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Copacabana Lyrics

Artist: Barry Manilow

Copacabana (At the Copa)

-Artist: Barry Manilow as sung on "Greatest Hits" -Arista A2L 8601
-peak Billboard position # 8 in 1978
-Words and Music by Barry Manilow, Bruce Sussman, and J. Feldman

Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to there
She would merengue and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across a crowded floor, they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and they had each other
Who could ask for more?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....they fell in love

(Copa Copacabana)

His name was Rico, he wore a diamond
He was escorted to his chair, he saw Lola dancin' there
And when she finished, he called her over
But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew and chairs were smashed in two
There was blood and a single gun shot
But just who shot who?

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....she lost her love

(Copa. . Copacabana)
(Copa Copacabana) (Copacabana, ahh ahh ahh ahh)
(Ahh ahh ahh ahh Copa Copacabana)
(Talking Havana have a banana)
(Music and passion...always the fash--shun)

Her name is Lola, she was a showgirl
But that was 30 years ago, when they used to have a show
Now it's a disco, but not for Lola
Still in the dress she used to wear, faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined, and drinks herself half-blind
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony
Now she's lost her mind!

At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana)
The hottest spot north of Havana (here)
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana
Music and passion were always the fashion
At the Copa....don't fall in love

(Copa) don't fall in love
Copacabana
Copacabana

etc. to end

Transcribed by Robin Hood

These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above
and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet
music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.

