HERE'S MY HEART

I always thought I'd be prepared
But love just caught me unaware
You said the words and I believed
I fell so hard, I fell so deep

Love can't hide, though it tries
Hearts catch fire, so has mine
Here's My Heart

So true love triumphs once again
It always makes it in the end
And if you let the heart run free
It will return faithfully

Love can't hide, though it tries
Hearts catch fire, all the time
Helpless love walks the line
Hearts catch fire, the hour is fine
Here's My Heart

Ooh, Ooh

Love can't hide, though it tries
Hearts catch fire, all the time
Helpless love walks the line
Hearts catch fire, so has mine

Here's My Heart
Here's My Heart
Here's My Heart
Here's My Heart

Ooh... Hey, Hey, Hey

From the movie soundtrack "Metropolis" (1984)
Music composed by: Giorgio Moroder
Lyrics by Pete Bellotte
Produced by Neil Geraldo, Peter Coleman, and Giorgio Moroder
Time: 4:54
@Copyright 1984 by GMPC (ASCAP)
Song lyrics checked for accuracy against album sleeve.

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SOMETIMES THE GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST

Small town boy, so clean he squeaks
Dressed and polished for the big time dreams
Got a letter from his ma, and a boyish grin
Close his eyes one minute, and it'll lead him to the win, Yeah

You know there's nothin' like heaven that won't get you back
To you get your ass in gear, and your mind on track
When wheels start turnin', things start to fall into place
You'll be suprised what you can do and some talents all it takes
Yeah

Chorus:

Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First
Sometimes your best is all it takes
You know that, Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First
Sometimes The Good Guys, Finish First

Back on logic, turn your head around
Use the front door and avoid the crowds
They'll be tryin' to tell you that it can't be done
Cause the big boys on their own gave us half the fun, hey hey

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

The Good Guys, the Good Guys, the Good Guys, Finish First

(Chorus)

Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First
Walkin' a straight line in reverse
You know that, Sometimes The Good Guys Finish First
Sometimes The Good Guys, Finish First

(Chorus)

From the movie soundtrack "The Secret Of My Success" (1987)
Written by: Pat Giraldo, Holly Knight & Khris McDaniels
Produced by Neil Geraldo
@Copyright - 1987 by Universal Studio/MCA Records, Inc.
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy

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SHOOTING STAR

Description: Man loves woman. Man marries woman. Man and woman have children. Man leaves woman in search of self. Man realizes how important woman is and returns.

He was crazy of course
From the first she must have known it
But still she went on with him
And she never once had shown it
And she took him off the streets
And she dried his tears of grievin'g
She listened to his visions
She believed in his believin'

Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy, holy...

He was dancin' to some music
No one else had ever heard
He'd speak in unknown languages
She'd translate every word
And when the world was laughing
At his castles in the sky
She'd hold him in her body
And he once again would fly

Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy, holy...

But she gave him a daughter
And she gave him a son
She was a mother, and a wife,
And a lover when the day was done
Well, he was too far gone for giving love
What he'd offer in its stead
Was the knowledge she was the only thing
That was not in his head

He took off East one morning
In the rising sun's red glow
She knew he was going nowhere
But of course she let him go
As she stood and watched him dwindle
Much too empty to be sad
He reappeared beside her and said,
"You're all I've ever had"

Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy
Ah, he was the sun burning bright and brittle
And she was the moon shining back his light a little
He was a shooting star
She was softer and more slowly
He could not make things possible
But, she could make them holy
Holy...

From the album "Harry Chapin Tribute" (1990)
Written by: Harry Chapin
Produced, arranged and conducted by Stephen Chapin
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy

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JIMMY SAYS

Trying to make up my own mind
Got my own direction to find!
Yeah, I know Jimmy's cool and everyone at school
Usually does what Jimmy does, without thinking - just because

Jimmy says, "Try this.."
Jimmy says, "Try this.."
I say, "I don't need it!"
Jimmy says, "Try this.."
Jimmy says, "Try this.."
I say, "I don't need it!"

Sometimes it's just no fun
To feel like you're the only one
Who doesn't go along, when things seem wrong
But they're not my friends if they don't see
That I don't like people pushing me!

Hey man, what's the matter with you?
Oh, come on! Everybody's going!
Chicken!
Nobody's gonna know!
What are you, scared?
Everybody does it! Come on!

I might hang out with Jim
But I don't need to be just like him
Got to listen to myself
Cause you can't let someone else
Always make your move for you!
Got to find out what you want to do!

Jimmy says, "Try this.."
Come on and try this!
I say, "I don't need it!"
Jimmy says, "Come on, try this.."
I say, "I don't need it!"
Oh Jimmy, Jimmy

From the album "Free To Be A Family" (1988)
Marlo Thomas & Friends
Written by: David Buskin & Abra Bigham
Produced by Marlo Thomas and Christopher Cerf
@Copyright - 1987/1988 by Ms. Foundation for Woman, Inc.
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy

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THE EFFECT YOU HAVE ON ME

CHORUS:

I often try to tell my friends
About the Effect You Have On Me
I don't know why, I can't explain
When you are near, my heart is weak
It spins around my head and then
Recalls your fingers down my spine
It goes away, it comes back again
Makes me cry, it makes me shy

You have in your hand my _______ of love
And in your eyes all that I _________
What more could I expect from life
Than your lovin' and tender kiss

And they can talk about paradise
And all the dreams that ought to be
I ________ doubt it could compare to
The Effect You Have On Me
There are no words, no reason why
The tears that sometimes fill my eyes
They're only tears of happiness
It's only fear of losing you

(Repeat Chorus)

Only your voice can bring me peace
Only your touch can bring me joy
What more should I expect from this life
When so many people still search for love

I know I never will explain
This Effect You Have On Me
But if I have on you the same
We'll be in love....eternally

From the CD "Tribute to Edith Piaf" (1993)
Written by: M. Heyral, E. Piaf, C. Severac, S. M. Edgren
Arrangement by Neil Giraldo
Produced by Jacques Arnoul
Additional production by Neil Giraldo Time: 3:16
@Copyright - 1993
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy

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TELL ME WHY

Because God made the stars to shine
Because God made the ivy twine
Because God made the sky's so blue
Because God made you, that's why I love you

Tell me why the stars do shine
Tell me why the ivy twines
Because God made the sky's so blue
Because God made you, that's why I love you

From the album "For Our Children" (1991)
Arranged by: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo
Produced by Neil Giraldo
Time: 2:16
@Copyright - 1991 by Big Tooth & Chrysalis Music
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy

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TEMPTATION

It's just Temptation, Whoa... Temptation
Temptation Whoa... Must be Temptation

Too far to fall but we always do
Though we swore in our hearts to be true
You say that hand that your holdin' feels a little cold sometime
Baby sooner or later, you're gonna find that true love..

Is just like Temptation, Whoa... Temptation
Temptation Whoa... Feels like Temptation
Now listen here... Whoa... Temptation
Whoa... Temptation Whoa....

We want it all and we want it fast
No time to think, no time to ask
But you know that road that we're on don't always lead to happiness
You can count on it baby
It's a pretty good guess now all we got

Is just Temptation, Whoa... Temptation
Temptation Whoa... Feels like Temptation
Temptation Whoa... Looks like Temptation
Temptation -- Must be Temptation Yeah

From the B Side of the single "Somebody's Baby"
Written by: N. Giraldo, P. Giraldo & M. Grombacher Time: 3:28
@Copyright - 1992 by Spyder-Mae's, Lucky L, Big Tooth, Chrysalis
& Tyreach Music
Song lyrics have not been checked for accuracy