Sinatra, Frank - I Sing The Songs (I Write The Songs) Lyrics






I've been alive forever, and I sang the very first song,
I put the words and the melodies together, I am music and I sing this song:
I sing the songs that make the whole world sing,
I sing the songs of love and special things,
I sing the songs that make the young girls cry,
I sing the songs, I sing the songs.

My home is deep within you, and I've got my own place in your soul,
Now when I look out through your eyes,

I am young again even though I'm growing old.
I sing the songs that make the whole world sing,
I sing the songs of love and special things,
I sing the songs that make the young girls cry,
I sing the songs, I sing the songs.

My music makes you dance, it gets your spirit to take a chance,
And if the music's from the heart, it's a real fine way to start,
It's from me, it's to you, it's from you, it's to me,
It's a world-wide symphony.

I sing the songs that make the whole world sing,
I sing the songs of love and special things,
I sing the songs that make the young girls cry,
I sing the songs, I sing the songs.
I sing and the whole world sings,
I sing the songs of love and special things,
I sing the songs that make the young girls cry,
I sing the songs, I sing the songs. I am music, and I sing the songs.





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  1. B.... T....

    Was this version before Barry Mannilowe?

  2. G.... M....

    O melhor cantor de todos os tempos, jamais teremos outro igual.

  3. C.... G....

    I wish that Barry Manilow and this could be the greatest collaboration that ever be made in history. Though Sinatra is not with us physically, this could be great with Mr. Manilow's version tied in.

  4. j.... w....

    Okay.He got the title wrong and he left out the rock and roll part,maybe out of spite,but he still did it beautifully.RIP boss!

  5. M.... K....

    He did sing the songs

  6. J.... A....

    The true life story of the Master - I have never thought that Ol Blue Eyes has this version . Ol Blue Eyes timeless even in the 21st century

  7. M.... K....

    This song makes you reflect on a lot of things

  8. J.... C....

    i write the song i write the song

  9. f.... ....

    I've been a Sinatra fan for years... and I never knew he did this. Barry did it well... but I truly believe Frank when he sings "I sing the songs...." This song is truth from Frank. Glad I found this.

    f.... ....

    David Cassidy does a VERY good version

  10. F.... C....

    O maior de todos. Simplesmente a voz.

  11. B.... M....

    Ring a Ding Ding.

  12. l.... ....

    WONDERFUL ! ! ! !

  13. C.... V....

    I love this Song I'm glad Frank recorded it

  14. C.... V....

    That's one of my Favorite songs by Sinatra it's on my list

  15. C.... H....

    Manilow was better. Elvis would have rocked this song.

  16. d.... g....

    With a few lyric changes, this song is so fitting for Frank. Beautiful!

  17. A.... ....

    One of the best vocalists to ever live. Originally written by Bruce Johnston.

  18. J.... C....

    Loving this! I know Frank used a lot of Reverberation but this is over the top, just wondering if it’s the copy or did he really use this much reverb for the song. Anyway, I sing Sinatra and I’d love to sing this but can’t find this version to sing anywhere. Guess I’m going to have to find some good editing software.

  19. N.... 1....

    Frank Sinatra simply the best.

  20. J.... M....

    Mr. Sinatra posessed great charisma ,a respect for the songwtiters lyrics,a great interpretation of the songs of the Great American Songbook and a Million Dollar Smile!I am truly honored that I was of the generation that Mr.Sinatra was in his prime.I also had the good fortune of meeting him in Jillys in March 1973 .I regard it as the biggest thrill of my life!

    J.... M....

    Joe Mastrodonato I’m jealous! I’ve just started a couple of years ago singing Sinatra, check it out if you get a chance.

    J.... M....

    Holy shit, u met Sinatra, what did he do

  21. D.... C....

    You'll always be in my heart frank, god bless you"

  22. M.... S....

    Ficou bonita esta canção na voz do saudoso Frank Sinatra feita nos anos 70........

  23. P.... K....

    20 YEARS DEPARTED, AND
    SINGING TO US FROM
    HEAVEN.
    A LIFE CELEBRATED
    HERE, AND INTO
    ETERNITY.
    FRANK WAS A
    TRUE GIFT TO
    MODERN MANKIND.

  24. p.... ....

    Thank you Frankie…ol' blue eyes!!!

  25. J.... ....

    How old was Frank at this point? He still sounded amazing!

  26. M.... S....

    Linda canção interpretada aqui por Frank Sinatra vivi esta época Sinatra lançou em compacto simples na época aqui no Brasil nos anos 70 esta é original de Barry Manilow outro fantástico cantor norte-americano.....

