Thinking of the Rainbow always brighten up my day ~

The days of cloud or sunshine,
The moments that we've shared,
The timely word, the thoughtful line,
The note that says “I care”.

Mean more to me than I can say,
So it’s time, I think, you knew,
How much it brightens up my day
To have a superb friend like you!

What brightens all my memories
Is the great times that we’ve shared.
You’re one of those special people
‘Cause you take the time to care!

When I feel a little blue and sad,
The easiest thing for me to do,
Is remember that things can’t be that bad
When I have wonderful superb friend like you!

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The Carpenters - Solitaire

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 kills

Goes without saying



There was a man

A lonely man

Who would command

The hand he's playing



Repeat (*)

Repeat (**)

Repeat (*)

The Carpenters - The Rainbow Connection

Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?

Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.

So we've been told and some choose to believe it. I know they're wrong wait and see.

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that wishes would be heard and answered when wished on the morning star?

Someone thought of that and someone believed it. Look what it's done so far.

What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing and what do we think we might see?

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me.

All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.

Have you been sleeping and have you heard voices? I've heard them calling my name.

Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors. The voice might be one and the same.

I've heard it too many times to ignore it. It's something that I'm supposed to be.

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me.

Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me.
(Slower)

The Carpenters "Baby It's You"

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 go by

I sit alone

At home I cry

Over you

What can I do

Can't help myself

'Cause baby it's you



You should hear what they say about you

They say you've never

Never, never been true

Oh! Oh! Oh!

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



Many, many, many nights go by

I sit alone

At home I cry

Over you

What can I do

Can't help myself

'Cause baby it's you

The Carpenters - Kiss Me The Way You Did Last Night

Serenade me by the light of the moon

Let's sing and dance as lovers do

When the morning light shines down on me

With you my love I want to be

As the stars go sailin' by

We can count them you and I

We can make a wish when one falls from the sky

And my only wish would be

That forever I would see

You movin' thru the darkness smiling that way at me

Lay down beside me holdin' me tight

Kiss me the way you did last night

Tonight until the morning light



Celebrate love while the feeling is new

It's a moment that was meant for me and you

If tomorrow never comes I won't care

I'll just love you tonight and all we share...



[Repeat *]



Tonight tonight and every night

(Kiss me)

The way you did last night



[Repeat *]

The Carpenters - Can't Smile Without You

You know I can't smile without you

I can't smile without you

I can't laugh, and I can't sleep

I don't even talk to people I meet

And I feel sad when you're sad

I feel glad when you're glad

And you must know what I'm goin' thru

I just can't smile, without you



You came along just like a song

You brightened my day

Who'd believe you were part of a dream

That only 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 goin' thru

I just can't smile, without you



Some people say the happiness wave

Is somethin' that's hard to find

Into the new leavin' the old behind me

And I feel sad when you're sad

I feel glad when you're glad

And you must know what I'm goin' thru

I just can't smile, without you



Into the new, leaving the old behind me

And I feel sad when you're sad

I feel glad when you're glad

And you must know what I'm goin' thru

I just can't smile, without you



You must know what I'm goin' thru

I just can't smile, without you

The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love

The Carpenters Close To You

(They Long To Be)



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...

The Carpenters - Superstar

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 again?
Come back again and play your sad guitar

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

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

The Carpenters - Rainy Days And Mondays

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 Ive 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

Its 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


Repeat (*)


Hangin around, nothing do to but frown

Rainy days and mondays always get me down

The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More

When I was young

I’d listened to the radio

Waitin’ for my favorite songs

Waiting 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-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 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



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 (*)

The Carpenters - For All We Know

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 know you well

But only time will tell us so

And love may grow for all we know

The Carpenters - Only Yesterday

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

Filling 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