And when she finished, he called her over.
 
Anolona, or the Savannahs
At the Copa, Copacabana
 
At the Coca, Coca-cabana
At the Copa, Copacabana
 
At the Copa, Copa pajama
At the Copa, Copacabana
 
At the coca, coca-cabana
At the Copa, Copacabana
 
At the cocoa, cocoa banana
At the Copa, Copacabana
 
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 gun
 But gazoo shot who?
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?
 
But Rico went up in too far.
But Rico went a bit too far.
 
He called rover
He called her over
 
Her name was Lola, 
she was a showgirl, 
with little dandruff in her hair 
and her dress went blam down to there
Her name was Lola, 
she was a showgirl, 
with yellow feathers in her hair 
and a dress cut down to there
 
Her name was Lola
 She was a showgirl
 With dandruff in her hair
 And her dress went blam down to there.
Her name was Lola
 She was a showgirl
 With yellow feathers in her hair
 And a dress cut down to there.
 
Her name was Lola
 She lost her shoulder.
Her name was Lola
 She was a showgirl.
 
Her name was Yoda
Her name was Lola
 
His name was Diggler, he had a wiggler.
His name was Rico, he wore a diamond.
 
His name was Lionel,
He was a showgirl
Her name was Lola,
She was a showgirl
 
His name was Weako
His name was Rico
Weako sounds like a disparaging term for a weak person.
 
His name was Weegle.
His name was Rico.
 
His name was Winkle.
His name was Rico.
 
Now it's the disco
 But not for robots
Now it's the disco
 But not for Lola
 
She lost her youth and she lost her money, now she's lost her mind!
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony, now she's lost her mind!
 
She lost her youth and she lost her money
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
 
She lost her youth and she lost her pony.
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony.
 
She sits there so refined
 And drinks her Sultan wine.
She sits there so refined
 And drinks herself half-blind.
 
She was my rain gauge and do the cha cha
She would merengue and do the cha cha
 
She won the renegade
And did the chop-chop
She would meringue
And do the cha-cha
 
She wore a rain gauge and did the cha-cha
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
 
The hardest stop over Havana
The hottest stop north of Havana
 
The heart Espanol from Havana.
The hottest spot north of Havana.
 
The hope of...hope of Havana
At the Copa-... Copacabana
 
The hottest spot north of Atlanta
The hottest sport north of Havana
 
The hottest spot north of Savannah
The hottest spot north of Havana
 
The party stop north of Havana
The hottest stop north of Havana
 
There was blood and a single gunshot,
But gazoo shot who!!!
There was blood and a single gunshot,
But just who shot who?
 
There was blood and a single gunshot,
 But gazoo shot who?
There was blood and a single gunshot,
 But just who shot who?
 
Tony sailed across the bar
 And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
 There was blood and a gun
 But gazoo shot who?
Tony sailed across the bar
 And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
 There was blood and a single gunshot
 But just who shot who?
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Come into my home
Come into my arms
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Could this be the magic of M*A*S*H?
Could this be the magic at last?
M*A*S*H was a very popular TV show at the time this song was popular.
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Could this be the magic of man?
Could this be the magic at last?
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Could this be the magic, Aladdin?
Could this be the magic at last?
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Could this be the marriage at last?
Could this be the magic at last?
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Sweet molasses angel of my lifetime
Sweet Melissa angel of my lifetime
 
"Could It Be Magic" (MP3) 
Sweet molasses
Angel of my lifeline
A**hole to all a**holes I could find
Sweet Melissa
Angel of my lifetime
Answer to all answers I could find
 
But it's gameday, if you wanna believe
But it's daybreak, if you wanna believe
 
It was date rape
It was daybreak
 
It wasn't date rape, but the jury believed 
That it was date rape, ain't no time to grieve 
She said it's date rape, now I'm in custody
But it's daybreak, if you wanna believe 
It can be daybreak, ain't no time to grieve 
Said it's daybreak, if you'll only believe
 
"Home for the Holidays"
Transylvania and some homely pumpkin pie
Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie
 
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You"
Nursery
No, siree
 
"I Made It Through The Rain" (MP3) 
We friends are hard to find.
When friends are hard to find
 
"I Made It Through the Rain" (MP3) 
I made a new beret
I made it through the rain
 
"I Made It Through the Rain" (MP3) 
I made it through Lorraine
I made it through the rain
 
"I Made It Through the Rain" (MP3) 
I made it to the lake
I made it through the rain
 
"I Made It Through the Rain" (MP3) 
I made it to the range
I made it through the rain
 
"I Write The Songs" (MP3) 
I smite the ones that make the others ming.
I write the songs that make the whole world sing.
 
