Barry Manilow - Work the Room lyrics

[Barry Manilow - Work the Room lyrics]

Open a door on the seventeenth floor
Secretary sends me through walkin’ right in
With a big time grin
But I’m shakin’ in my shoes

Suit One shakes my hand
But it takes him a beat to recall my name
Gotta move it along
Gotta play somethin’ strong
Gotta show ‘em why I came work the room
Work the room, baby
Nobody here wants to know you
But tomorrow they’ll be talkin’ about you
Work the room

Startin’ in sweet with a rockin’ beat
Show ‘em I can really ride not about fluff
Get to serious stuff here’s my softer side

Suit Two frowns is it bringin’ him down?
Or does it mean he’s in the groove?
Back to the beat activatin’ their feet
See the Pradas start to move

Work the room they’re movin’
Oh baby watch them beginnin’ to wonder
You can bet tomorrow
They’ll have serious hunger work the room
Go one step up or all the way back
Take the turns or jump the track
Rise an inch – or fall for a mile
All the time remember to smile

Stoppin’ the show but they don’t say go
Suddenly smiles all ‘round man oh man
We’re shakin’ hands
Telling me they like my sound

Big Suit smilin’ at me
Talkin’ about sales and fame
Everybody’s talkin’ to me
Makin’ it like I got it
Dammit now they know my name!

Work the room they want me
I got it! You went in an unsung zero
You’re comin’ out a musical hero
Never gonna have to work the room again!

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