Close To You

Carpenters Close To You Lyrics
1.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.


2.Love Is Surrender

Lyrics:Ralph Carmichael
Music:Ralph Carmichael

Talk about love
how it makes life complete
You can talk all you want
make it sound nice and sweet,
But the words have an empty ring,
and they don't really mean a thing,

Chorus:
Without Him love is not to be found;
not to be found.
For love is surrender,
Love is surrender to His will
Love is surrender to His will

Sing about love
and the strength it can give
You can sing how you're ready
to face life and live,
But you know as the days go by
that no matter how hard you try,

Chorus

Shout about love
and the wars will all end
You can shout we're all brothers
and even pretend
But you can't cover up the past
just pretending we'll never last,

Chorus


3.Maybe It's You

Lyrics:Richard Carpenter
Music:Richard Carpenter

Maybe it's you, maybe it's me
Maybe it's just the constant rhythm of the sea
Maybe it's just that I've never been the kind
who can pass a lucky penny by

Maybe it's wise, maybe it's not
Maybe it's you who brought the caring I forgot
Isn't it nice to talk about the special way
that you smile whenever I'm around

Rising on the shore the ocean came
Walks along the waves of velveteen
His only thought was love for me

Couldn't we stay or must you go
Couldn't we stay and watch the splashing rocks we throw
Only a fool would want to leave the paradise
that I find whenever you're around
Only a fool

Isn't it nice to talk about the special way
that you smile whenever I'm around

Rising on the shore the ocean came
Walks along the waves of velveteen
His only thought was love for me

Couldn't we stay and watch the splashing rocks we throw
Only a fool would want to leave the paradise
that I find whenever you're around
Only a fool.


4.Reason To Believe

Lyrics:Tim Hardin
Music:Tim Hardin

If I listen long enough to you,
I'd find the way to believe that it's all true,
Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried,
Still I looked to find the reason to believe.

Someone like you makes it hard
To live without somebody else.
Someone like you makes it easy to give
Never thinking of myself.

If you took the time to change my mind,
I'd find the way to leave the past behind,
Knowing that you lied straight faced while I cried,
Still I looked to find the reason to believe.


5.Help

Written:John Lennon/Paul Mccartney

Help, I need somebody,
Help, not just anybody,
Help, you know I need someone, help.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

And now my life has changed in oh so many ways,
My independence seems to vanish in the haze.
But every now and then I feel so insecure,
I know that I just need you like I've never done before.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me.

When I was younger, so much younger than today,
I never needed anybody's help in any way.
But now these daya are gone, I'm not so self assured,
Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors.

Help me if you can, I'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being round.
Help me, get my feet back on the ground,
Won't you please, please help me, help me, help me, oh.


6.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.




























7.Baby It's You

Written:Mack David/Burt Bacharach/Barney Williams

It's not the way you smile that touches my heart.
It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart.
Many, many nights roll by.
I sit alone at home and cry over you.
What can I do?
Can't help myself,
Cause, baby it's you.

You should hear what they say about you. (cheatin')
They say you've never, never been true. (wow ooooo)
It doesn't matter what they say.
I'm gonna love you any old way,
What can I do when it's true.
Don't want nobody,
Cause, baby it's you.


8.I'll Never Fall In Love Again

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

What do you get when you fall in love?
A guy with a pin to burst your bubble
That's what you get for all your trouble.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

What do you get when you kiss a guy?
You get enough germs to catch pneumonia.
After you do, he'll never phone you.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

Don't tell me what is all about,
'Cause I've been there and I'm glad I'm out,
Out of those chains, those chains that bind you
That is why I'm here to remind you

What do you get when you fall in love?
You get enough tears to fill an ocean
That's what you get for your devotion.
I'll never fall in love again.
I'll never fall in love again.

What do you get when you fall in love?
You only get lies and pain and sorrow.
So, for at least until tomorrow,
I'll never fall in love again!
I'll never fall in love again!


9.Crescent Noon

Lyrics:Richard Carpenter
Music:Richard Carpenter

Green September burned to October brown,
Bare November led to December's frozen ground.
The seasons stumbled 'round
our drifting lives are bound
to a falling Crescent Noon.

Feather clouds cry a vale of tears to earth,
Morning breaks and no one sees a quiet mountain birth.
Dressed in a brand new day
the sun is on it way
to a falling Crescent Noon.

You and I were born like the breaking day,
All our seasons all our green Septembers burn away.
Slowly we'll fade into a sea of midnight blue
and a falling Crescent Noon.


10.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.


11.I Kept On Loving You

Written:Paul Williams/Roger Nichols

I ran away from you
and left you crying,
And though I'm here to stay
you think I'm lying
But I've changed my ways
and my wandering days are through;
and through it all,
I've kept on loving you.

Chorus:
Don't worry baby please don't cry,
I'm home for good and I will never leave you
Don't worry baby please don't cry,
You must believe me and I will never leave you.

You've heard this all before
I don't deny it
The road was long and wide
I had to try it
Though I hurt you girl
These were things I had to do
But through it all
I kept on loving you.

Chorus


12.Another Song

Written:Richard Carpenter/John Bettis

The moon that rose now descended,
And the love one shared now had ended,
And soon the day would come.
And when the day had come, the light that fell at dawn was
cold--
the warmth of you had gone,
A taste of loneliness cut through the earliness and oh,
the wind sang of you, softly they said,
All my fav'rite dreams were dead,
Leaving a cloud of sadness in my head
And though I'm buried in a sad song of the morning wind,
I know the day would bring another song for me to sing,
But when the day had come. the light that fell at dawn was
cold--
the warmth of you was gone.