Carpenters( 木匠兄妹 ) Gold[20首黃金典藏]

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'dsing 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-wo-wo
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they're starting 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 time 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

Repeat(＊)

All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday once more

Repeat(＊)


2.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 a such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait to be with you again

What to say to make you come again
Come back to me again
And play your sad guitar

Repeat(＊)twice


3.Rainy Days And Mondays

Written：Paul Williams／Roger Nichols

Talking to myself and feeling 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
Nothing is really wrong
Feeling like I don't belong
Walking 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
It's nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
To run and find the one who loves me

(＊)What I feel is come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hanging around, nothing to do but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down

Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me

Repeaat(＊)

Hanging around, nothing do to but frown
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down


雨天和星期一

喃喃自語，覺得自己已老
有時我想放棄
做什麼事都不對勁
無所是事
整天眉頭深鎖
雨天和星期一總讓我心情低落

我得了人們所謂的'憂鬱'
沒有什麼是真的錯了
只是沒有歸屬感
四處遊盪
像某些寂寞的小丑
雨天和星期一總讓我心情低落

有趣的是，我似乎總是和你在此告別
知道有人愛著我，的確很好
好笑的是，我唯一該做的
是找出那個愛我的人

那些感覺來了又去
其實都不足為外人道
我們都明白那是怎麼回事
無所是事
整天眉頭深鎖
雨天和星期一總讓我心情低落


4.Goodbye To Love

Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis

I'll say goodbye to love
No one ever cared if I should live or die
Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by
And all I know of love is how to live without it
I just can't seem to find it

So I've made my mind up
I must live my life alone
And though it's not the easy way
I guess I've always know

I'd say goodbye to love
There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine
Surely time will lose these bitter memories
And I'll find that there is someone to believe in
And to live for something I could live for

All the years of useless search
Have finally reached an end
Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend
From this day love is forgotten
I'll go on as best I can

What lies in the future is a mystery to us all
No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls
There may come a time when I will see that I've been wrong
But for now this is my song
And it's goodbye to love
I'll say goodbye to love


5.It's Going To Take Some Time

Lyrics：Carole King／Toni Stern
Music：Carole King／Toni Stern

It's gonna take some time this time
To get myself in shape.
I really fell out of line this time,
I really missed the gate.

The birds on the telephone like, (next time)
Are cryin' out to me, (next time)
And I won't be so blind next time,
And I'll find some harmony.

But it's going to take some time this time,
And I can't make demands.
But, like the young trees in the winter time,
I'll learn how to bend.

(＊)After all the tears we've spent,
How could we make amends？
So, it's one more round for experience
And I'm on the road again,
And it's going to take some time this time!

And I can't make amends.
I'll learn how to bend.

But it's going to take some time this time,
No matter what I've planned.
And, like the young trees in the winter time,
I'll learn how to bend.

Repeat(＊)


6.I Won't Last A Day Without You

Written：Paul Williams／Roger Nichols

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 turn to
Who will always care
You're always there

(＊)When there's no gettin' over that rainbow
When my smallest of dreams won't come true
I can take all the madness the world has to give
But I won't last a day without you

So many times when the city seems to be
Without a friendly face, a lonely place
It's nice to know that you'll be there if
I need you And you'll always smile
It's all worthwhile

Repeat(＊)

Touch me and I end up singing
Trouble seems to up and disappear
You touch me with the love you're bringing
I can't really lose when you're near

If all my friends
Have forgotten half their promises
They're not unkind,
Just hard to find

One look at you and
I know that I could learn to live
Without the rest
I found the best

Repeat(＊)


7.For All We Know

Written：Fred Karlin／Robb Wilson／Arthur James

Love, look at the two of us
Strangers in many ways
We've got a lifetime to share
So much to say and as we go on from day to day
I'll feel you close to me
But time alone will tell
Let's take a lifetime to say
I knew you well
For only time will tell us so
And love may grow for all we know

Love, look at the two of us
Strangers in many ways
Let's take a lifetime to say
I knew you well
For only time will tell us so
And love may grow for all we know


8.Jambalaya(On The Bayou)

Lyrics：Hank Williams
Music：Hank Williams

Good-bye Joe, he gotta go, me oh my oh
He gotta go-pole the pirogue down the bayou
His Yvonne the sweetest one,me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Thibodaux,Fontaineaux the place is buzzin'
A Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style the go hog wild, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

(＊)Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight, I'm gonna see my ma cher a mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit far and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Settle down far from town get him a pirogue
And he'll catch all the fish in the bayou
Swap his mon to buy Yvonne what she need-o
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun on the bayou

Repeat(＊)


9.Touch Me When We're Dancing

Written：Terry Skinner／J.L.Wallace／Ken Bell

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 feel so good
When we're close like this
Whisper is my ear and let me steal a kiss

(＊)Come on and touch me
When we're dancing
You know you've got that loving touch
Touch me when we're dancing
I want to feel you when I'm falling in love

Tonight's the night and it feels so right
My heart is saying 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

Repeat(＊)


10.Please Mr. Postman

Written：Brian Holland／Robert Bateman／Berry Gordy

( Stop )Oh yes, wait a minute
Mister Postman
( Wait )
Wait Mister Postman

(＊)Please Mister Postman look and see
( Oh yeah )
If there's a letter in your bag for me
( Please, Please, Mister Postman )
Why's it takin' such a long time
( Oh yeah )
For me to hear from that boy of mine

