No one knows you but they all love you
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Just don't let them get too much of you
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Careful man
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Don't forget you're the shadow man
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Look how many beleave they need you
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Look how many tried to read you
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No one can
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You get off on it shadow man
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And so you smile your smile
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And fool those fools you care about
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You've got it all
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You've got the whole thing figured out
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Well haven't you?
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Just confuse'em with smoke and static
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Make'em think that you enigmatic
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That's the plan
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You're the best at it shadow man
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And when anyone penetrated
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The illusion that you created
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Off you ran
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You're too fast for them
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Shadow man
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No emotional complication
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That would ruin your reputation
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Every fan
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Needs a fantasy shadow man
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If they could see behind the smile
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And find the fear and doubt
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They'd turn away
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They'd have the whole think figured out
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Well wouldn't they?
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No one knows you but they all love you
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Just don't let them get too much of you
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Careful man
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Don't you forget you're the shadow man
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Every day now I see you clearer
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You're the mystery in the mirror
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Man to man
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Tell me what's the plan?
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Tell me how long can you be
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A shadow man
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Shadow Man
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Barry Manilow |