 Genius Lyrics
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Carpenters – (They Long to Be) Close to You
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“(They Long to Be) Close to You” was the first Burt Bacharach/Hal David composition the Carpenters covered. The song was recorded time and time again during the sixties, but didn’t
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Carpenters – Superstar
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Originally recorded by Delaney & Bonnie (the latter of whom wrote the song with Leon Russell), this song about a groupie who fell in love with a rockstar attracted Richard
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Carpenters – Rainy Days And Mondays
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[Verse 1] / Talkin' to myself and feelin' old / Sometimes I'd like to quit / Nothin' ever seems to fit / Hanging around / Nothin' to do but frown / Rainy days and Mondays always
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Carpenters – Yesterday Once More
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“Yesterday Once More” was a single from Carpenters album Now & Then.
The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks
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Carpenters – We've Only Just Begun
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This song was originally written for a 1968 Crocker Bank commercial. Aimed at young people just beginning their lives. Paul Williams describes the process:
“‘It had all the
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Carpenters – Hurting Each Other
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[Verse 1] / No one in the world / Ever had a love as sweet as my love / For nowhere in the world / Could there be a boy as true as you, love / [Pre-Chorus] / All my love I give
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Carpenters – Top of the World
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When the song topped the charts in 1973, the Carpenters were indeed “on the top of the world”; that lasted until the early 80s when Richard Carpenter had to be treated intensively
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Carpenters – Sandy
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Looking at you I'm almost home again / Something in you puts me at ease / Yes, I know that you're suspicious of me / Do I mean the things I say? / You know I've been in love before
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Carpenters – This Masquerade
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One of three songs written by Leon Russell which the Carpenters covered.
This one appeared on their 1973 album, Now and Then.
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Carpenters – Sing
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“Sing” is the Carpenter’s cover of Joe Raposo’s original 1971 on Sesame Street song. In their version, the Carpenters omit the bilingual aspect of the song, performing in only
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Carpenters – I Need To Be In Love
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Track 6 on the Carpenters' 1976 record, A Kind of Hush. Written by Richard Carpenter, Albert Hammond and John Bettis, the song was released as a single, with the B-side “Sandy”.
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Carpenters – Ticket To Ride
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[Verse 1] / I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah / The boy that's driving me mad is going away / [Chorus] / He's got a ticket to ride / He's got a ticket to ride / He
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Carpenters – Bacharach/David Medley
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Knowing When to Leave / Go while the going is good / Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn / Go / I'm afraid my heart / Isn't very smart / Fly while your
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Carpenters – Mr. Guder
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[Verse 1] / Mister Guder, say Mister Guder / May I have a moment with you? / For there is something I’ve got to say / And please don't let it scare you away / [Verse 2] / Mister
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Carpenters – Please Mr. Postman
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(Stop) Oh yes, wait a minute, mister Postman / (Wait) Wait, Mister Postman / (Please, mister Postman, look and see) Oh yeaheaheah / (If there's a letter in your bag for me) Please
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Carpenters – For All We Know
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This song was composed for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers and was originally sung by Larry Meredith, but the Carpenters' version charted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100
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Carpenters – It's Christmas Time / Sleep Well, Little Children
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[Chorus] / It's Christmas time and time for a carol / Time to sing about the little King / To fill the bowl and roll out the barrel / Have ourselves a fling / [Verse 1] / We greet
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Carpenters – Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
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Cover of the Hank Williams classic.
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Carpenters – You're Just In Love
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I hear singing and there's no one there / I smell blossoms and the trees are bare / All day long I seem to walk on air / I wonder why, I wonder why? / I keep tossing in my sleep at
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Carpenters – You
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[Verse 1] / You are the one who makes me happy / When everything else turns to grey / Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings / And sends me out into the day / [Chorus] / You are
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Carpenters – Dancing In The Street
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[Verse 1] / Calling out around the world / Are you ready for a brand new beat? / Summer's here and the time is right / For dancing in the streets / They'll be dancing in Chicago
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Carpenters – Aurora
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Morning opens quietly / A shadow vision over me / I know you well / Hidden by the windowpane / And all my sadness gone charade / Begins to fade, how long it stayed / Patterns of
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Carpenters – (A Place To) Hideaway
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I've got to find a place to hideaway / Far from the shadows of my mind / Sunlight and laughter, love ever after / Oh how I long to find a place to hide away / I hear you whisper
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Carpenters – Merry Christmas, Darling
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[Intro] / Greeting cards have all been sent / The Christmas rush is through / But I still have one wish to make / A special one for you / [Verse 1] / Merry Christmas, darling / We'
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Carpenters – Desperado
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Desperado, why don't you come to your senses / You've been out riding fences for so long now / Oh, you're a hard one / But I know that you've got your reasons / These things that
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Carpenters – I Won’t Last a Day Without You
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[Intro] / Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh / [Verse 1] / Day after day / I must face a world of strangers / Where I don't belong / I'm not that strong / It's nice to know that there's someone I can
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Carpenters – Only Yesterday
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[Verse 1] / After long enough of being alone / Everyone must face their share of loneliness / In my own time nobody knew / The pain I was going through / And waiting was all my
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Carpenters – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
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[Verse 1] / Christmas future is far away / Christmas past is past / Christmas present is here today / Bringing joy that will last / [Chorus 1] / Have yourself a merry little
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Carpenters – Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
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[Intro] / (All Hit Radio) / Alright, you're listening to All Hit Radio / And it's fifty-three degrees at thirteen minutes past the hour / And right now on our all-request line / I'
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Carpenters – Maybe It's You
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Maybe it's you, maybe it's me / Maybe it's just the constant rhythm of the sea / Maybe it's just that I have never been the kind / Who can pass a lucky penny by / Maybe it's wise
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Carpenters – Eve
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Eve, I can’t believe / That you could mean what you just said / Think of what you are / How very far you are from being real / Look into the mirror / Nothing there to see / Eve, I
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Carpenters – Beechwood 4-5789
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[Intro] / La-la-la-la-la-la-la (Hey, hey, yeah) / La-la-la-la-la-la-la (Oh baby) / La-la-la-la-la-la-la (Hey, hey, yeah) / La-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la / [Verse 1] / You can have
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Carpenters – Solitaire
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There was a man, a lonely man / Who lost his love through his indifference / A heart that cared, that went unshared / Until it died within his silence / And solitaire's the only
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Carpenters – Sleigh Ride
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[Verse 1] / Just hear those sleigh bells jingling / Ring-ting-tingling too / Come on, it's lovely weather / For a sleigh ride together with you / [Verse 2] / Outside the snow is
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Carpenters – Don't Be Afraid
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Don't be afraid to love and get love returned / Don't be afraid to tell everyone you've learned / That love is a groovy thing / It knows how to make you sing / And it fills up your
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