Carpenters Treasures[Japanese Release Only]

1.Your Wonderful Parade

Lyrics：John Bettis
Music：Richard Carpenter

Your Wonderful Parade,
moving thru the towns that rise and then they fade,
Over streets that pass the houses where you've stayed,
Your Wonderful Parade.

Your daily masquerade,
paper masks that hide the faces you have made,
Crumbled down upon foundations you have laid,
Your daily masquerade.

Stand in line try to climb
meet your wife at cocktail time
you're sure to lose
so try and choose
a better way to fall.

Your marvelous charade,
Never could be worth
the prices that you've paid
Blindness is a part of
ev'ry game you've played,
Your Marvelous Parade.


2.All Of My Life(Remix)

Lyrics：Richard Carpenter
Music：Richard Carpenter

All of my life I have been waiting
for just one boy,
And all of my life I have been waiting
for all the joy
of having someone that I can call my own.
Who'll come to my side when I am all alone,

And now you are here and I've found
a whole new world has opened for me.
A world filled with love,
a world filled with all your love eternally,

For you say you're mine,
you'll love me all the time,
night and day,
come what may
And all of my life you will be my own.

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I just want someone that I can call my own,
To have at my side when I am all alone.

And now you are here and I've found
a whole new world has opened for me.
A world filled with love,
a world filled with all you love eternally,

For you say you're mine,
you'll love me all the time,
night and day,
come what may
And all of my life you will be my own.


3.Eve(Remix)

Lyrics：John Bettis
Music：Richard Carpenter

Eve I can't believe that you could mean what you just said,
Think of what you are, how very far you are from being real,
Look into the mirror--nothing there to see,
Eve I can't believe you'd really leave him.

Notice how her image saddens, how lonely she's become,
Just once I'd like to see her happy, before the winter comes.

Eve I wouldn't lie, the open sky is not your home,
Wide as it may be, reality is here among the stones,
Thorns among the roses add to what is real,
Eve you are a rose among the thorns here.

Notice how her image saddens, how lonely she's become,
Just once I'd like to see her happy, before the winter comes.

I wish her only good times, before the winter comes.


4.Baby It's You(Remix)

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.


5.Reason To Believe(Remix)

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.


6.Love Is Surrender(Remix)

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


7.Maybe It's You(Remix)

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.


8.Saturday

Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis

Saturday,
began much the same as other days,
but ended up different in may ways,
Love is my world since Saturday.

Mornin' came,
but somehow it didn't seem the same.
The sadness of Friday had somehow changed
to the happy sounds of Saturday,

Saturday, ever lovin' Saturday.

I whistle to blue birds,
I try to tell them how you brought me sunshine.
My head's full of new words,
that sing to the sounds of the day after Friday.

Come and see
the flowers of love she gave to me;
the touches of laughter and harmony
to the happy sounds of Saturday,

Saturday, ever lovin' Saturday.

I whistle to blue birds,
I try to tell them how you brought me sunshine.
My head's full of new words,
that sing to the sounds of the day after Friday.
day after Friday.

Come and see
the flowers of love she gave to me;
the touches of laughter and harmony
to the happy sounds of Saturday,
Saturday, ever lovin' Saturday.


9.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.


10.A Song For You(Remix)

Lyrics：Leon Russell
Music：Leon Russell

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you


11.Flat Baroque

Music：Richard Carpenter

Instrumental


12.Piano Picker

Lyrics：Randy Edelman
Music：Randy Edelman

Everybody always asks me
How I got to play so fine
And friends, I'm gonna tell ya
It really did take some time

Yes, after years and years of practice
And a case of real bad knees
Whil the other guys were out playin' with the football
I was home bangin' on the keys
And it got me

Right were I am, this is me
Playing the piano
I hope ya like what I do
It's for you, and I'll try and sing right too

I guess I'm really very lucky
That I've got this thing to play
'Cause it can really make me feel good
Even when it's cloudy and grey

Yes, after years and years of practice
And awful allergies that made me sneeze
And now the other guys are out playin' with their girlfriends
And I was still bangin' on the keys
And it got me

Right where I am, this is me
Playing the piano
I hope ya like what I do
It's for you
And I'll try and sing right too


13.Crystal Lullabye(Remix)


14.Bless The Beasts And Children(Remix)

Written：Barry Devorzon／Perry Botkin Jr

Bless the beasts and the children
For in this world they have no voice
They have no choice

Bless the beasts and the children
For the world can never be
The world they see

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from a storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from a storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

The children
The children


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 try 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
We're lost in this masquerade.

We try to talk it over, but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play.

We're lost in a masquerade.
And we're lost in a masquerade.


16.I Can't Make Music(Remix)

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.


17.I Can Dream Can't I

Lyrics：Irving Kahal／Sammy Fain
Music：Irving Kahal／Sammy Fain

As we eye the blue horizon's bend,
Earth and sky appear to meet and end.
But it's merely an illusion.
Like your heart and mine,
There is no sweet conclusion

I can see,
No matter how near you'll be,
You'll never belong to me.
But I can dream Can't I？
Can't I pretend
that I'm locked in the bend of your embrace？
For dreams are just like wine,
And I am drunk with mine

I'm aware my heart is a sad affair.
There's much disillusion there,
But I can dream, Can't I

Can't I adore you although we are oceans apart？
I can't make you open your heart,
But I can dream Can't I


18.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.


19.Sandy

Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis

Looking at you I'm almost home again.
Something in you puts me at ease.
Yes I know that you're suspicious of me, do I mean the things I
say？
You know I've been in love before, that much is true,
but though I've been in love before it wasn't with you.

