1.

(# 38 pop hit)

I'm A Better Man

Hal David - Burt Bacharach

© New Hidden Valley Music, ASCAP

If I could catch a star before it touched the ground
I'd place it in a box tie ribbons all around
And then I'd offer it to you
A token of my love and deep devotion

The world's a better place
With you to turn to
I'm a better man
For having loved you

And now at last I face the future unafraid
With you here by my side how fast the shadows fade
And there is hope inside my heart
Cause I have something wonderful to live for

The world's a better place
With you to turn to
I'm a better man
For having loved you

And as I am today
That's how I'll always stay
A better man for having loved you
A better man for having loved you

The world's a better place
With you to turn to
I'm a better man
For having loved you

And as I am today
That's how I'll always stay
A better man for having loved you
A better man for having loved you

If I could catch a star before it touched the ground
I'd place it in a box tie ribbons all around
And then I'd offer it to you
A token of my love and deep devotion

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2.

Gentle On My Mind

John Hartford

© Glaser Pub, BMI

It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled by forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing or forgiving
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're moving on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's crying to her mother cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And a summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurgling crackling caldron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waitin' from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Ever smiling ever gentle on my mind

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3.

Love Letters

Edward Heyman - Victor Young

© Famous Music, ASCAP

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write

I memorize every line
I kiss the name that you sign
And darlin' then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart

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4.

A Time For Us (Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet)

Larry Kusik - Eddie Snyder - Nino Rota

© Famous Music, ASCAP

A time for us someday there'll be
When chains are torn by courage born
of a love that's free
A time when dreams so long denied
Can flourish
As we unveil the love we now must hide

A time for us at last to see
A life worthwhile for you and me

And with our love through tears and thorns
We will endure
As we pass surely through every storm
A time for us someday there'll be
A new world
A world of shining hope for you and me

And with our love through tears and thorns
We will endure
As we pass surely through every storm
A time for us someday there'll be
A new world
A world of shining hope for you and me
A world of shining hope for you and me

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5.

Didn't We

Jim Webb

© Ja-Ma Music, BMI

This time we almost made the pieces fit
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made some sense of it
Didn't We girl
This time I had the answer right here in my hand
Then I touched it and it had turned to sand
This time we almost sang our song in tune
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made it to the moon oh
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made our poem rhyme
This time we almost made that long hard climb
Didn't We almost make it this time

This time we almost made the pieces fit
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made some sense of it
Didn't We girl
This time I had the answer right here in my hand
Then I touched it and it had turned to sand
This time we almost sang our song in tune
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made it to the moon oh
Didn't We girl
This time we almost made our poem rhyme
This time we almost made that long hard climb
Didn't We almost make it this time

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6.

I Wish You Love

Albert Beach - Charles Trenet

© Leeds Music, ASCAP

Goodbye no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers ever friends

Goodbye let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say

I wish you bluebirds in the spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss but more than this
I wish you love

And in July a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health and more than wealth
I wish you love

My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best my very best
I set you free

I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all when snowflakes fall
I wish you love

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7.

Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In

Galt McDermot - Gerome Ragni - James Rado

© UA Music, ASCAP

When the Moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love would steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius Aquarius Aquarius

Harmony and understanding sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehood or derision golden living dreams of visions
(Mystic crystal revelation) and the mind's true liberation
Aquarius Aquarius

When the Moon is in the seventh house...

Aquarius Aquarius

Let the sunshine come on and let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
Oh let the sunshine everybody let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in

Oh let the sunshine yeah let the sunshine...
Oh let the sunshine yeah let the sunshine...

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8.

All You've Gotta Do Is Ask (Una Volta Nella Vita)

Jack Fishman - Gualtiero Malgoni

© MCA Music, ASCAP

All you have to do is ask and to you I'll be the past
If I'm given half a chance I will do my best to grand
Although wish is in your heart

If you need some consolation when somebody let you down
without any hesitation at your slightest invitation
I will quickly be around

If there's anything at all that ever hurt you
There is nothing you should fear
So a lot of things in life may disconcert you
I will kiss away your tears

I don't care about the past
From today you're first and last
If you wanna be assured just how much I'm truly yours
All you have to do is ask

If there's anything at all that ever hurt you...
I don't care about the past...

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9.

