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Being Alive

Tony Bennett
Track 115 on Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett 

Producer

Phil Ramone
Nov. 19, 20041 viewer

Being Alive Lyrics

Somebody hold me too close
Somebody hurt me too deep
Somebody sit in my chair and ruin my sleep
And make me aware of being alive
Being alive

Somebody need me too much
Somebody know me too well
Somebody pull me up short and put through Hell
And give me support for being alive

Make me alive
Make me alive
Make me alive
Make me confused
Mock me with praise
Let me be used
Vary my days
But alone is alone, not alive

Somebody crowd me with love
Somebody force me to care
Somebody make me come through
I’ll always be there as frightened as you
To help us survive
Being alive
Being alive
Being alive
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Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett (2013)
  1. 1.
    The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
  2. 2.
    Because of You
  3. 4.
    Blue Velvet
  4. 5.
    Rags to Riches
  5. 6.
    Stranger In Paradise
  6. 7.
    While the Music Plays On
  7. 8.
    May I Never Love Again
  8. 9.
    Sing, You Sinners
  9. 10.
    Just In Time
  10. 11.
    Lazy Afternoon
  11. 12.
    Ca, C’est L’amour
  12. 13.
    I Get a Kick Out of You
  13. 14.
    It Amazes Me
  14. 15.
    Penthouse Serenade (When We’re Alone)
  15. 16.
    Lost In the Stars
  16. 17.
    Lullaby of Broadway
  17. 18.
    Firefly
  18. 19.
    A Sleepin’ Bee
  19. 20.
    The Man That Got Away
  20. 21.
    Skylark
  21. 22.
    September Song
  22. 23.
    Till
  23. 24.
    Begin the Beguine
  24. 25.
    Put On a Happy Face
  25. 26.
    The Best Is Yet to Come
  26. 27.
    This Time the Dream’s On Me
  27. 28.
    Close Your Eyes
  28. 29.
    Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goodbye)
  29. 30.
    Dancing In the Dark
  30. 31.
    Stella By Starlight
  31. 32.
    Tender Is the Night
  32. 33.
    Once Upon a Time
  33. 34.
    I Left My Heart In San Francisco
  34. 35.
    Until I Met You
  35. 36.
    If I Love Again
  36. 37.
    I Wanna Be Around
  37. 38.
    The Good Life
  38. 39.
    It Was Me
  39. 40.
    Spring In Manhattan
  40. 41.
    The Moment of Truth
  41. 42.
    This Is All I Ask
  42. 43.
    A Taste of Honey
  43. 44.
    When Joanna Loved Me
  44. 45.
    I’ll Be Around
  45. 46.
    Nobody Else But Me
  46. 47.
    It Had to Be You
  47. 48.
    I’ve Got Just About Everything
  48. 49.
    Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
  49. 50.
    Waltz for Debby
  50. 51.
    I Walk a Little Faster
  51. 52.
    Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
  52. 53.
    If I Ruled the World
  53. 54.
    Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
  54. 55.
    Love Scene
  55. 56.
    Sweet Lorraine
  56. 57.
    The Shadow of Your Smile (with Juanes)
  57. 58.
    I’ll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
  58. 59.
    Baby, Dream Your Dream
  59. 60.
    Smile
  60. 61.
    Song From “The Oscar” (Maybe September)
  61. 62.
    Emily
  62. 63.
    The Very Thought of You
  63. 64.
    A Time for Love
  64. 65.
    Country Girl
  65. 66.
    Days of Love
  66. 67.
    Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble’s a Bubble)
  67. 68.
    For Once In My Life
  68. 69.
    Who Cares?
  69. 70.
    Hi-Ho
  70. 71.
    Baby Don’t You Quit Now
  71. 72.
    Something
  72. 73.
    Cold, Cold Heart
  73. 74.
    I Do Not Know a Day I Did Not Love You
  74. 75.
    Old Devil Moon (Live)
  75. 76.
    Remind Me
  76. 77.
    Maybe This Time
  77. 78.
    Some Other Time
  78. 79.
    My Foolish Heart
  79. 80.
    But Beautiful
  80. 81.
    How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
  81. 82.
    What Are You Afraid Of?
  82. 83.
    Why Do People Fall In Love? / People
  83. 84.
    I Got Lost In Her Arms
  84. 85.
    When I Lost You
  85. 86.
    Shakin’ the Blues Away
  86. 87.
    Antonia
  87. 88.
    When Do the Bells Ring for Me?
  88. 89.
    East of the Sun (West of the Moon)
  89. 90.
    New York, New York
  90. 91.
    Steppin’ Out With My Baby
  91. 92.
    They All Laughed
  92. 93.
    They Can’t Take That Away from Me
  93. 94.
    Speak Low (Live at Sony Studios, New York City, NY - April 1994)
  94. 95.
    Solitude
  95. 96.
    I Wished On the Moon
  96. 97.
    When a Woman Loves a Man
  97. 98.
    That Ole Devil Called Love
  98. 99.
    The Way You Look Tonight
  99. 100.
    Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
  100. 101.
    Bein’ Green
  101. 102.
    Mood Indigo
  102. 103.
    Day Dream
  103. 104.
    Azure
  104. 105.
    Sophisticated Lady
  105. 106.
    Alright, Okay, You Win
  106. 107.
    Let the Good Times Roll
  107. 108.
    Evenin’
  108. 109.
    La Vie en Rose
  109. 110.
    What a Wonderful World
  110. 111.
    Close Enough for Love
  111. 112.
    I Remember You
  112. 113.
    The Best Man
  113. 114.
    Where Do You Start
  114. 115.
    Being Alive
  115. 116.
    All for You
  116. 117.
    My Favorite Things
  117. 118.
    The Best Is Yet to Come (with Diana Krall)
  118. 119.
    Smile (with Barbra Streisand)
  119. 120.
    For Once In My Life (with Stevie Wonder)
  120. 121.
    Because of You (with k.d. lang)
  121. 122.
    The Very Thought of You (with Paul McCartney)
  122. 123.
    If I Ruled the World (with Céline Dion)
  123. 124.
    How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (with George Michael)
  124. 125.
    Steppin’ Out With My Baby (with Christina Aguilera)
  125. 126.
    Body and Soul (with Amy Winehouse)
  126. 127.
    It Had to Be You (with Carrie Underwood)
  127. 128.
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (with Michael Bublé)
  128. 129.
    The Way You Look Tonight (with Faith Hill)
  129. 130.
    Speak Low (with Norah Jones)
  130. 131.
    The Lady Is a Tramp (with Lady Gaga)
Credits
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Recorded At
Bergen Performing Arts Center Theatre in Englewood, NJ
Released on
November 19, 2004
Being Alive Is A Cover Of
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PopEasy ListeningIn EnglishUSAJazz
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