  27. J.... S....

    is Sinatra, the best

  28. M.... L....

    "I sing the songs," aka "I write the songs" was a song that Frank Sinatra recorded in 1976, written by Bruce Johnston in 1975 and, subsequently, Barry Manilow made it a hit but he did not write it.  (Sinatra sang it as a single, "I Sing the Songs" from 1976 -- leaving out the line "and I wrote some rock and roll so you could move").  Bruce Johnston said, when he wrote the song, he intended to insinuate that it was God who wrote the songs and left them for us to sing!  He did not write it to mean it was about any one human person!  This song is contained on Manilow's album, "Tryin' to get the feeling" and he produced his own album with that song on it in 1975 but Johnston wrote the song.  Interestingly, the original version was recorded by The Captain & Tennille, who worked with Johnston in the early 1970s with The Beach Boys. It appears on their 1975 album, Love Will Keep Us Together. The first release of I Write the Songs as a single was by then teen-idol David Cassidy from his 1975 solo album The Higher They Climb, which was also produced by Bruce Johnston. Cassidy's version reached #11 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year.

    M.... L....

    That is worthwhile information. Thanks

  29. G.... V....

    Si bien qu'il ait su chanter, il me revient que 'la Voix' ne savait pas  lire une note.
    'Sutor, non supra crepidem' disaient les anciens Romains. Qu'il ait été un
    formidable interprète avec, de temps à autre une fausse note due à l' alcool, j'en
    conviens. Qu'il fût un homme pas comme il faut, je l' accepte car il chantait dans
    son genre comme nul autre, sauf Perry Como, plus à l'aise, la voix moins serrée, lui plus...
    modéré et plus... intègre donc plus crédible.
    Conclusion. Sinatra a reçu l' épithète 'la Voix'. Comme tout le monde la lui accorde,
    je m' incline humblement. Mais je m'nsurge contre 'Sinatra talentueux compositeur'.
    N'en déplaise à la ( troppo pericoloso ).

  30. S.... C....

    Ho 3000 incisioni di Sinatra e trovo sempre una canzone nuova con voi. Grazie

  31. C.... M....

    a beautiful, breathtaking performance!

  32. R.... H....

    I loved Frank alot

  33. m.... ....

    Barry Manilow did not write this...AArrrgh

  34. t.... ....

    Hi. Is this song available in any Sinatra CD?. Thanks.

  35. D.... O....

    que musica tan entrañable para mi. Me han acimpañado toda la vida !. muchas gracias !

  36. B.... B....

    bucky covington the country star sang nice songs but he never got big

  37. B.... B....

    my old music teacher is a director of jazz out in pittsburgh he aint like big like frank but hes good it takes alot of talent to be a song writer

  38. M.... C....

    Chairman of the board

    M.... C....

    I Sing the Songs is one of my Favorite songs by Sinatra I love his version

    M.... C....

    Él interpreta. Eso.

  39. B.... B....

    all i have is depressing songs though same is frank

  40. B.... B....

    if i became a singer. id rewrite all the songs but id never be another sinatra

  41. C.... ....

    Adapted from the Barry Manilow hit "I Write the Songs" (minor detail: Barry Manilow DID NOT write it!).

    C.... ....

    Manilow had a hit from it, but others sang it 5 years before him, way back in 1970!   (See my comment above!)

    C.... ....

    M.J. Leger well that's interesting since Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys didn't write until 1974

    C.... ....

    The Captain & Tenille sang it first, then David Cassidy covered it, then it was Barry Mannilow who sang it next......

  42. J.... U....

    Rest in Peace in Heaven Sir Frank Sinatra.

    J.... U....

    Juls Uy I agree RIP boss!

  43. V.... C....

    Just wonderful!!!

  44. c.... l....

    Smooth as Silk! :)

  45. A.... M....

    fuck barry. thought he was the original.

    A.... M....

    He was not...

    A.... M....

    😂😂😂😂

  46. S.... ....

    Just one small nitpick - "I sing the songs" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as "I write the songs"!

  47. L.... ....

    Bruce Johnston talks about why he wrote "I Write The Songs"
    http://prayforsurfblog.blogspot.com/2014/08/after-beach-boys-show-bruce-johnston.html

  48. j.... ....

