Carpenters Album

As a child I was known for make believin'
All alone I created fantasies
As I grew people called it self-deceiving
But my heart helped me hold the memories

As I walk through the world I find around me
Something new yet familiar's in the air
I feel it everywhere
Like a child's eyes on a Christmas night
I'm looking at you now
Findin' answers to my prayers

It's a new day for those good old dreams
One by one it seems they're comin' true
Here's the morning that my heart had seen
Here's the morning that just had to come through

Same old stage but what a change of scene
No more dark horizons, only blue
It's a new day for those good old dreams
All my life I've dreamed of lovin' you

You're a spark of a long forgotten fire
You're a touch of a slowly growin' wind
You're a taste of the ever-changing seasons
Tellin' me there are some things that don't end

We have left all the darkness far behind us
All those hopes that we had along the way
Have made it to this day
Like an old love song gone for much too long
You hear it once again
And it carries you away

It's a new day for those good old dreams
One by one it seems they're comin' true
Here's the morning that my heart had seen
Here's the morning that just had to come through

Same old stage but what a change of scene
No more dark horizons, only blue
It's a new day for those good old dreams
All my life I've dreamed of you (I've dreamed of you)

It's a new day for those good old dreams
And it's all because of you

You've been so quiet lately
Sometimes I wonder has the cat got your tongue
You seem to be a thousand miles away
Don't look me in the eyes and say it's okay, don't lie

I got this funny feeling, baby
That it's going to be that time again
When you have the need for someone else
I know you better than you know yourself

Sometimes it takes the strength of a woman
To understand the weakness of her man
It's going to take the strength of this woman
To keep fighting for the loving of her man

And, darling, when you've been satisfied
And it isn't new to you no more
Think of me, I'll be here alone
Waiting for you to find your way back home

Sometimes it takes the strength of a woman
To understand the weakness of her man
It's going to take the strength of this woman
To keep fighting for the loving of her man

I know how hard you tried to hide this all from me
But if you keep a silent heart I can't give you what you need
So hold me close and hold me tight
Let's say goodnight and never say goodbye

Sometimes it takes the strength of a woman
To understand the weakness of her man
It's going to take the strength of this woman
To keep fighting for the loving of her man

Sometimes it takes the strength of a woman
To understand the weakness of her man
It's going to take the strength of this woman
To keep fighting for the loving of her man

You know it doesn't seem that long ago
That I had your love and let it go
And I really let you down I know
I'm losing your love

I guess it took a while for me to see
What it is you really mean to me
I've been as big a fool as I can be
For losing your love

I want you back in my life again
I don't want to be your remember when
I want you back in my life again
Let's go back to the place where it all began
I've lived long enough with your memory
Now I know that I need you here with me

There was a time I thought I had it made
But I didn't see the price I had paid
That the price gets higher every day
And all I can say is

You're the only one who knows my heart
So let's take it right back to the start
And I won't have to play the part
Of losing your love

I want you back in my life again
I don't want to be your remember when
I want you back in my life again
Let's go back to the place where it all began
I've lived long enough with your memory
Now I know that I need you here with, here with me

I want you back in my life again

You're the only one who knows my heart
So let's take it right back to the start
And I won't have to play the part
Of losing your love

I want you back in my life again
I don't want to be your remember when
I want you back in my life again
Let's go back to the place where it all began
I've lived long enough with your memory
Now I know that I need you here with, ah...
If I want you back in my life
I want you back in my life

When you've got what it takes you've got nothing to hide
You've got miles of feelings and acres of pride
You've got it, you've really got it
When you know who you are then you live what you feel
You give what you can and it's good when you've really
Got it and when you've got it

Let it out, let it show
Let them know inside you've got it
Let it shine like a fine tomorrow
For when you do, the feeling comes back to you

What a difference it makes
When you've got what it takes
What a difference it makes
When you've got it

When you're sure of your heart then you give it away
And love is a promise you keep every day
You know it and when you know it
You begin to believe you'll do more than survive
That the best part of being is being alive
You feel it and when you feel it

Let it out, let it show
Let them know inside you've got it
Let it shine like a fine tomorrow
For when you do, the feeling comes back to you

When a difference it makes
When you've got what it takes
What a difference it makes
When you've got it

When a difference it makes
When you've got what it takes
What a difference it makes
When you've got it

When a difference it makes
When you've got what it takes
What a difference it makes
When you've got it every day

Somebody's been lying
Somebody's been calling me
Telling me he still loves me
But not the way I thought it would be
He's making fun of me
And laughing at my dreams
And I know that he keeps

Saying not to worry
He's telling me to just hold on
But he's not here to lean on
And words won't warm
My bed now he's gone
It isn't easy letting go of what we had
And I guess I'm just scared

And I still believe him though
I'd be wiser to go on my own way

Somebody's been lying
And I know you're telling me
Only the things you want to
I guess I lie as much as you do
It seems so funny letting go of yesterday
Guess we're much too afraid
And we're much too alone
Were we just too much in love?

