I write the songs-artist: barry manilow as sung on "greatest hits" -arista a2l 8601-peak billboard position # 1 in 1976-words and music by bruce johnston(apparently barry *doesn't* "write the songs"!) :-)i've been alive forever, and i wrote the very first songi put the words and the melodies togetheri am music and i write the songschorusi write the songs that make the whole world singi write the songs of love and special thingsi write the songs that make the young girls cryi write the songs, i write the songsmy home lies deep within youand i've got my own place in your soulnow, when i look out through your eyesi'm young again, even though i'm very oldchorusoh my music makes you danceand gives you spirit to take a chanceand i wrote some rock 'n' roll so you can movemusic fills your heartwell, that's a real fine place to startit's from me it's for youit's from you, it's for meit's a worldwide symphonychoruschorusi am music (music) and i write the songstranscribed 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.