(Chorus)
Oo, Sandy Could we spend the day together？
You know how rainy weather get me down when I'm alone.
You Sandy, you gotta be a friend today.
An hour with you could chase the winter away.

Being with you I'm like a child again.
Your eyes can see clearer than mine.
No one ever made me quite so aware, no one ever took the time.
The time it took surprises me, nothing's the same,
As if my life began again hearing you name.

(Repeat Chorus)

An hour with you could chase the winter away


20.One More Time

Lyrics：Lewis Anderson
Music：Lewis Anderson

I'm goin' way down south to Louisiana tonight.
Well, I'll just close my eyes and ev'ry thing's all right.
And though I'm really far away,
I'll make my get away
And no one need really know that I've been gone.

One More Time for the good times that far outweighed the bad.

I'm goin' way down south to Baton Rouge tonight.
Well, I'll just shut the door and turn off all the lights.
And all the images dance by
Of folks and friends who lie
back home where things are slow and easy goin'
(Repeat Chorus)

When love was all, when loves was all we had.
One More Time.


21.Two Sides

Lyrics：Scott E.Davis
Music：Scott E.Davis

Well, there's two sides, to every situation
Yes, there's two sides, two interpretations
A laugh is a cry, hello means goodbye
You're sayin' something baby, I don't wanna buy

Well, there's two sides to every creation
You and me babe, we're no revelation
Well there's darkness in our light, and there's
wrong in our right
There's sorry babe, I'm workin' late tonight

Well, there's two sides, there's another side of me
There's the one you think, you live with,
the one you never see
lt's never really lived, but it's never really died
It's never really made it but it's tried

Well, there's two sides to every conversation
But with you babe, that's no consolation
Silence is golden, let me put you on hold
Danglin' on your love line, baby, it's growin' old

WeII, I don't know how to say it
Cause I never thought I could
God knows I've tried so many times
But there's two sides, there's another side of me
There's the one you think you live with,
the one you never see
It's never really lived, but it's never really died
It's never really made it, but it's tried

To every creation
We're no revelation
One sees the wrong, and one sees the right
The other side of me just caught a flight

Goodbye


22.I Just Fall In Love Again

Written：S.Dorff／L.Herbstritt／G.Sklerov／H.Lloyd

Dreamin', I must be dreamin'
or am I really lyin' here with you？
Baby, you take me in your arms,
and though I'm wide awake
I know my dream is comin' true.

And, oh, I just fall in love again;
just one touch and then it happens every time.
And there I go, I just fall in love again,
and when I do can't help myself
I fall in love with you.

Magic, it must be magic,
the way I hold you and the night just seems to fly.
Easy for you to take me to a star.
Heaven is that moment when I look into your eyes. (chorus)

Can't help myself I fall in love with you.


23.When It's Gone (It's Just Gone)

Where's the word for the sadness
Where's the poetry in the pain
Where's the color in the stain where the tears fallen
It's gone, it's just gone.

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

(Bridge)
He says it's gone
And he can't go on living a memory
Mulling it over endlessly
Whey is that so hear 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 play for the past
I'll put it back in my pocket
It was never meant to last
It's just gone.

(repeat bridge)

There's no word for the sadness
There's no poetry in the pain
There's no color 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.


24.When You've Got What It Takes

Lyrics：Roger Nichols／Bill Lane
Music：Roger Nichols／Bill Lane

You've got nothing to hide
You've got miles of feeling
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 live what you can
And it's good when you've really got it
And when you've got it

(chorus)
Let it out
Let it show
Let 'em know
Inside you've got it
Let it shine like a fine tomorrow
For when you do
The felling comes back to you
What a difference it makes
When you'vegot what it takes
What a difference it makes
When you've got it.

When you've 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 'em know
Inside you've got it
Let it shine like a fine tomorrow
For when you do
The felling 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.

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

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


25.Because We Are In Love (The Wedding Song)

Written：Richard Carpenter／John Bettis

Children
It was more fun to be children
We just took life as it happened
Run thru 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 come to me.

I didn't sleep at all last night
Mom, I've come to you like yesterday
About today
Hon, come and sit by my side
Listen to me
Words come so hard
But what my hear says
I will give you.

Because you are in love
Your eyes begin to open
As is you had awoken from a sleep
Because you are in love
You use imagination
And lose you concentration
When someone drops his name
You're back in his arms as always
Your day - dreams work out that way
It's all just a trick you 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've reach for our tomorrow's
And know we won't be lonely
In laugher and in sorrows
Where love abides
There is the place we'll keep our home forever
You and I
Because we are in love.
Where love abides
There is the place we'll keep our home forever
You and I
Because we are in love.


26.Now

Lyrics：Dean Pitchford
Music：Roger Nichols

Now, Now when it rains I don't feel cold.
Now that I have your hand to hold,
The winds might blow through me but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder if you are there.

And now, now when we touch my feelings fly.
Now when I'm sailing I know why.
You light up my world like the morning sun.
You're so deep within me, we're almost one.
And now all the fears that I had start to fade.
I was always afraid love might forget me, love might let me
down.
Then look what I found.

The winds might blow through me but I don't care.
There's no harm in thunder is you are there.

And now, now, now when I wake there's someone home.
I'll never face the nights alone.
You gave me the courage I need to win, to open my heart and to
let you in.
And I never really knew how, until now, until now.

No, I never really knew how,----until now.


27.Slow Dance

Lyrics：Mitch Margo
Music：Mitch Margo


28.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.