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The Parting of Our Ways - demo version

Carpenters
Track 2 on The Essential Collection:1965-1997 

Producer

Joe Osborn
19661 viewer

The Parting of Our Ways - demo version Lyrics

Where has it gone?
The love we shared?
The love I live for is no longer there
If God only planned it to last all our days
There never would have been a parting of our ways

Love was so bright, then you went away
My days were sunny; now they are gray
If God only planned it to last all our days
There never would have been a parting of our ways

I hope and pray that he'll return to me
Forever since he's been gone, I've been in misery
I hope someday he'll come up to my door
Saying he's sorry he'll leave no more

My love is gone now; it didn't last
Who was my future now is my past
If God only planned it to last all our days
There never would have been
Never would have been now
Never would have been a parting of our ways

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The Essential Collection:1965-1997 (2002)
Carpenters
  1. 1.
    Caravan (Demo Version)
  2. 2.
    The Parting of Our Ways - demo version
  3. 3.
    Looking For Love
  4. 4.
    I’ll Be Yours
  5. 5.
    Iced Tea
  6. 6.
    You’ll Love Me
  7. 7.
    All I Can Do
  8. 8.
    Don’t Be Afraid
  9. 9.
    Invocation
  10. 10.
    Your Wonderful Parade
  11. 11.
    All Of My Life
  12. 12.
    Eve
  13. 13.
    Ticket To Ride
  14. 14.
    Get Together
  15. 15.
    Interview (Your Navy Presents)
  16. 16.
    Love Is Surrender
  17. 17.
    Maybe It’s You
  18. 18.
    (They Long to Be) Close to You
  19. 19.
    Mr. Guder
  20. 20.
    We’ve Only Just Begun
  21. 21.
    Merry Christmas, Darling
  22. 22.
    For All We Know
  23. 23.
    Rainy Days And Mondays
  24. 24.
    Superstar
  25. 25.
    Let Me Be the One
  26. 26.
    Bless the Beasts and the Children
  27. 27.
    Hurting Each Other
  28. 28.
    It’s Going to Take Some Time
  29. 29.
    I Won’t Last a Day Without You
  30. 30.
    A Song for You
  31. 31.
    Top of the World
  32. 32.
    Goodbye to Love
  33. 33.
    This Masquerade
  34. 34.
    Sing
  35. 35.
    Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  36. 36.
    Yesterday Once More
  37. 37.
    Oldies Medley
  38. 38.
    Yesterday Once More (Reprise)
  39. 39.
    Radio Contest Outtakes
  40. 40.
    Morinaga Hi-Crown Chocolate Commercial: “From the Heart Comes the Soul”
  41. 41.
    Please Mr. Postman (1991 Remix)
  42. 42.
    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
  43. 43.
    Only Yesterday
  44. 44.
    Solitaire
  45. 45.
    Tryin’ To Get The Feeling Again
  46. 46.
    Good Friends Are For Keeps
  47. 47.
    Ordinary Fool
  48. 48.
    Sandy
  49. 49.
    There’s a Kind of Hush
  50. 50.
    I Need To Be In Love
  51. 51.
    From This Moment On
  52. 52.
    Suntory Pop Jingle #1
  53. 53.
    Suntory Pop Jingle #2
  54. 54.
    All You Get from Love Is a Love Song
  55. 55.
    Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
  56. 56.
    Sweet, Sweet Smile
  57. 57.
    Christ Is Born
  58. 58.
    White Christmas
  59. 59.
    Little Altar Boy
  60. 60.
    Ave Maria
  61. 61.
    Where Do I Go From Here?
  62. 62.
    Little Girl Blue
  63. 63.
    I Believe You
  64. 64.
    If I Had You
  65. 65.
    Karen / Ella Medley (From “Music, Music, Music” TV Special, 1980)
  66. 66.
    1980 Medley (Sing/Knowing When To Leave/Make It Easy On Yourself/Someday/We’ve Only Just Begun)
  67. 67.
    Make Believe It’s Your First Time
  68. 68.
    Touch Me When We’re Dancing
  69. 69.
    When It’s Gone (It’s Just Gone)
  70. 70.
    Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)
  71. 71.
    Those Good Old Dreams
  72. 72.
    Now
  73. 73.
    Karen’s Theme
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1966
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