1.Yesterday Once More
Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis
When I was young
I'd listen to the radio
Waitin' for my favorite songs
When they played I'd sing along
It made me smile.
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they'd gone
But they're back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well.
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.
When they get to the part
Where he's breakin' her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.
Lookin' back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed.
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I'd memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away.
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're startin' to sing's
So fine.
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It's yesterday once more.
往日重現
當我年輕的時候
聽著收音機
等待著我最喜愛的歌
當它播放時我獨自跟唱
讓我心情愉快起來
就像那些快樂時光
驚訝消失的無影無蹤
但當它們回來時
就像是久沒聯絡的朋友一樣
這都是我喜歡的歌
每個Sha-la-la-la
每個Wo-o-wo-o
記憶依鮮明
每個shing-a-ling-a-ling
節奏依然美好
當故事到了那個段落
他傷了她的心
讓我流下淚來
就像從前
往日重現
2.Road Ode
Lyrics：Gary Sims／Dan Woodhams
Music：Gary Sims／Dan Woodhams
I've been on this lonely road so long
Does anybody know where it goes
I remember the last time
The signs pointed home a month ago
Rented cars and empty motel rooms
Lead you everywhere but home
Crowds of people shouting
How they love the show
They don't know
The endless crowds of faces
Just keep on wearing a smile
The countless times and places lead me back
Please take me back home
I wonder if these feelings ever change
How many times I'll lift this load
Come tomorrow I'll be gone again
Roads of sorrow coming to an end for me
The endless crowds of faces
Just keep on wearing a smile
The countless time and places lead me back
Please take me back home
I wonder if these feelings ever change
How many times I'll lift this load
Come tomorrow I'll be gone again
Roads of sorrow coming to an end for me
3.I Need To Be In Love
Written：R.Carpenter／John Bettis／Albert Hammond
The hardest thing I've ever done is keep believing
There's someone in this crazy world for me
The way that people come and go through temporary lives
My chance could come and I might never know
I used to say 'No promises, let's keep it simple'
But freedom only helps you say goodbye
It took a while for me to learn that nothing comes for free
The price I paid is high enough for me
＊ I know I need to be in love
I know I've wasted too much time
I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world
And fool enough to think that's what I'll find
+ So here I am with pockets full of good intentions
But none of them will comfort me tonight
I'm wide awake at 4 a.m. without a friend in sight
I'm hanging on a hope but I'm all right
repeat ＊
repeat +
repeat ＊
4.Mr. Guder
Lyrics：Richard Carpenter
Music：Richard Carpenter
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.
Mister Guder, say Mister Guder,
I have seen you go through a day,
You're ev'ry-thing a robot lives for,
walk in at night and roll out the door at five.
You reflect the company image,
you maintain their rules to live by,
Shine your shoes, let's keep a neat haircut
now that you're wearing a coat and tie.
Mister Guder, say Mister Guder,
someday soon you may realize
you've blown your life just playing a game
where no one wins but ev'ry one stays the same.
5.You
Lyrics：Randy Edelman
Music：Randy Edelman
You are the one who makes me happy,
when ev'rything else turns to grey.
Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings,
and sends me out into the day.
You are the crowd that sits quiet list'ning to me,
and all the mad sense I make.
You are one of the few things worth remembering.
And since it's all true,
how could anyone mean more to me than you.
Sorry if sometimes I look past you,
there's no one beyond your eyes.
Inside my head the wheels are turning,
hey, sometimes I'm not so wise.
You are my heart and my soul, my inspiration,
just like the old love song goes.
You are one of the few things worth remembering.
And since it's all true,
how could anyone mean more to me than you.
You are my heart and my soul, my inspiration,
just like the old love song goes.
You are one of the few things worth remembering.
And since it's all true,
how could anyone mean more to me than you.
6.One Love
Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis
One love in my young life
took me somewhere I had never been,
And I want to live again, breath again
in the shelter of his brightly woven love song.
So long I have wanted love
to be sitting just this near to me.
Now my waiting here is free.
Few are the choices we are given,
the sand of time pass quickly by.