There must be
Some word today
From my boyfriend
So far away
Please Mister Postman
Look and see
If there's a letter
A letter for me

I've been standin' here
Waitin' Mister Postman
So patiently
For just a card
Or just a letter
Sayin' he's returning'
Home to me

Repeat(＊)

So many days
You passed me by
See the tears
Standin' in my eyes
You didn't stop
To make me feel better
By leavin' me
A card or a letter

Repeat(＊)

( Why don't you check it and see one more time
for me you gotta )
Wait a minute, wait a minute...
( Mister Postman )
Mister Postman look and see

( C'mon deliver the letter, the sooner, the better )
Mister Postman


請等一下，郵差先生

請等一下，郵差先生
等一等，郵差先生
等一下，郵差先生，請查查看
袋子裡是不是有我的信？
請等一下，郵差先生
為什麼讓我等這麼久
只為了等我男友的音訊

今天應該有隻字片語
來自我那遠方的男友
等一下，郵差先生，請查查看
是不是有信件是寄給我的？

我一直站在這兒耐心的等待郵差先生
只為了一張明信片或一封信
告訴我他將回到家裡
你從我面前經過這麼多天了
看見我眼裡的淚水
卻不曾停下來安慰我
給我一封明信片或信件

為何你不再為我查看一遍？
你一定得等一下
請等一下，等一下
郵差先生，請查查看
快給我一封信，越快越好
郵差先生........


11.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
Thru 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
Good-bye
It took a while for me to learn
That nothin' comes for free
The price I've 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 four a.m.
Without a friend in sight
Hanging on a hope but I'm alright

Repeat(＊)


12.Solitaire

Lyrics：Neil Sedaka／Phil Cody
Music：Neil Sedaka／Phil Cody

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 game in town
And every road that takes him
Takes him down
And by himself it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again

(＊＊)And keeping to himself
He plays the game
Without her love
It always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire

A little hope
Goes up in smoke
Just how it goes
Goes without saying

There was a man
A lonely man
Who would command
The hand he's playing

Repeat(＊)
Repeat(＊＊)
Repeat(＊)


13.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
We've only 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 only just begun

(＊)Sharin' horizons that are new to us
Watchin' the signs along the way
Talkin' it over just the two of us
Workin' 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 only just begun

Repeat(＊)
Repeat(＊＊)


14.Close To You(They Long To Be)

Lyrics：Burt Bacharach／Hal David
Music：Burt Bacharach／Hal David

Why do birds
Suddenly appear？
Everytime you are near
Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Why do stars
Fall down from the sky？
Everytime 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 moondust 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

Repeat(＊)
Repeat(＊＊)

Just like me
They long to be
Close to you

Woo... Close to you...


15.This Masquerade

Lyrics：Leon Russell
Music：Leon Russell

Are we really happy with
This lonely game we play
Looking for the right words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anyway
We're lost in this masquerade

Both afraid to say we're just too far away
From being close together from the start
We tried to talk it over
But the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

(＊)Throughts of leaving disappear
Each time I see your eyes
And no matter how hard I try
To understand the reason
Why we carry on this way
And we're lost in this masquerade

We tried to talk it over
But the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

Repeat(＊)

We're lost in a masquerade


16.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
Is bringing him down, yeah
He would never be free
When I was around

Repeat(＊＊)

Don't know why he's ridin' so high
He ought to do right
He ought to do right by me
Before he gets to sayin' good-bye
He ought to do right
He ought to do right by me

Repeat(＊)
Repeat(＊＊)

Don't care
Think I'm gonna be sad...


17.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


18.Only Yesterday

Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis

After long enough of being alone
Everyone must face their share of loneliness
In my own time nobody knew
The pain I was goin' through
And waitin' 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
Filing the world surrounding me
When I hold you

(＊)Baby, Baby
Feels like maybe things will be all right
Baby, Baby
Your love's made me
Free as a song singin' forever

(＊＊)Only yesterday when I was sad
And I was lonely
You showed me the way to leave
The past and all its tears behind me
Tomorrow may be even brighter than today
Since I threw my sadness away
Only Yesterday

I have found my home here in your arms
Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be
Life waits for us
Share it with me
The best is about to be
So much is left for us to see
When I hold you

Repeat(＊)
Repeat(＊＊)twice


19.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

La la la la la
La la la la la la...

Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me

Repeat(＊)


20.Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft

Lyrics：Klaatu
Music：Klaatu

In your mind you have capacities you know
To telepath messages through the vast unknown
Please close your eyes and concentrate
With every thought you think
Upon the recitation we're about to sing

(＊)Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary most extraordinary craft

Repeat(＊)

You've been observing our earth
And we'd like to make a contact with you
We are your friends

Calling occupants of interplanetary craft
Calling occupants of interplanetary ultra-emissaries

We've been observing your earth
And one night we'll make a contact with you
We are your friends

Calling occupants of interplanetary quite extraordinary craft

And please come on peace, we beseech you
Only a landing will teach them
Our earth may never survive
So do come, we beg you
Please interstellar policeman
Oh, won't you give us a sign
Give us a sign that we've reached you

With your mind you have ability to form
And transmit thought energy far beyond the norm
You close your eyes, you concentrate
Together that's the way
To send the message
We declare world contact day

Repeat(＊)twice

We are your friends