I believe you
When you say that you will reach into the sky
And steal a star so you can put it on my finger
I believe you
Baby, I believe you

I believe you
When you say that every time that we make love
Will be the first time we've made love and every act of love
Will please you
Baby, I believe you

Blind faith makes me follow you
I'd live in a cave if you wanted to
Just ask me and I'll marry you
You don't have to sell me
‘Cause you overwhelm me
I've made up my mind
For a lifetime

I believe you
When you swear your love will keep on growing strong
And that forever isn't long enough to love me
Like you need to
Baby, I believe you
Baby, I believe you
Honey, I love you

Blind faith makes me follow you
I'd live in a cave if you wanted to
Just ask me and I'll marry you
You don't have to sell me
‘Cause you overwhelm me
I've made up my mind
For a lifetime

I believe you
When you say you'll fill my body with your soul
And love will grow into a freckled little girl
Who looks like we do
Baby, I believe you
Baby, I believe you
Honey, I love you

Play us a song we can slow dance on
We want to hold each other
Play us a groove so we hardly move

Just let our hearts beat together
Oh, baby, cause it feels so good
When we're close like this
Whisper in my ear and let me steal a kiss

Come on and touch me when we're dancin'
You know you've got that lovin' touch
Woah, touch me when we're dancin'
I wanna feel you when I'm fallin' in love

Tonight's the night and it feels so right
My heart is sayin' it to me
You're the one I've waited for so long

So let your love flow through me
Oh, baby cause it feels so good
Just to be this close
You've got me up so high
I could fly coast to coast

Come on and touch me when we're dancin'
You know you've got that lovin' touch
Woah, touch me when we're dancin'
I wanna feel you when I'm fallin' in love

Touch me when we're dancin'
You know you've got that lovin' touch
Woah, touch me when we're dancin'
I wanna feel you when I'm fallin' in love

Where's the word for the sadness
Where's the poetry in the pain
Where's the colour in the stain
Where the tears have fallen
It's gone, it's just gone

Where's the method to this madness
As we create this suffering
And we do each other in
And we still hold on
But it's gone, it's just gone

He says it's gone
And he can't go on a living a memory
Mulling it over endlessly
Why is that so hard for me to see?
He says it's gone
And he can't go on trying to live a lie
And when he cries
I know it's over but I may never know why

There's no face in the locket
There's no place for the past
I'll put it back in my pocket
It was never meant to last
It's just gone

He says it's gone
And he can't go on a living a memory
Mulling it over endlessly
Why is that so hard for me to see?
He says it's gone
And he can't go on trying to live a lie
And when he cries
I know it's over but I may never know why

There's no word for the sadness
There's no poetry in the pain
There's no colour in the stain
Where the tears have fallen
It's gone, it's just gone
It's gone, it's just gone

Well, it's gone

You can have this dance with me
You can hold my hand and whisper
In my ear sweet words, that I
Love to hear

(*) Don't be shy, just take your time
I'd like to get to know you
I'd like to make you mine

I've been waiting, sitting here so patiently
For you to come over
And have this dance with me

(**) And my number is Beechwood 4-5789
You can call me up and have a date
Any old time

Repeat (*)

Beechwood 4-5789
You can call me up and have a date
Any old time

Repeat (*)
Repeat (**)

Beechwood 4-5789
You can call me up and have a date
Any old time

Children
It was more fun to be children
We just took life as it happened
Run through the days
Don't look behind
Over
Wink of an eye and it's over
What a surprise to discover
We were people ourselves
What kind of people did we want to be?
No answer ever came to me
I didn't sleep at all last night
Mom, I've come to you like yesterday
About today
Mom, I'm afraid
Hon, come and sit by my side
Listen to me
Words come so hard
But what my heart says I will give you
Because you are in love
Your eyes begin to open
As if you had awoken from a sleep
Because you are in love
You use imagination
And lose your concentration
When someone drops his name
You're back in his arms as always
Your daydreams work out that way
It's all just a trick your mind plays
The more love grows
The more it stays the same
(Same little girl who's frightened) But I love him so
(Same little girl who's sure) That she loves him so
(Sees with a woman's vision, knows what a woman knows)
Because we are in love
We reach for our tomorrows
And know we won't be lonely
In laughter and in sorrows
Where love abides
There is a place we'll keep our home forever
You and I
Because we are in love

(We know we won't be lonely in laughter and in sorrow)
Where love abides
There is the place we'll keep our home forever
You and I
Because we are in love