"I Write The Songs" (MP3) 
I write the songs of love and skrittish or skray.
I write the songs of love and special things.
 
"I Write The Songs" (MP3) 
I'm Gilligan even though I'm very old
I'm young again even though I'm very old
 
"I Write The Songs" (MP3) 
My whole life's deep within you
My home lies deep within you
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
Even though I'm Billy Joel
Even though I'm very old
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
I am using
I am music
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
I like the songs that make the whole world sing
I like the songs of love and special things
I like the songs that make the young girls cry
I like the songs, I like the songs
I write the songs that make the whole world sing
I write the songs of love and special things
I write the songs that make the young girls cry
I write the songs, I write the songs
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
I ride with thongs and make the whole world sing.
I write the songs that make the whole world sing.
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
I write the songs of love and Scottish things.
I write the songs of love and special things.
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
I've been alright forever
I've been alive forever
 
"I Write the Songs" (MP3) 
Music fills your car
Music fills your heart
 
"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"
I'm not talking 'bout the linen
 And I don't want to change your mind.
I'm not talking 'bout moving in
 And I don't wanna change your life.
 
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"
I'm not talkin' 'bout my linen
 And I don't wanna change your light.
I'm not talking 'bout moving in
 And I don't wanna change your life.
 
"If I Can Dream"
He F***ing talk,
 He F***ing stand,
 He F***ing walk
If I can talk
 If I can stand
 If I can walk
It's actually the backing singers that sound like they're singing this, not Barry himself.
 
From Boston to Denver
 And Denver down in between
From Boston to Denver
 And every town in between
 
Got busted in Denver
From Boston to Denver
 
True blue Spaghetti-O's miracle
 or
 True blue insecticide miracle
True blue spectacle miracle
 
But now I'm alone again
But now that I'm home again
 
Got busted in Denver, 
and never had time to flee
From Boston to Denver, 
and every town in between
 
Now you're hearing my arms all around you
And baby they'll be dancing Meryl Streep
Now you're here in my arms all around you
And baby they'll be dancing in the street
 
Oh, what a believer I've been,
the cities and towns I've been in
You wouldn't believe where I've been,
the cities and towns I've been in
 
The people they all look ashamed
The people they all look the same
 
The people they all look insane
The people they all look the same
 
From Brooklyn to Denver
From Boston to Denver
 
"Jump Shout Boogie" (MP3) 
Sure you're talkin' to me now.
Slip the talcum to me, Malcolm.
 
"Jump Shout Boogie" (MP3) 
The boggie-woggie penis is what I'm talking about.
 or
 The boggie-woggie beat is what I'm talking about.
The boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about.
 
"Jump Shout Boogie" (MP3) 
The boogie-woogie peanut butter talking about.
The boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about.
 
"Jump Shout Boogie" (MP3) 
Well not too long ago in 1944 when every mother's son was going off the wall
Well not too long ago in 1944 when every mother's son was going off to war
 
"Jump Shout Boogie" (MP3) 
You could pull a switcharoonie if your pants fell down
You could pull a switcharoonie if you felt low down
 
"Keep Each Other Warm"
Come sail into my arms, 
the harp of my heart
Come sail into my arms, 
the harbor of my heart
 
"Let's Hang On"
Hey-O, hey-O, hey-O
Hang on, hang on, hang on
 
"Lonely Together"
Wouldn't it be fine living in Longleat together?
Wouldn't it be fine being lonely together?
 
"Look Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like tomatoes
Looks like we made it.
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
And aw, like a taste of love 
 The way we made it.
And all I could taste was love 
 The way we made it.
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Let me general the way 
 To another love.
Left each other on the way 
 To another love.
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like Van Halen
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like a G rating
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like a lady
 or 
Look like a lady
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like a lady
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like a potato.
Looks like we made it.
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like it's raining
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like tomatoes
Looks like we made it
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like we made it. 
Laughed each other all the way to another song
Looks like we made it. 
Left each other on the way to another love
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
Looks like we made it.
 Left each other on the way to Annapolis.
Looks like we made it.
 Left each other on the way to another love.
 
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like we mated.
Looks like we made it.
 
"Looks Like We Made It" (MP3) 
There you are, lookin' just the same as you did last time I sucked you
There you are, lookin' just the same as you did last time I touched you
 
Caught into a whirl, it's uphill climbing. 
The tears are in my eyes and nothin' is timing.
Caught up in a world of uphill climbing. 
The tears are in my mind and nothin' is rhyming.
 
Caught up in a whirl of uphill climbin'
 Tears I realize and nothin' is private.
Caught up in a world of uphiil climbing
 The tears are in my mind and nothin' is rhyming.
 
