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THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER lyrics : "It's Not The Spotlight"

(Gerry Goffin/Barry Goldberg)
If I ever feel the light again
Shinin' down on me

I don't have to tell you
How welcome it will be
I felt the light before

But I let it slip away
I still keep on believin'
It'll come back someday


It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight

And it ain't the streetlight
Of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moonlight

Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean


Sometimes I try to tell myself
"You know the light was never real" -

A fantasy that used to be the way I used to feel
But you and I know better now
Even though it's been so long

If your memory really serves you well
You'd never tell me I'm wrong


It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight
And it ain't the streetlight

Of some old street of dreams (no - no)
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight

But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean


If I ever feel the light again
you know things will have to change
Names and faces, homes and places

Will have to be re-arranged
And you can help me come about
If you're ever so inclined

Ain't no rhyme or reason
A woman can't change her mind


It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight
And it ain't the streetlight

Of some old street of dreams (no - no)
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight

But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean


[Repeat]

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