    Great cover of a Barry Manilow song by replacing the word write with sing. Sinatra was the man, no matter what he did. Unfortunately we don't get great covers like this anymore. It's the same ol' shit: Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Eminem, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea, Rick Ross, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Drake, Meek Mill, Big Sean, Nicki Minaj, Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi, Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo, One Direction, and Maroon 5. Time to trade those "artists" in for the real artists of music: Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, and Frank Zappa.

    j.... ....

    NO - Bruce Johnston wrote the Song. It was first recorded by "The Captain and Tenille" (friends of Bruce) 1975 and  by David Cassidy (Bruce produced his Album).Another year later, 1976,  it was recorded and released by Barry Manilow with Bruce Johnston not beeing involved. Bruce released his own Version of the Song in the year 1977 on his solo Album "Going Public"...

    j.... ....

    Bruce Johnston WROTE the song  in 1970, Manilow had his hit of this song in 1975-76.

    j.... ....

    Oh, "jazzalex" are you correct about all those singers and then real artists you named!  Sadly, you are 100% right about those singers of today who THINK they're artists, but most of them are a fad that will NOT endure like Sinatra and others of his era, whom you did not mention like Matt Monro, Perry Como, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Vaughan Monroe, and so on!

    j.... ....

    Oh jeeze! All those you named -- today's singers are song-whores, compared to the great music and great performers of Frank Sinatra's era. Actually, Captain and Tenille were the first to perform this song, David Cassidy also recorded it back then, and Sinatra had a single 45 with "Empty Tables" on the flip side back in 1976. Barry Manilow had a big hit off of this song but did not write it, Bruce Johnston did, in 1975.

  49. C.... ....

    Frank's nice take on the Barry Manilow hit, "I Write the Songs."  Just one problem ~ Barry Manilow DID NOT WRITE IT !!!!!!!

    C.... ....

    +CrooningForLeftovers Who wrote it?

    C.... ....

    +Lucia Rose Bruce Johnston from the Beach Boys!

    C.... ....

    Sinatra never said Barry wrote the song, Barry just sang it.  He knew Bruce Johnston wrote it, but Barry made it a hit, at least until Sinatra sang it!

  50. t.... ....

    Is there a CD where I can find this great song?... studio versión or live?. Thanks.

  51. S.... D....

    Capo Total........... ♫ ...  Gracias, Frank...... Thank You

  52. D.... M....

    I just know that Sinatra sing this song....Just Great

  53. Y.... B....

    I would love for that song to be on karaoke!!! :)
    Excellent song!

  54. j.... ....

    It wasnt on an album. Was released as a single 45 in 1976

    j.... ....

    it s on an lp portriat of sinatra

  55. C.... S....

    Does the original record have this much echo, or did you put it in?

  56. u.... ....

    no doubt about it frank was the man.

    u.... ....

    He STILL is, to many of us. No other male singer can compare, before during or since Sinatra's era. RIP Francis Albert, we miss you!

  57. E.... K....

    I find this version to be a bit lacklustre, devoid of the necessary depth/pathos imo, and as much as I love swing and slow songs, I DO need rock'n'roll..(the line left out);-)

  58. R.... K....

    great song

  59. S.... M....

    Hey, love this version! But can anyone tell me what album this is from? I only heard him perform live on Johnny Carson, I've never heard the studio version.

    S.... M....

    Shane McIntire , I read that it was released as a 45 rpm only single but apparently didn't chart. I like it!
    Frank brings the commanding magic touch, as usual! My dear late mother liked some of Barry's work including this song but she would have loved this rare cover! The "Tonight Show" live version is also
    a treat! Yes, it's "late period" Frank but it's fantastic.

    S.... M....

    "I Write the Songs" is on Frank Sinatra's album: "The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings Disk17" -- it was on a single (45 rpm) with "Empty Tables" on the flip side, back in 1976.

    S.... M....

    me too!

    S.... M....

    It was released as a single and not part of any album. It did not chart. Its one of a few gems like this that Frank recorded in the 70s

  60. p.... ....

    what else can I say, well put

  61. d.... ....

    Thank you Ilked

  62. p.... ....

    Thanks Bestest....

  63. p.... ....

    Angela Mr Mathis recoreded this as well, you or rebel should post it. I will look forward to it. I have it but its to Scratchy to post. Thanks

  64. t.... ....

    What a great post Dan.....Im only familiar with Barry Manilow's version.....this is awesome....
    wonderful video as well.......nice pictures..... thank you my friend...
    Marilyn xox

  65. R.... ....

    Nice song and great tribute to Sinatra.

    R.... ....

    ReadMeReadYou

    R.... ....

    ReadMeReadYou

    R.... ....

    the best singer that ever lived end never will be another salute to a jant