I'll need time to get you off my mind And I may sometimes bother you Try to be in touch with you Even ask too much of you from time to time Now and then, Lord ya know I'm gonna need a friend 'Til I get used to losing you Let me keep on using you 'Til I can make it on my own I'll get by but no matter how I try There'll be times you know I'll call Chances are my tears will fall And I'll have no pride at all from time to time But they say, oh there'll be a brighter day That's all I mean to do 'Til I can make it on my own Surely someday I'll wake up and see the mornin' sun Without another lonely night behind me Then I'll know I'm over you and all my cryin's done No more hurtin' memories can find me But 'til then, Lord ya know I'm gonna need a friend 'Til I get used to losing you Let me keep on using you 'Til I can make it on my own 'Til I can make it on my own

This next song is for my father Bob And he thought he was Italian All he listened to was the opera And his son grew up and wanted to live the opera Tough, you think you've got the stuff You're telling me and anyone You're hard enough You don't have to put up a fight You don't have to always be right Let me take some of the punches For you tonight Listen to me now I need to let you know You don't have to go it alone And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you when I don't pick up the phone Sometimes you can't make it on your own We fight all the time You and I, that's alright We're the same soul I don't need, I don't need to hear you say That if we weren't so alike You'd like me a whole lot more Listen to me now I need to let you know You don't have to go it alone And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you when I don't pick up the phone Sometimes you can't make it on your own Yeah, yeah, yeah I know that we don't talk I'm sick of it all But can you hear me when I Sing, you're the reason I sing You're the reason why the opera is in me Where are we now?* Still got to let you know A house still don't make a home Don't leave me here alone And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you that makes it hard to let go Sometimes you can't make it on your own Sometimes you can't make it The best you can do is to fake it Sometimes you can't make it on your own Vidi o mare quant'è bello Spriri tantu sentimento Guardo, guardo, cielo, cielo

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they're here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly I'm not half the girl I used to be There's a shadow hanging over me For yesterday came suddenly Why did he have to go? I don't know he wouldn't say I said something wrong now I long for yesterday Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away Oh, I believe in yesterday, I believe in yesterday

I'll have a blue Christmas without you I'll be so blue thinking about you Decorations of red on a green Christmas tree Won't mean a thing, dear, if you're not here with me I'll have a blue Christmas, that's certain And when that blue heartache starts hurtin' You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas You'll be doing all right with your Christmas of white But I'll have a blue, blue Christmas

Well, he said, "Hold on, Patricia I only tried to kiss ya" She said, "Okay," and then said, "Don't you dare" She seems so badly shaken He thought he was mistaken But it sure looked like she bowed her head in prayer I am a Christian, Lord But I'm a woman too If you are listening, Lord Please show me what to do I'm trying hard to be what mama says is good As I slip into my womanhood Shortly after midnight She turned off the porch light Walked into her bedroom all alone She sat down and said "Well, Lord God, I've been through hell, Lord Wondering if I did right or wrong" I am a Christian, Lord But I'm a woman too If you are listening, Lord Please show me what to do I'm trying hard to be what mama says is good As I slip into my womanhood One more time You heard, yes, I am a Christian, Lord But I'm a woman too If you are listening, Lord Please show me what to do I'm trying hard to be what mama says is good As I slip into my womanhood Slowly slip into my womanhood Slowly slip into my womanhood

Just follow the stairway To this lonely world of mine You'll find me waiting here In apartment number nine Not so very long ago You walked away from me And after all the plans we made You decided to be free Loneliness surrounds me Without your arms around me And the sun will never shine In apartment number nine I keep waiting in this lonely room Just incase you change your mind You'll find me waiting here In apartment number nine Loneliness surrounds me Without your arms around me And the sun will never shine In apartment number nine No, the sun will never shine In apartment number nine

So we meet again How long has it been? Sure, I still think of you Every now and then. My, you're lookin' good Somehow I knew that you still would Lord, I'm missin' you right now More than I ever thought I could. And I almost forgot how much I missed you Seein' you has torn me all apart Yes, I almost forgot how much I missed you 'Til your memory reminded my heart. Thought love would change in time Out of sight ain't out of mind Oh, but some things never change When it comes to you, I've found. Your eyes are still as blue And you smile the same way, too And now it's all come back to me Why I love you like I do. And I almost forgot how much I missed you Seein' you has torn me all apart Yes, I almost forgot how much I missed you 'Til your memory reminded my heart. 'Til your memory reminded my heart.

Today's the day You're telling him That he's got to set you free And that being One man's woman Brings you down But before You throw away What you think you don't want today Don't give it up For the new life That you've found Run woman run Go back to him and fix things up the very best you can Tell him you missed him while you were gone Run woman run back to your man You're a young girl So understand It's so hard to find a man Who comes home every night To only you You may not find True love again So go home while you still can And find a way to work it out With your man Run woman run Go back to him and fix things up the very best you can Tell him you missed him while you were gone Run woman run back to your man Run woman run back to your man