Looking in their eyes, I see a mermaid
Looking in their eyes, I see a memory
 
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
 
Oh Mandy
 Well, you came and you gave
Well, I'll take it.
Oh Mandy
 Well, you came and you gave without taking.
 
Oh, Mandy
 You came and you're gay and that's faking.
Oh, Mandy
 Well you came and you gave without taking.
 
Oh, Mandy
 You came and you're great without faking.
Oh, Mandy
 Well you came and you gave without taking.
 
Oh, Mandy
 Well, you came and you gave what I've taken.
Oh Mandy
 Well, you came and you gave without taking.
 
Old Man, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'
 
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaming.
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
 
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
 
You kissed me and stopped me from shavin'
You kissed me and stopped me from shakin'
 
You kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
You kissed me and stopped me from shaking.
 
"Memory (from 'Cats')"
When the dog comes, tonight will be a memory, too.
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too.
 
"New York City Rhythm" (MP3) 
I said, "New York!"
Nueva York
Nueva York is Spanish for New York.
 
"Oh Julie"
'cause I want you lonely
'cause I want you only
 
"Read 'em and Weep" (MP3) 
And everything's great
And everything's blank
 
"Read 'em and Weep" (MP3) 
Be there a week
Read 'em and weep
 
"Read 'em and Weep" (MP3) 
If I could only find the boys that would speak
If I could only find a voice I would speak
 
"Read 'em and Weep" (MP3) 
It's running silently angry and deep
It's running silent and angry and deep
 
"Ready to Take a Chance Again" (MP3) 
But not fare thee well
But not very well
 
"Ready to Take a Chance Again" (MP3) 
No jokes, no surprises
No jolts, no surprises
 
"Ready to Take a Chance Again" (MP3) 
You remind me I live on a shelf
You remind me I live in a shell
 
"She's A Star"
God inspired the microphone
A goddess by the microphone
 
Like two ships that crash in the night
Like those ships that pass in the night
 
Like two shits that pass in the night
Like two ships that pass in the night
 
Microchips that pass in the night.
Like two ships that pass in the night.
 
We only read you when you're right
We only read you when you write
 
We're still here
 Peaches and queer, out of sight.
We're still here
 It's just that we're out of sight.
 
"Some Kind of Friend" (MP3) 
Got your Mazda running built for two
Got your Maserati built for two
 
"Something's Comin' Up" (MP3) 
If you were in my blood
There's fury in my blood
 
"Somewhere Down the Road" (MP3) 
Those drinks of yours
Those dreams of yours
 
"Somewhere in the Night" (MP3) 
Everything lovers canoe
Everything lovers can know
 
"Somewhere in the Night" (MP3) 
Honalee
 or 
Harmony
Come with me
 
"Somewhere in the Night" (MP3) 
Music too magic to win
Music too magic to end
 
"This One's For You" (MP3) 
I've done a hundred Zonks
I've done a hundred songs
 
"This One's For You" (MP3) 
This one will make a sale
This one will never sell
 
"Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" (MP3) 
Doctor, my Walter
Doctor, my woman
 
"Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" (MP3) 
It seemed to disappear as fast it can
It seemed to disappear as fast as it came
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
So are things so bad?
So Earth ain't so bad.
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
Thoughts of me holding you, 
bring in a sneer
Thoughts of me holding you, 
bringing us near
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
Thoughts of me, hold in you, bringing us near.
But thoughts of me, holding you, bringing us near.
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
Time in the airplane took me away
To long rocky beaches and you by the bay
Time in New England took me away
To long rocky beaches and you by the bay
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
Time in the winged plane
To long rocky beaches and you by the bay
Time in New England took me away
To long rocky beaches and you by the bay
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
To long rocky binges
To long rocky beaches
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
To long rotten beaches,
and you by the bay
To long rocky beaches,
and you by the bay
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
To long rotten peaches
 And you by the bay.
To long rocky beaches
 And you by the bay.
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
When will I ride me?
When will our eyes meet?
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
When will I rise me?
When will our eyes meet?
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
When will I write me?
When will our eyes meet?
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
When will arise me
When will our eyes meet
 
"Weekend In New England" (MP3) 
When will this strong girl relent?
When will this strong yearning end?
 
"Weekend in New England" (MP3) 
I feel brave and dairy
I feel brave and daring
 
"Weekend in New England" (MP3) 
When will this strong gurning end?
When will this strong yearning end?
 
"When October Goes" (MP3) 
When October grows
When October goes
 
"You're My Only Girl (Jenny)" (MP3) 
How could I let you live?
How could I let you leave?