Daybreak-artist: barry manilow as sung on "greatest hits" -arista a2l 8601-peak billboard position # 23 in 1977-words and music by barry manilow and adrienne andersoni'm singin' to the world, it's time we let the spirit come inlet it come on ini'm singin' to the world, everybody's caught in the spinlook at where we've beenwe've been runnin' around, year after yearblinded with pride, blinded with fearbut it's daybreak, if you wanna believeit can be daybreak, ain't no time to grievesaid it's daybreak if you'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing)spoken: play it, girl (sing it to the world, sing, sing)singin' to the world, what's the point in puttin' it down?there's so much love to sharei'm singin' to the world, don't you see it all comes around?the feeling's everywherewe've been closin' our eyes, day after daycovered in clouds, losin' our wayhey, but it's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakain't no time to grievesaid it's daybreak, if you'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (gotta sing, sing it to the world)spoken: ya sound great!!(gotta sing, sing it to the world)yes, and it's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakain't no time to grievesaid it's daybreak, if you'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (let's sing, sing it to the world)let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing)(sing it to the world, sing, sing)said it's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreak<mixture> barry sings "can ya feel it? it's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreak and "can ya see it? it's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreak" while background singers continue with (sing it to theworld, sing, sing)>spoken: "somebody yell "one more time!" ya may as well go all the way"<crowd responds and barry adds "one more time!!">yes, and it's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakain't no time to grievesaid it's daybreak, if you'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (let's sing, sing it to the world)c'mon and let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing)around the world (sing it to the world, sing, sing to the world!)transcribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.