Released: January 1, 1983
Featuring: Patti Austin
Songwriter: Michel Legrand Marilyn Bergman Alan Bergman
Producer: Quincy Jones
[James Ingram + Patti Austin + both]
How do you keep the music playing?
How do you make it last?
How do you keep the song from fading
Too fast?
How do you lose yourself to someone
And never lose your way?
How do you not run out of new things
To say?
And since you know we're always changing
How can it be the same?
And tell me how year after year
You're sure your heart won't fall apart
Each time you hear his name?
I know the way I feel for you is now or never
The more I love
The more that I'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Forever
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better
As it grows
With any luck then I suppose
The music never ends
I know
How do you keep the music playing?
The way I feel for you is now or never
How do you make it last?
The more I love
The more that I'm afraid
How do you keep the song from fading?
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Keep the song from fading
Forever
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better
As it goes
With any luck then I suppose
The music never ends
How do you keep it playing, baby? Oh (Oh)
I wanna know, how do you do it?
How do you keep the music playing over and over?
How do you keep the music playing?
How do you make it last?
How do you keep the song from fading
Too fast?
How do you lose yourself to someone
And never lose your way?
How do you not run out of new things
To say?
And since you know we're always changing
How can it be the same?
And tell me how year after year
You're sure your heart won't fall apart
Each time you hear his name?
I know the way I feel for you is now or never
The more I love
The more that I'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Forever
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better
As it grows
With any luck then I suppose
The music never ends
I know
How do you keep the music playing?
The way I feel for you is now or never
How do you make it last?
The more I love
The more that I'm afraid
How do you keep the song from fading?
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Keep the song from fading
Forever
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better
As it goes
With any luck then I suppose
The music never ends
How do you keep it playing, baby? Oh (Oh)
I wanna know, how do you do it?
How do you keep the music playing over and over?
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- It’s Your Night (1983)
- Greatest Hits (The Power of Great Music) (1991)
- From Q with Love (1999)
James Ingram popular songs
- Yah Mo B There
- There’s No Easy Way
- I Don’t Have the Heart
- Just Once (New Version)
- Let Me Love You This Way
- Always You
- Better Way
- The Wings of My Heart
- Whatever We Imagine
- How Do You Keep the Music Playing?
- Get Ready
- Everything Must Change
- You Never Know What You Got
- Always
- Party Animal
- This Is the Night
- Sing for the Children
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Man
- Any Kind of Love
- Mercy
- For All We Know
- The Day I Fall In Love
- Forever More (I’ll Be The One)
- No Need to Say Goodbye