Barbra Streisand - Release Me 2 Album Lyrics

---

Be Aware

When the sun is warm where you are
And it's comfortable and safe where you are
Well it's not exactly that way, all over

And somewhere in the world
Someone is cold, be aware
And while you're feeling young
Someone is old, be aware

And while your stomach's full
Somewhere in this world
Someone is hungry
When there is so much, should anyone be hungry?

When there's laughter all around me
And my family and friends surround me
If I seem to be forgetful, remind me

That somewhere in the world
People are weak, be aware
And while you speak your mind
Others can't speak, be aware

And while your children sleep
Somewhere in this world
A child is homeless
When there is so much, should any child be homeless?

Oh no, not even one child
Be aware

---

You Light Up My Life

You light up my life like sunshine in the morning
You make me believe that anything is possible
Mmm, I didn't have a dream to my name
Darkness was mine, oh, it was such a shame
But you came to light up my life
You brought me faith, and hope, and love, and light

With your tender smile
You brought me to the promise
Of life outside a world of nine-to-five and Sunday
Oh, I didn't know how rich I could be
Oh, until you gave, you gave your love to me, baby
You light up my life
You give me faith, and hope, and love, and light

You brought your sweet understanding
Like sunrays in my hazy sky
If you hadn't opened up my eyes
Love would have passed me right on by, right on by

Oh baby, you light up my life like sunshine in the morning
You make me believe that anything, anything is possible
Mmm, I never knew how good I could feel
Loving you's left me with nothing to conceal, baby

You really light up my life
You give me faith, and hope, and love, and light
You give me faith
You give me hope
You give me love, and light

---

I'd Want It To Be You

Time has a way of changing everything
That goes for almost anything but us
Always have and I always will remain
Words from a heart that you can trust

While others come and go
You can always know
I'm here for you
Whenever you might need me

Sometimes if you're lucky
You find that certain someone
You can always count on to be true (to be true)
If I had the choice of only one friend in this world
You know that I'd want it to be you

You're still kinda crazy after all these years
You'll always be that funny girl to me (aw, thanks, Willie)
Season to season, we'll always have a reason
To be the best of friends that we can be

Someone you can turn to (I'll turn to you)
Every minute of the day
Warm memories to hold on to
That will never fade away

Sometimes if you're lucky
You find that certain someone
You can always count on to be true
If I had the choice of only one friend in this world (one friend in this world)
You know that I'd want it to be you

You're like a sweet familiar song
A good book when I'm alone
A cup of coffee when I'm cold
A country road that leads me home

Oh, you know that sometimes if you're lucky
You find that certain someone
You can always count on to be true (to be true)
If I had the choice of only one friend in this world
You know that I'd want it to be you (I'd want it to be you)

When I get on the road again
You'll be always on my mind
We'll stay the way we were forever true
There's no one in this world that's been
A better friend to me than you
Can I ride on your bus sometime, Willie?
Come on, Barb, let's get on this bus

---

Sweet Forgiveness

4 AM, another sleepless night
Each weary word I write, a tear on the page
Here I am, asking myself again
Why does this love we're in stay just out of reach?

Tell me why we never get the balance
Just exactly right, we scream across the distance
From our separate sides
And wonder, when did passion turn to pride?

You and I
Two lives, one heart
Believing every day
Will be the day when sweet forgiveness starts

I need you to let me stand alone
To call my life my own, yet stand by my side
I know I don't let you know enough
Don't let love show enough, don't let you be strong

Oh, tell me why we never get surrender
Just exactly right, we never can remember
There's another side
That lies between the passion and the pride

You and I
Two lives, one heart
One leap of faith away
We stay until the sweet forgiveness starts

Walls, we built these very walls
Where my shadow falls alone
And doors, between my life and yours
Open them before everything is gone
Sweet forgiveness, touch me before dawn

You and I
Two lives, one heart
We keep the dream alive
Surviving 'til the sweet forgiveness starts

---

Living Without You

The milk truck hauls the sun up
The paper hits the door
The subway shakes my floor
And I think about you

Time to face the dawning gray
Of another lonely day
Baby, it's so hard living without you

Yes, it's so hard
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard living without you

Everyone's got something
They're out trying to get some more
They got something to get up for
But I ain't about to

Nothing's gonna happen
Nothing's gonna change
Baby, it's so hard living without you

Yes, it's so hard
It's so hard
Baby, it's so hard living without you

---

One Day (A Prayer)

One day the fields will be greener
One day the skies will be bluer
One day the rivers will be bright silver ribbons
Running 'round the hills, quiet hills

You'll see, one day
The rains will be softer
One day, the winds will be sweeter
Sweeter than springtime
And a whisper of lilac, apple, pine and pear
Will fill the air

And one day
A child full of wonder
Won't fear the dark sound of thunder
No dreams of danger
When a soldier's a stranger from a distant time, distant world

On that morning you stand
With tomorrow safe in your hand
That will be the day

---

Rainbow Connection

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions
But only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide
So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that
And someone believed it
And look what it's done so far
What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me

All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic

Have you been half asleep
And have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same
I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers (the lovers), the dreamers (the dreamers) and me

Ba-da-da-di, da-da-di
Ba-da-da-da-di-da-ooh

---

Right as the Rain

Right as the rain
That falls from above
So real, so right is our love
It came like the spring
That breaks through the snow
I can't say what it may bring
I only know
I only know

It's right to believe
Whatever gave your eyes this glow
Whatever gave my heart this song
Can't be wrong

It's right as the rain
That falls from above
And fills the world
With a bloom of our love
As rain must fall
And day must dawn
This love
This love
Must go on

---

If Only You Were Mine

A one and a two

Sounds like singing in the rain kinda thing

There will be times
When you and I may come together
Somewhere in some crowded room
I know we will
And all my feelings show

Can this be love to me, some destiny
'Cause that's what gets you high
Could we unite, late at night?
It's all so lonely
If only you were mine

Life has a way of changing all your plans
Without you understanding
What if I could choose the games that we could play
Baby, it's not too late
Don't make me wait
I've seen it all
I'm searching for that sign
If only you were mine

(I like your bomps)

I want my life to be
Just you and me
To have your love
To be the first in line
If you were mine

If only you were mine
(Now we're talking)

---

Once You've Been In Love

Once you awake in someone's arms
Once you have shared the dawn
Once you have seen the face of love
Flown the space of love
You're someone else forever

Once you have dreamed in someone's arms
How can you dream alone?
Once you have known the joys of time, smiles of time
Can you walk alone across the miles of time?

After you've heard the song of songs
What other song will do?
After your eyes are dazzled by the summer sunlight
Oh, how long before they grow accustomed to the dark of winter?

Once I belonged in someone's arms
I never felt the cold
And once I believed in someone's arms
That they would always hold me

Once I was sure how real it was
Now I try to pretend it never was
I long to forget it ever was

But with so many memories, where do you begin?
Once you've been in love