One dream of my young life
now stands holding out his hand to me,
Now I can't help but believe
that my whole life will be spent in one love.
7.Can't Smile Without You
Written：Chris Arnold／David Martin／Geoff Morrow
You know I can't smile without you.
I can't smile without you.
I cant' laugh and I can't walk,
finding it hard even to talk.
And I feel sad when you're sad.
I feel gland when your glad.
And you must know what I'm going through,
I just can't smile without you.
You came along just like a song
you brightened my days.
Who'd believe you were part of a dream
that always seemed light years away.
And you know I can't smile without you.
I can't smile without you.
And you must know what I'm going through,
I just can't smile without you.
Some people say
the happiness way
is something that hard to find.
Into the new, leaving the old behind me.
And I feel sad when you're sad.
I feel glad when your glad.
And you must know what I'm going through,
I just can't smile without you.
(Instrumental Break)
Into the new, leaving the old behind me.
And I feel sad when you're sad.
I feel glad when your glad.
And you must know what I'm going through,
I just can't smile without you.
8.Happy
Written：Tony Peluso／Diane Rubin／John Bettis
I've played the game of love before,
Too young to know how hard the fall could be.
I never thought I'd try again,
Somehow you brought the gambler out in me
You can deal me in this time,
even tho the odds are high,
we'll play them down.
You may be a chance I need to take,
and the hand I'm holdin' says it's no mistake.
(Chorus)
HAPPY is the way I'm feelin',
and I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
and I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you,
Fallin' in love,
Fallin' in love with you.
If this is luck then let it ride,
If this the stars they're surly on my side.(surly on my side)
I've never been so satisfied by love before,
for all the times I've tried.
These beginnings could me more
then the brief affair I bargained for.
Little did I know when we began,
that my time had come to win a hand.
(Chorus)
HAPPY is the way I'm feelin',
and I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
and I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you,
Fallin' in love,
Fallin' in love with you.
Please forgive me,
if I seem to be walkin' thru a wakin' dream.
Laughter never came so easily,
there's a freedom here that's new to me.
(Chorus)
HAPPY is the way I'm feelin',
and I know it comes from being with you.
All at once my life is changin',
and I know it's 'cause I'm fallin' in love with you.
Fallin' in love with you,
Fallin' in love,
Fallin' in love with you.
9.We've Only Just Begun
Written：Paul Williams／Roger Nichols
We've only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
And yes, We've just begun.
Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start our walking and learn to run.
And yes, We've just begun.
Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.
And when the evening comes we smile,
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow,
And yes, We've just begun.
10.Superstar
Written：Leon Russell／Bonnie Bramlett
Long ago and oh so far away
I fell in love with you before the second show
Your guitar it sounds so sweet and clear
But you're not really here it's just the radio
＊ Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Loneliness is such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait to be with you again
What to say to make you come agin
Come back to me again and play your sad guitar
Repeat ＊ twice
11.Rainy Days And Mondays
Written：Paul Williams／Roger Nichols
Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.
What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.
12.Top Of The World
Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis
Arranger：Richard Carpenter
Such a feeling's coming over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream
Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
It's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen
(＊)I'm on the top of the world looking down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world
Something in the wind has learned my name
And it's telling me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasing sense of happiness for me
There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here
Repeat(＊)twice
13.They Long To Be Close To You
Lyrics：Burt Bacharach／Hal David
Music：Burt Bacharach／Hal David
Why do birds suddenly appear
Every time you are near？
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Why do stars fall down from the sky
Every time you walk by？
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
On the day that you were born
The angels got together
And decided to create a dream come true
So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold
And starlight in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town
Follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be
Close to you.
Just like me (Just like me)
They long to be
Close to you.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Wahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Hahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
Lahhhhhhhhhhh, close to you.