Comments/Interpretations
by mari on 5/9/2008 4:45pm I love that song
by Ashley on 5/11/2008 12:13pm That song is the best song I have every heard! The sad part is when Tony dies and Lola loses her love. Thanks for the best song ever.
by erika on 5/11/2008 12:14pm Awsome
by The Robman on 5/17/2008 3:06pm Did this song for Karaoke last night. It killed!!!
by jill on 5/17/2008 8:01pm bravo
by Mike on 5/21/2008 2:32pm Really one of the greatest songs ever and perfect for Karaoke !
by yo on 5/21/2008 9:07pm i love this song me and a few friends from school we're singing it on the bus (: everyone got annoyed but we had fun
by someone on 5/24/2008 7:56pm great song
by Anonymous Drama Queen on 5/29/2008 11:18pm OMG in my drama class we did a version of that that was so funny!
by ace on 5/30/2008 7:25pm extremely wierd song, something about it is very touching though, i love it
by Hello on 6/2/2008 1:56pm Well, I'm a fanilow of the Manilow, and I absolutely love this song.
by DIRECTORS on 6/4/2008 7:52am OH MY GOD! weeee loveeee this songgg & we made a video for it thats TOTALLY cool!!!! :)
by ashley sargeant on 6/5/2008 6:27pm i love that song so much, i even made dance moves to it. which i will never do in public.
by mom of an 8 yr old on 6/6/2008 11:41am this is my daughters fav song now...
by Edgar on 6/7/2008 9:14pm Y esto que nunca han estado en Cuba...
by Joanne on 6/8/2008 1:12pm I love this song and my sister and I are making a video to it and we will be going to the mall and just doing random dances outside of stores and not even to the beat and we are putting it in te video!
by pooface on 6/9/2008 12:48pm i love his mwe usic
by 10 year old on 6/9/2008 1:13pm I adore this song. This and Her Name Is Rio are 2 of my songs!
by Jonathan on 6/9/2008 1:53pm This song is awesome!!!!
by tryanssoiaojodjs on 6/9/2008 9:22pm omg i love this song =)
by Bryant on 6/9/2008 10:19pm I like to fart.
by Samantha on 6/16/2008 6:10pm My dogs name is Lola:-)
by Anna on 6/18/2008 4:33pm this song kinda sucks...
by holiday chic on 6/20/2008 5:40am this song really duz get ya gowin i sang it on the kareoke in lanzarote lol
by dafi on 6/25/2008 9:09am oh this is the first time i read the words i just found out its a sad song :(
by garraofthefunk on 6/26/2008 7:23pm i love his song
by LOUISE on 6/28/2008 7:48pm Always were and still are: THE GREATEST. with Love.
by carlos on 6/29/2008 6:01pm no really, this song suck massive cartmanesque rotundus and if i had a dog it's middle name would be lola
by meaidil on 7/1/2008 4:22am I still want 2 fall in love.. :)
by fredshu on 7/1/2008 9:22am The song is fine, too bad Barry Manilow thought that Copacabana was in Havana, it is actually in RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL!!!
by fashion pro on 7/5/2008 11:22pm i thought the lyrics were different!
by meepmeep on 7/6/2008 8:44pm actually fredshu the song was written about a night club in new york city
by Rahul on 7/7/2008 10:42am i luv this song
by HECTOR LAGUNAS on 7/9/2008 3:28pm I LOVE THIS SONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE IDEA
by bla bla bla on 7/14/2008 6:02pm The words are "many yeas ago" not "30 yeas ago"
by Fanilow on 7/15/2008 1:39pm So true Barry, don't fall in love
by Who shot who? on 7/15/2008 1:42pm "Etc. to end" just says it all.
by Paulo Cezar de Freitas Mathias on 7/19/2008 1:16pm The melody and rhythm is something very happy; however, the lyrics is so sad, tragic; a Latin history with passion dance and death.
by Marianne in NJ on 7/22/2008 6:01pm We had a patient at work named Lola . My friend & I have been singing this song ever since!!!!
by Z0E on 8/1/2008 5:05am it's tells of a love story and a tragic ending so heart breaking. All in one song!
by Jakky on 8/8/2008 10:57am Hi
by Mr. Butt Burn on 8/8/2008 11:28am flargsitjdfn
by Jennifer on 8/8/2008 8:12pm For some reason I was singing this one night while giving my 2 year old son a bath, now he thinks it's a lullaby.
by Angel Ochoa Palomino on 8/11/2008 12:33pm sad ending, but before learning english , i loved the record, now i probably won't sing it again Angel 1984/04/18 , lima Peru
by sumi on 8/19/2008 10:27am that song was cool my mom likes it she even i gess sing and dance. but i like it
by Jewels on 8/25/2008 6:53am I LOVE THIS SONG !
by Lima on 8/29/2008 12:20am Always love this song... back in the 80's. Love all the song from Barry Manilow.
by Tania on 9/7/2008 4:51am love this song from the old years
by chanel on 9/8/2008 9:01pm i love it
by eemir on 9/9/2008 3:30am great song!!!!
by StarWalker of Barbados on 9/11/2008 3:14pm I just tear this song up at all the karaoke bars. Good song but sad.
by ashley on 9/23/2008 4:58pm I love that song it is so good you guys should the acual song insted of just the lyrics
by maggie on 9/24/2008 8:35pm this is the best yet saddest song i have heard ever!!!
by mjp on 9/30/2008 1:27pm for "fredshu". Copacabana, famous NY City night club! And there were probably more around the world. It's a song (and a great one), not a history lesson.
by emily on 9/30/2008 2:19pm haha i named my chickesn (yes, i have a pet chicken) "lolabird" after that song!!!!