The Signs Of Love

Herb Rehbein - Bert Kaempfert

© Screen Gems Music, BMI

You hold me in your eyes
In your own special way
I wonder how you know
The things I never say

I can't imagine life
Without you by my side
The power of your love
Is all I need tonight

I know there have been times
That I have caused you pain
I'd turn them all around
If I could start again

There's something I must say
I know it's overdue
The sweetest thing I've known
Forever called my own

Begins and ends with you
How I love you
How I love you
The softness of your lips

The color of your hair
The memory of your touch
Remains when you're not there
The echoes of your laughter

When I'm feeling blue
The meaning of my life
It all begins with you
So come into my arms

Lay down by my side
The moon is always there
To keep our love alight
I've reached so very high

For everything that's mine
And at the top is you
I want you for all time
A dream forever new

How I love you
How I love you
The softness of your lips
The color of your hair

The memory of your touch
Remains when you're not there
The echoes of your laughter
When I'm feeling blue

The meaning of my life
It all begins with you
So come into my arms
Lay down by my side

The moon is always there
To keep our love alight
You know me like a book
You've read a thousand times

We know each other's hearts
We read each other's mind
This feeling's always new

How I love you
How I love you
The softness of your lips
The color of your hair

The memory of your touch
Remains when you're not there
The echoes of your laughter
When I'm feeling blue

The meaning of my life
It all begins with you

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10.

Cafe (Cosa Hai Messo Nel Caffe)

Johnnie Dee - Giancarlo Bigazzi - Riccardo Turco

© MCA Music, ASCAP

It was right here in this cafe
We kissed and said goodbye today
I've known that girl for so long
I hope I'm not doin' wrong

To lose her from my mind somehow
For those she's gone, she haunts me now
I think I should make a start
To put her out of my heart

Give me another glass of wine
To heal this broken heart of mine
And help me ease my achin' mind
Of all the sorrow

For now, the wine's the only way
To help me pass the lonely day
Afraid of sleepless nights
And broken dreams tomorrow

It seems an old familiar score
That girl has left me twice before
Not long ago in my dreams
My dreams have come true, it seems

She'll call me on the phone and then
She'll say she wants me back again
But this time it was the end
Can't stand this game of pretend

Give me another glass of wine
To heal this broken heart of mine
And help me ease my achin' mind
Of all the sorrow

For now, the wine's the only way
To help me pass the lonely day
Afraid of sleepless nights
And broken dreams tomorrow

For now, the wine's the only way
To help me pass the lonely day
Afraid of sleepless nights
And broken dreams tomorrow

It was right here in this cafe
We kissed and said goodbye today

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11.

Let's Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Un Nuovo Mondo)

Daniele Pace - Lorenzo Pilat - Mario Panzeri

© WB Music, ASCAP

Two shadows so close together
In a moment I'm in love with you

What is your answer tell me must I go now
I need you so now don't send me away

Let's kiss tomorrow goodbye
live for this moment
maybe tomorrow
there'll be clouds in the sky

You're in my arms
I know I'll never leave you
so love me tonight
and let's kiss
tomorrow goodbye

These precious hours
we spend together
we'll find paradise
and we shall remember

When time stood still
here as I hold you
so love me tonight
and let's kiss
tomorrow goodbye

You're in my arms
I know I'll never leave you
so love me tonight
and let's kiss
tomorrow goodbye

So love me tonight
and let's kiss
tomorrow goodbye
love me tonight
and let's kiss
tomorrow goodbye

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12.

(# 16 pop hit)

Winter World Of Love

Barry Mason - Les Reed

© Donna Music, ASCAP

My love the days are colder
So let me take your hand
And lead you through a snow white land
Oh oh oh oh

My love the year is older
So let me hold you tight
And while away this winter night
Oh oh

I see the firelight in your eyes
Come kiss me now before it dies
We'll find a winter world of love
Cause love is warmer in December
My darlin' stay here in my arms
Till summer comes along
And in our winter world of love
You'll see we always will remember
That as the snow lay on the ground
We found our winter world of love

Because the nights are longer
We'll have the time to say such tender things
Before each day
Oh oh oh oh

And then when love is stronger
Perhaps you'll give your heart
And promise me we'll never part oh no

And at the end of every year
I'll be so glad to have you near
We'll find a winter world of love
For love is warmer in December
My darlin' stay here in my arms
Till summer comes along
And in our winter world of love
You'll see we always will remember
That as the snow lay on the ground
We found our winter world of love

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