靠近你
鳥兒們為何突然出現？
每一次你靠近時
就像我一樣
牠們早就想接近你
星星為何從天上墜落？
每一次當你走來
就像我一樣
它們早就想接近你
在你誕生的那一天
天使們聚在一起
決定創造出一個成真的美夢
於是，祂們在你的金髮灑上月塵
在你的藍眼珠裡灑上星光
這就是為何城裡所有的女孩
到處都跟隨著你
就像我一樣
她們早就想接近你
14.Let Me Be The One
Written：Paul Williams／Roger Nichols
Some sleepless night,
if you should find yourself alone,
Let me be the one you run to,
Let me be the one you come to
when you need someone to turn to,
Let me be the one.
To set things right
when this old world's turned upside down,
Let me be the one you run to,
Let me be the one you come to
when you need someone to turn to,
Let me be the one.
For love and understanding,
to find a quiet place;
For silent understanding,
a loving touch.
Come to me when things go wrong
and there's no love to light the way.
Let me be the one you run to,
Let me be the one you come to
when you need someone to turn to,
Let me be the one.
15.I Can't Make Music
Lyrics：Randy Edelman
Music：Randy Edelman
Here I am just sitting around
With an old piano in a vacant room
And the same old fellings come again
So uncertain, hurt and scared
I thought I grew, but here I am again
I should have seen the train be passing through
I thought I knew.
And I can't make music
No, I can't make rhymes
No, I can't do anything
To take me away this time.
I know it's an old cliche to say I fell I'm gonna die
And I here it's gone out to cry
So I'm gonna say some kind words to you
I like to wish you luck and hope
That life will be with someone else
Just like I thought it would be with me
But I can't see.
(repeat chorus)
I can't make music,
And I can't make rhymes
No, I can't do anything
To take me away this time.
16.Sing
Lyrics：Joe Raposo
Music：Joe Raposo
Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud
Sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.
Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me.
Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last
Your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not
Good enough for anyone
Else to hear
Just sing, sing a song.
17.Only Yesterday
Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis
After long enough of being alone,
Ev'ryone must face their share of loneliness.
In my own time nobody knew
the pain I was goin' thru,
And watin' was all my heart could do.
Hope was all I had until you came,
Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me.
You were the dawn breaking the night
The promise of morning light.
Filling the world surrounding me
Baby, baby,
your love's made me
free as a song,
singin' for ever.
(chorus)
Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely,
You showed me the way to leave the past
and all it's tears behind me.
Tomorrow maybe even brighter than today
since I threw my sadness away.
Only yesterday
(musical interlude)
18.Ticket To Ride
Lyrics：John Lennon
Music：John Lennon
I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today Yeah
The boy that's driving me mad is going away.
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
and he don't care.
He said that living with me
was bringing him down Yeah
He would never be free
when I was around.
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
and he don't care.
Don't know why he's riding so high
He oughta do right
He oughta do right by me
Before he gets to saying goodbye
He oughta do right
He oughta do right by me
I think I'm gonna be sad
I think it's today Yeah
The boy that's driving me mad is going away.
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
He's got a ticket to ride
and he don't care, don't care.
19.Sometimes
Lyrics：Felice Mancini
Music：Henry Mancini
Sometimes, not often enough
We reflect upon the good things
And those thoughts always center
Around those we love
And I think about those people
Who mean so much to me
And for so many years have made me
So very happy
And I count the times I have forgotten to say
Thank you, and just how much I love them
20.Look To Your Dreams
Lyrics：John Bettis
Music：Richard Carpenter
To say I'm romantic would be quite semantically true,
But make - believe passion is falling from fashion's milieu.
It's understandable why we're a little confused.
It's asking for trouble just watching the six o-clock news.
But for a moment, all things aside,
Look to your self, somewhere inside.
Look to your dreams,
Don't they still seem worthwhile？
Don't they still seem in style,
Aren't you glad they're still there？
Look to your dreams
There's a need for them now.
When the world has us down, aren't you glad they're around？
Once conceived, once believed, fantasy's reality's childhood.
And like a seed, visions need constant care, like a child would.
We should look to your dreams, we can still make the stars.
We can still break the bars we have built here on earth.
Look to your dreams,
And tomorrow may be better for you and me.
The future may say,
Blame blind yesterday for taking dreams away.
They could mean more then they say.
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