BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY Recorded by Angela Bofill
Did you think that your smile
Could hide what's on your mind?
No matter how I tried
I just couldn't be so blind
We've been close but people grow,
And they sometimes grow apart
There's just one thing I ask you
If you've had a change of heart…
CHORUS:
(And) Break it to me gently,
If you have to, then tell me lies
Break it to me gently,
At least leave me with my pride
Try to spare my feelings
If the feelings have to die
Break it to me gently,
If you have to say goodbye
I'm not ashamed to admit
I really hurt inside
After all these are my feelings,
Why should I make them hide?
But I won't hold you back,
There'll be no pulling on your sleeve
Just let me down easy,
And go softly when you leave…
CHORUS:
(And) Break it to me gently,
If you have to, then tell me lies
Break it to me gently,
At least leave me with my pride
Try to spare my feelings
If the feelings have to die
Break it to me gently,
If you have to say goodbye
You always knew that you had my heart
It's still yours, if you wanna take it
But when you go, as I know you must,
Be gentle with your breaking
CHORUS:
(And) Break it to me gently,
If you have to, then tell me lies
Break it to me gently,
At least leave me with my pride
Trust me and my feelings
If the feelings have to die
Break it to me gently,
If you have to say goodbye
Break it to me gently,
If you have to say goodbye,
Goodbye
BRIDGES Composed and recorded by Milton Nascimento (1968)
I have crossed a thousand bridges
in my search for something real.
There were great suspension bridges,
made like spider webs of steel.
There were tiny wooden trestles,
and there were bridges made of stone.
I have always been a stranger
and I've always been alone.
There's a bridge to tomorrow,
there's a bridge from the past.
There's a bridge made of sorrow
that I pray will not last.
There's a bridge made of colors
in the sky high above
and I think that there must be
bridges made out of love.
I can see her in the distance
on the river's other shore,
and her hands reach out in longing
as my own have done before.
And I call across to tell her
where I believe the bridge must lie,
and I'll find it,
yes, I'll find it,
if I search until I die.
When the bridge is between us,
we'll have nothing to fear.
We will run through the sunlight
and I'll meet her halfway.
There's a bridge made of colors
in the sky high above
and I'm certain that somewhere
there's a bridge made of love
BRIGHT EYES Recorded by Art Garfunkel
Is it a kind of dream
Floating out on the tide
Following the river of death down stream
Or is it a dream
There's a fog along the horizon
A strange glow in the sky
And nobody seems to know where you go
And what does it mean
Ohhh, is it a dream
Bright eyes, burning like fire
Bright eyes, how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale
Bright eyes
Is it a kind of shadow
Reaching into the night
Wandering over the hills unseen
Or is it a dream
There's a high wind in the trees
A cold sound in the air
And nobody ever knows when you go
And where do you start
Ohhhh, into the dark
Bright eyes, burning like fire
Bright eyes, how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale
Bright eyes
Bright eyes, burning like fire
Bright eyes, how can you close and fail
How can the light that burned so brightly
Suddenly burn so pale
Bright eyes
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