Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
The theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week is “smile.”
Couldn’t miss a chance to go back to the 70s, could I? 😀
Originally recorded by The Carpenters and released on their May 1976 album, A Kind of Hush, Can’t Smile Without You was recorded by Barry Manilow in 1977 and released on his 1978 album, Even Now. Manilow also issued the song as a single in 1978 where it reached No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[
Enjoy!
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Can’t Smile Without You
by Barry Manilow
Written by Chris Arnold, David Martin, Geoff Morrow
I can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you’re sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you
And brighten my day
Who would have believed that you where part of a dream
Now it all seems light years away
I can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when your sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew what I’m going through
I just can’t smile
Well, I’m finding it hard leaving your love behind me
I can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel glad when you’re glad
I feel sad when you’re sad
If you only knew what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you
Compiled from Genius Lyrics, YouTube, Wikipedia, and Google.
Felicia Denise, Author 
Nearly went with this myself. Nobody beats Barry when it comes to the big tear-jerkers.
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Love how his songs would crescendo to the ‘big finish!” 😊
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I have heard this song so many times before, but this is the first time that I watched the video. It was pretty cool and I liked the whistling in the beginning.
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This one hits a little too close to home right about now but enjoying it just the same. I am glad you picked it.
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Barry Manilow… what a heart-breaker. He is also a genius at tear-jerkers. Thanks so much for sharing!
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