Daybreak-artist: barry manilow as sung on andquot;greatest hitsandquot; -arista a2l 8601-peak billboard position # 23 in 1977-words and music by barry manilow and adrienne andersoniand'm singinand' to the world, itand's time we let the spirit come inlet it come on iniand'm singinand' to the world, everybodyand's caught in the spinlook at where weand've beenweand've been runninand' around, year after yearblinded with pride, blinded with fearbut itand's daybreak, if you wanna believeit can be daybreak, ainand't no time to grievesaid itand's daybreak if youand'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)singinand' to the world, whatand's the point in puttinand' it down?thereand's so much love to shareiand'm singinand' to the world, donand't you see it all comes around?the feelingand's everywhereweand've been closinand' our eyes, day after daycovered in clouds, losinand' our wayhey, but itand's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakainand't no time to grievesaid itand's daybreak, if youand'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 itand's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakainand't no time to grievesaid itand's daybreak, if youand'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (letand'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 itand's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreakandlt;mixtureandgt; barry sings andquot;can ya feel it? itand's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreak and andquot;can ya see it? itand's day-ee-ay-ee-aybreakandquot; while background singers continue with (sing it to theworld, sing, sing)andgt;spoken: andquot;somebody yell andquot;one more time!andquot; ya may as well go all the wayandquot;andlt;crowd responds and barry adds andquot;one more time!!andquot;andgt;yes, and itand's daybreakif you wanna believe, it can be daybreakainand't no time to grievesaid itand's daybreak, if youand'll only believeand let it shine, shine, shineall around the world (letand's sing, sing it to the world)cand'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.