by Amber on 10/1/2008 11:04pm I LOVE this song SOOO much! It's great for karaoke parties ;)
by Emily <3 on 10/8/2008 2:44pm Actually in response to fredhu's comment, he says it's north of Havana. Love this song! <333
by KL on 10/13/2008 4:23pm Here's a metalhead for Manilow. This is one of his best tunes this side of "Mandy". A lot of folks make fun of Manilow, but not a lot of them realize that one of his biggest hits was rather violent. Hail Barry!
by Aumiya Nasir on 10/21/2008 8:40pm This song is refreshing. I love it!
by Tifa Hegazy on 10/22/2008 1:57pm I danced with my love a lot on that lovely song!
by eastcoastjac on 10/24/2008 3:03am When I was six I told my mom I wanted to be a dancer. She sent me to ballet lessons and I nearly cried, cos what I meant was "showgirl" but I didn't know what the right word was. That was in '75, and it was only after I heard this song that I figured out where I went wrong!!! I still can't dance!
by TERRI on 10/25/2008 9:11am ABOUT COBACABANA, I AM SURE THIS SONG WAS FIRST OUT IN THE FILM COBACABANA IN THE 40'S, I DON'T BELEIVE IT IS BARRY MANILOW'S CREATION. POSSIBLEY STARRING CARMEN MIRANDA. I LOVED THE SONG AS A CHILD I WAS ALWAYS SINGING IT AND DANCING TO IT. SO THAT WHEN BARRY SUPPOSEDLY BROUGHT IT OUT I COULD SING IT WITHOUT EVER GOING OR HEARING THE SONG BY BARRY ALL THE WAY THROUGH. APPRECIATE TO HEAR IF ANYONE KNOW'S MORE.
by nick on 10/27/2008 7:37am wow
by taylor on 10/28/2008 4:39am em its ok [the song]
by HEHE on 10/28/2008 4:40am ???????????????????????????????????????????????
by lj on 10/31/2008 4:02am Copa is the Family Wedding sing-a-long song!!!
by LJ on 10/31/2008 4:06am So, Terri. It was an original Barry Manilow creation. In an interview some years ago, he said that the song had taken on a life of its own. He even made a lousy movie based on the song. It's an infectious tune ang great for the Conga line!!
by Reem - Kingdom Of Bahrain on 10/31/2008 7:26pm i love this song
by Victoria on 11/4/2008 8:57pm Its 30 years ago not many years ago whoever said that.
by KalaKat on 11/9/2008 6:25pm I love all the "insane" songs. Copa, Angie Baby, She's not there, A little unwell, She's come undone ...
by jenny on 11/10/2008 10:16am I WHET TO SEE THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
by Emily on 11/11/2008 12:28pm We are doing this as a peformance at our school and I am one of the dancers and singers at the Copcabana
by H-e-v on 11/15/2008 4:02pm This song rocks!! One of my best mates played Lola in the musical last year - she was awesome!!
by sophie on 11/22/2008 3:07pm it`s the best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Kerri on 11/26/2008 1:15pm I just wanted to give a shout out to my best buds Jess and Dani... We sang and danced to this song for a free poster at a concert about 5 years ago... I hope one day they will see this and smile :) This song is a part of many great memories I will never forget it :)
by mercedes on 11/26/2008 6:28pm I always thought it was a fun song, guess I never really listened in after the chorus, it is so SAD :(
by vipdime@hotmail.com on 11/30/2008 8:30pm It?s the best song i've hear ever before!! love Paula
by vipdime@hotmail.com on 11/30/2008 8:30pm It's the best song i've hear ever before!! love Paula
by begg on 12/4/2008 9:59am love it love it love it!!
by lola on 12/7/2008 10:53am i luv it i dance and am doin it 4 a solo
by jw on 12/7/2008 2:25pm try this on singstar it's hard :p
by Kathy on 12/10/2008 5:46pm I read all the lyrics and now I think it is sad. I just adopted a B&G Macaw and her name is Lola and I wanted to sing it to her...but it is in the end a sad tale.
by makelovin on 12/12/2008 5:56pm piece of heaven
by laura on 12/14/2008 7:09pm i dont get it. who shots who
by maureen Oputa on 12/16/2008 9:50am I heard this song for the very 1st time on one of the episodes of "FRIENDS"(the one with Barry & Mindy's wedding)and I automatically fell inlove with the song and I live in Nigeria for Christ's Sake! Thank you Mr. Mannilow.
by El Tel on 12/18/2008 4:33pm Fredshu - IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK! what do you know about geography anyway? Just because the Brazilian Copacabana is the only one your dismal mind has ever heard of does not mean than Manilow is factually incorrect. So put that in your pipe and have a big old puff!
by Jack_L on 12/20/2008 6:27pm Well, Miss Kylie Minogue recently performed a very classy version of this song for her X-Tour, and I have to admit that Copacabana was one of the best parts of the concert. Greetings from Lima-Peru!
by mackenzie on 12/27/2008 9:46am it is my cousin's name i liked seeing it on the Muppets
by Mori on 1/4/2009 1:19pm I love this song!!! People think im weird because im still only 16 but i dont care, who knows when hes going to be in london!?
by changnoi on 1/5/2009 3:24pm it was 1978 i was on my first flight from berlin/germany to nyc copacabana was on the bord programm - will never forget.
by her name was katie on 1/7/2009 9:25am i luv this song i sing it every day lol for about 5 month now so catchy woop woop
