Description

A 45″ vinyl disk produced in 1983 from Barry Manilow

Side A : Read ‘Em and Weep
Side B: One Voice
Producer: Jim Steinman, Barry Manilow
Year: 1983
Serial number: ARIST551
Weight: 45″

 

A side lyrics:

I’ve been trying for hours just
to think of what exactly to say.
I thought I’d leave you with
a letter or a fiery speech
like when an actor makes an
exit at the end of a play.

And I’ve been dying for hours trying to
fill up all the holes with some sense.
I’d like to know why you gave
up and you threw it away,
I’d like to give you all the
reasons and what everything meant.

Well, I could tell you “goodbye”
or maybe “See you around”,
with just a touch of
a sarcastic “thanks”!
We started out with a bang
and at the top of the world,
Now the guns are exhausted
and the bullets are blanks.
And everything’s blank!

If I could only find the words
then I would write it all down,
If I could only find a
voice I would speak.
Oh, it’s there in my eyes, oh,
can’t you see me tonight —
Come on and look at me
and read ’em and weep!

I’ve been whispering softly, trying
to build a cry up into a scream.
We let the past slip away,
and put the future on hold,
Now the present is nothing
but a hollowed-out dream.

And I’ve been dreaming forever hoping
something would eventually come.
I saw your eyes in the dark,
I felt your kiss on my lips,
I traced your body in the air
until the bodies were numb.

Well, I could tell you “good-bye”
or maybe “See you around”,
With just a touch of
a sarcastic “thanks”!
But now the rooms are all
empty, the candles are dark,
The guns are exhausted and the bullets
are blanks. And everything’s blank!

Oh, it’s there in my eyes and
coming straight from my heart,
It’s running silent and angry and deep!
Oh, it’s there in my eyes
and it’s all I can say,
Come on and 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)
And all those promises we promised
to keep, they won’t be kept anymore!

(Read ’em and weep) – for the
magic that our bodies had made,
(Read ’em and weep) – for
the love that we lost.

And all the secrets that
we somehow betrayed,
For whatever the cost!
for the memories still alive in the bed,
(Read ’em and weep) – for
the lies we believed
And all the things that
will have never been said,
Why don’t you look at me
and read ’em and weep!
Come on and look at
me and read ’em . . .

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!