One voice singing in the darkness   All it takes is one voice   Singing so they hear what's on your mind   And when you look around you'll find   There's more than one voice singing in the darkness   Joining with that one voice   Each and every note another octave   Hands are joined and fears unlocked   If only one voice should start it on it's own   We need just one voice facing the unknown   And then that one voice would never be alone   It takes that one voice         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 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            And maybe the old songs will bring back the old times    Maybe the old lines will sound new    Maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder    Maybe old feelings will come through    Maybe we'll start to cry and wonder why we ever walked away    Maybe the old songs will bring back the old times and make her wanna stay            We're goin' hoppin' (Hop)    we're goin' hoppin' today    where things are poppin' (Pop)    the Philadelphia way    we're gonna drop in (Drop)    on all the music they play    on the Bandstand (Bandstand)    We're goin' swingin' (Swing)    we're gonna swingin' the crowd    and we'll be clingin' (Cling)    and floatin' high as a cloud    The phones are ringin' (Ring)    My mom and dad are so proud    I'm on Bandstand (Bandstand)    And I'll jump, and hey, I may even show 'em my handstand    because I'm on, because I'm on the American Bandstand    when we dance real slow I'll show all the guys in the grandstand    what a swinger I am, I am on American Bandstand          I don't want to walk without you baby      I don't want to walk without you, Baby   Walk without my arm about you, Baby      Oh, Baby, please come back or you'll break my heart for me   'Cause I don't want to walk without you   No, siree            Last night, I waved goodbye, now it seems years   I'm back in the city, where nothin' is clear   But thoughts of me, holdin' you, bringin' us near    And tell me   When will our eyes meet?   When can I touch you?   When will this strong yearnin' end?   And when will I hold you again?            Even now when I never hear your name   And the world has changed so much since you've been gone   Even now I still remember and the feeling's still the same   And this 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 shinin' through   I swear I think of you and God, I wish you knew   Somehow, Somehow            I saw you at the Beechwood Cafe   You looked at me and then you looked away   That was some kind   Some kind of friend you turned out to be   You said you had places that you had to be   Now who is gonna be there for me   That was some kind   Some kind of friend you turned out to be   Lady that was some kind   Some kind of friend you turned out to be   Baby that was some kind   Some kind of friend you turned out to be      (City rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo, city rhythm, oo)      When my heart (city rhythm) is torn apart (oo)   By the love I wish I had   Well, I spend my (city rhythm) nights in the city's lights (oo)   And things don't seem so bad   Ya know the movement seems to soothe me   And the tempo takes control   And I lose my blues   When the New York City rhythm fills my soul   It's the New York City rhythm runnin' though life (city rhythm)   The poundin' beat of the city streets that keeps my dreams alive      I'm lost (I'm lost), I'm found (I'm found)   I'm up (I'm up), I'm down, (I'm down) but somehow I survive   It's got to be the New York City rhythm in my life   Oh, it's got to be the New York City rhythm in my life, in my life            At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)   The hottest spot north of Havana (here)   At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana   Music and passion were always the fashion   At the Copa....they fell in love            If I could find the words then I would write it all down   If I could only find a voice I would speak   But it's there in my eyes so can't you see me tonight   Come on and look at me and read 'em and weep      It's there in my eyes and coming straight from my heart   It's running silent and angry and deep   It's there in my eyes and it's all I can say   Come on look at me and read 'em and weep      Read 'em and weep - for all the hours we'll be spending alone   Read 'em and weep - for the dreams we'll ignore   Running silent and deep   For all those promises we promised to keep      Why don't you look at me and read 'em and weep   Why don't you look at me and read 'em             When I wanted you I needed you   And I still can't bring myself to say I'm over you   When I gave you time to make up your mind   You turned you back on me   And now I turn my back on you            But somewhere down the road   Our roads are gonna cross again   It doesn't really matter when   But somewhere down the road   I know that heart of yours will come to see   That you belong with me            This one's for you wherever you are   To say that nothin's been the same since we've been apart Oh-uh-oh   This one's for all the love we once knew   Like everything else I have, this one's for you            Doctor, my woman is comin' back home late today   Coudja maybe give me somethin' ?   'cause the feeling is gone and I must get it back right away   Before she sees that   I've been up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again   All around, tryin' to get the feeling again   The one that made me shiver   Made my knees start to quiver   Every time she walked in      And I've looked high (high), low (low)   Everywhere I possibly can (high)   But there's no (no) tryin' to get the feelin' again   It seemed to disappear as fast as it came      I've been up, down, tryin' to get the feeling again            And I'm ready to take a chance again   Ready to put my love on the line with you   Been livin' with nothing for show for it   You get what you get when you go for it   And I'm ready to take a chance again with you            Let's hang on to what we got   Don't let go girl, we got a lot   Got a lot of love between us   Hang on, hang on, hang on            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   Closin' our eyes and feelin' alive   We'll just go on burnin' bright   Somewhere in the night            Baby, I love you, come, come, come into my arms   Let me know the wonder of all of you   Baby, I want you now, now, now, and hold on fast   Could this be the magic at last?            We dreamers have our ways   Of facing rainy days   And somehow we survive   We keep the feelings warm   Protect them from the storm   Until our time arrives   Then one day the sun appears   And we come shining through those lonely years   I made it through the rain   I kept my world protected   I made it throught the rain   I kept my point of view   I made it through the rain   And found myself respected   By the others who   Got rained on too   And made it through            Looks like we made it      Looks like we made it            I'm singin' to the world, it's time we let the spirit come in   Let it come on in   I'm singin' to the world, everybody's caught in the spin   Look at where we've been   We've been runnin' around, year after year   Blinded with pride, blinded with fear   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   And let it shine, shine, shine   All around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing)            It's from me it's for you   It's from you, it's for me   It's a worldwide symphony      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