Carpenters : Now and Then

Pop Rock / USA
(1973 - A and M Records)
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Lyrics

1. SING

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 lala la la
Lala la la la la
La la la lala la la).

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
Just sing, sing a song
(La lala la la
Lala la la la la
La la la lala la la).


2. THIS MASQUERADE

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.

Thoughts 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.


3. HEATHER

(Instrumental)


4. JAMBALAYA (ON THE BAYOU)

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.

Jambalaya and a crawfish pie and fillet gumbo
Cause tonight, I’m gonna see my
Ma cher a mi-o
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar and be gay-o
Son of a gun, we’ll have big fun on the bayou.

Thibodaux, Fontaineaux the place is buzzin
Kin-folk come to see Yvonne by the dozen
Dress in style they 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 jar 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.


5. I CAN’T MAKE MUSIC

Here I am just sittin’ around
With and old piano in a vacant room
And the same old feelin’s come again
So uncertain hurtin’ scared
I thought I grew, but here I am again
Shoulda seen the train be passin’ thru.
I thought I knew.

And I can’t make music
No I can’t make rhyme
No I can’t do anything
To take me away this time.

I know it’s an old cliche to say
I feel I’m gonna die
And I hear it’s goin’ 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…

And I can’t make music
No I can’t make rhyme
No I can’t do anything
To take me away this time.


6. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

When I was young
I’d listen ro 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 roday 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.

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.

Every shing -a -ling -a -ling
That they’re startin’ to sing’s
So fine.


7. FUN, FUN, FUN

Well, she got her daddy’s car
And she cruised through the
Hamburger stand - now,
Seems she forgot all about the library
Like she told her ol’man-now,
And with the radio blastin’ goes cruisin’
Just a fast as she can-now.

And she’ll have fun, fun, fun,
Till her daddy takes the t-bird away.

Well you knew all along that your dad
Was gettin’ wise to you - now
(Should’ na lied now, should’ na lied)
And since he took your set of keys
You’ve been
Thinkin’ that your fun is all through now
(Should’ na lied now, should’ na lied)
But you can come along with me ‘cause we
Gotta lotta things to do - now.

And we’ll have fun, fun, fun
Now thtat daddy took the T-bird away.


8. THE END OF THE WORLD

Why does the sun go on shining ?
Why does the sea rush to short ?
Don’t they know it’s the end of te world,
Cause you don’t love me anymore ?

Why do the birds go on singing ?
Why do the stars glow above ?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world
It ended when i lost your love.

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything’s the same as it was
I can’t understand, no I can’t understand
How life goes on the way it does !

Why does my heart go on beating ?
Why do these eyes of mine cry ?
Don’t they know it’s the end of the world ?
It ended when you said goodbye.

Don’t they know it’s the end of the world ?
It ended when you said goodbye.


9. DA DO RON RON (WHEN HE WLKED ME HOME)

I met him on a Monday and my
Heart stood still
Da do ron ron
Da do ron ron
Somebody told mee that his name was Bill
Da do ron ron
Da do ron ron.

Yeah, my heart stood still
Yeah, his name was Bill
And when he walken me home
Da do ron ron
Da do ron ron.

Yeah, he looked so fine
Yeah, I’ll make him mine
And when he waldek me home
Da do ron ron
Da do ron ron.

Yeah, da do ron ron
Da do ron ron ron
Da do ron ron.

Yeah, da do ron ron
Da do ron ron ron
Da do ron ron (fade).


10. DEADMAN’S CURVE

I was cruisin' in my Stingray late one night
When an XKE pulled up on the right
And rolled down the window of his shiny new Jag
And challenged me then and there to a drag
I said, "you're on, buddy, my mill's runnin' fine
Let's come off the line, now, at Sunset and Vine
But I'll go you one better if you've got the nerve
Let's race all the way
To Dead Man's Curve"

(Chorus)
Dead Man's Curve, it's no place to play
Dead Man's Curve, you must keep away
Dead Man's Curve, I can hear 'em say:
"Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve"

The street was deserted late Friday night
We were buggin' each other while we sat out the light
We both popped the clutch when the light turned green
You shoulda heard the whine from my screamin' machine
I flew past LaBrea, Schwab's, and Crescent Heights
And all the Jag could see were my six taillights
He passed me at Doheny then I started to swerve

But I pulled her out and there we were
At Dead Man's Curve

(Partial chorus)

Dead Man's Curve, it's no place to play
Dead Man's Curve

(Dramatic interlude)

Well - the last thing I remember, Doc, I started to swerve
And then I saw the Jag slide into the curve
I know I'll never forget that horrible sight
I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right

"Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve"

(Chorus)...


11. JOHNNY ANGEL

Johnny Ange, Johnny Angel,
Johnny Ange, Johnny Angel,
You’re an angel to me.

Johnny Angel
How I love him
How I tingle
When he passes by
Everytime he says hello
My heart begins to fly.

Johnny Angel
How I want him
He’s got something
That I can’t resist
But the doesn’t even know
That I exist.

I’m in heaven
I get carried away
I dream of him and me
And how it’s gonna be.

Other fellows
Call me up for a date
But I just sit and wait
I’d rather concentrate.

On Johnny Angel
Cause I love him
And I pray
That someday he’ll love me
And together we will see
How lovely Heaven will be.

And together we will see
How lovely Heaven will be.


12. THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES

They say that you’re
A run around lover
Tho’ you say it
Isn’t so.

But if you put me
Down for another
I’ll know believe me
I’ll know.

Cause the night
Has a thousand eyes
And a thousand eyes
Can’t help but see
If you aren’t
True to me.

So remember when
You tell those
Little white lies
That the night
Has a thousand eyes.

One of these days
You’re gonna be sorry
Cause your game
I’m gonna play.

And you’ll find out
Whithout really trying
Each time that my
Kisses stray.

That the night
Has a thousand eyes
And a thousand eyes
Will see me through
And no matter
What I do.

I could never disguise
All those little white lies
Cause the night
Has a thousand eyes.

So remember when
You tell those
Little white lies
That the night
Has a thousand eyes.


13. OUR DAY WILL COME

Our day will come
And we’ll have everything.

We’ll share the joy
Falling in love can bring.

No one can tell me
That I’m too young to know
I love you so
And you love me.

Our day will come
If we just wait awhile.

No tears for us
Think love and wear a smile.
Our dreams have magic
Because we’ll always stay
In love this way
Our day will come.

Our day will come.

Our day will come.


14. ONE FINE DAY

Our fine day
You’ll look at me
And you will know our love was
Meant to be.

One fine day
You’re gonna want me for your girl.

The arms I long for
Will open wide
And you’ll be proud to have me
Right by your side.

One fine day
You’re gonna want me for your girl.

One fine day.


15. YESTERDAY ONCE MORE

(Instrumental)

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