by Niel Young on 1/9/2009 6:43pm I heard this song in an airport and I couldn't get it out of my head so I thought I'd check out the lyrics. Jeez -- what a mess! And I still can't get it out of my head!
by Jake on 1/9/2009 9:35pm there is a musician who performs near me who goes by the name of "Rico Wore A Diamond". i think he took it from the second verse.
by Ivan and Cherise on 1/14/2009 5:21am ME AND CHERISE LOVE THIS SONG. WE DANCED TO IT SPORT AND SOCIETY. OLI LOVES THIS SONG TOO HES MADE A DANCE AND EVERYTHING. ELLIS LOVES CHERISE AND THINKS THE ATRIST IS SEXY. ;) BIBI X
by Unanimous on 1/17/2009 3:29pm What kind of comments are these?!?
by Ansters on 1/17/2009 4:40pm my whole class is suddenly obsessed w/ that song I <3 The Copacabana
by Lora on 1/17/2009 7:03pm The song got stuck in my head and I couldn't stop singing it in Drama, then everyone got super ticked at me. lol but I didn't care.
by Jorge on 1/27/2009 1:38pm Simply the best!!!
by mirah on 1/27/2009 4:32pm the best one
by Albert Landa on 2/1/2009 3:05pm this song is fantastic!!
by Tara Cahsmore on 2/6/2009 12:55pm fave part have a banana..lol i ahd to checkto make sure i wasnt hearing thingds lol
by Calle on 2/11/2009 6:13pm was never interested until Kylie Minogue sang it at her concert :D I love it now!
by nadhira a. on 2/20/2009 6:14am i really really love this song
by britney spears on 2/21/2009 7:09am this song is th best in the woe of copacabana act my cuzin lizzy is acting in it at stagecoach in the u.k i jut foundout that she is my czin know one knows yet but ppl that read this
by Gramglo on 2/21/2009 4:11pm Our two Boston Terriers are named Lola and Rico. Love them too!!
by ShillingsMaster2593 on 2/22/2009 5:10pm I like this song but my mom always get's the lyrics wrong lol
by - on 2/23/2009 5:11am no negative comments?
by salo on 2/23/2009 5:21am copacabana and frank sinatra's new york new york are the best songs ever
by Jimmy Heartbeat on 2/26/2009 7:52am That song saved my life, it makes me cry everytime I hear it. The love of Lola and Tony will echo in my heart for evermore.
by random peep on 2/26/2009 10:10am I LOVE this song v. gd xxxxx spesh the beginin!lol x
by lola on 3/1/2009 7:23am Means alot to me cos my name really is Lola and I have just met a bloke called Tony.... just hope it has a more happy ending!
by Demi on 3/6/2009 1:10pm that song works better with my name
by Demi on 3/6/2009 1:11pm that song works better with my name...
by Tabitha on 3/8/2009 3:05pm that song works better with my name...
by Mary D on 3/9/2009 10:23pm My granddaughter and I just love this song. We have named one of her "my little ponies" LOLA!
by Amanda on 3/10/2009 5:26am I have to disagree with Demi and Tabitha and say that Lola is the perfect choice for the song. Cudos to Barry for writing and performing it. Mandy wasn't so bad either
by amy ..... on 3/12/2009 2:01pm love thiss song soo much coz it reminds mee ov vagas lol good times.....
by Oubabaricho on 3/22/2009 3:51pm that song works better with my name...
by tallulah on 3/25/2009 8:41am o.m.g best song eeeevvvveeeerrrr. i cry every time. i wish barry manilow would marry me!!!
by Sara on 3/26/2009 9:06am Actually i didnt even know that song, the movie friends if u watch it, rachel was singing that song on a wedding..thats how i know it now! =)
by Anonymous on 3/29/2009 11:08am Have a banana!
by derek on 4/3/2009 1:38am I booked my ticket 2 months back to Rio and I can't get the song out of my head!
by Albert on 4/7/2009 2:01pm I was born after this song... but jeezzz this song rocks!!
by hot lesbian on 4/7/2009 3:36pm i love this song i just can't get it out of my head
by charles on 4/18/2009 10:49pm gangsta disco by berry mallow
by Sir Farhan on 4/30/2009 10:53pm waahahahahahahaha...banana...have a banana...like a monkey....uh uh ak ak...wakakakaka
by Bram Clabby on 5/4/2009 2:57pm Absolutely classy. I heard it at a theater production at my school, sung with a bit more baritone; I fell in loooove, in short. It's interesting to see what other singers do to the song when they sing it. I reiterate: absolutely classy.
by by Soraya on 5/9/2009 1:06am It�s the song is excellent!! I love it.
by Barry M on 5/13/2009 7:45am Your comments mean nothing to me ... I made a stack from it, so who cares!
by Zoe on 5/13/2009 9:13am I love this song, me & friends always sing it on kareoke! Its fabulous!
by Kiri on 5/13/2009 2:35pm Darn that rico. This song always gives me the goose bumps. It brings back memories.
by patricia on 5/15/2009 8:01pm i love this song its one of my favorites
by Justinn on 5/17/2009 7:16am i have to admit, this song is the shitt(:
by Simon Peter McPoland on 5/21/2009 8:43am I absolutely love this song. It is the best song ever made.
by yuseel on 5/24/2009 3:58pm escuch� la canci�n y me gust�....valiendome madre lo que dice
by Diva on 6/2/2009 6:55pm My name is Diva I am a show girl with yellow feathers in my hair and a dress cut down to there.
by Big Al on 6/12/2009 1:24am Funky ass song but mad dope yo!
by donononononononono on 6/13/2009 5:33pm This song is crazy... i will be singing it all day!
by name on 6/19/2009 4:50am just don't get it whay everyone is so crazy about this stupid song.

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