[ti:Only Yesterday] [ar:Carpenters] [al:Singles 1969-1981] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.30]Only Yesterday - Carpenters [00:00.77]Lyrics by:Richard Carpenter/John Bettis [00:01.72]Composed by:Richard Carpenter/John Bettis [00:02.67]Arranged by:Richard Carpenter [00:03.31]Produced by:Richard Carpenter/Karen Carpenter [00:04.26]After long enough of being alone [00:10.22] [00:11.46]Everyone must face their share of loneliness [00:17.81] [00:18.98]In my own time nobody knew [00:23.71]The pain I was going through [00:26.88] [00:27.38]And waiting was all my heart could do [00:32.31] [00:33.12]Hope was all I had until you came [00:38.82] [00:40.18]Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me [00:46.74] [00:47.93]You were the dawn breaking the night [00:52.65]The promise of morning light [00:55.54] [00:56.30]Filling the world surrounding me [00:59.72]And when I hold you [01:01.78]Baby baby feels like maybe [01:05.34]Things will be all right [01:08.11] [01:08.87]Baby baby your love's made me [01:12.41]Free as a song singing forever [01:15.87]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [01:22.62]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me [01:29.91]Tomorrow may be even brighter than today [01:36.21]Since I threw my sadness away [01:41.82]Only yesterday [01:45.44] [02:11.92]I have found my home here in your arms [02:17.58] [02:18.90]Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be [02:25.56] [02:26.49]Life waits for us share it with me [02:31.24]The best is about to be [02:34.79]And so much is left for us to see [02:38.28]And when I hold you [02:40.34]Baby baby feels like maybe [02:43.96]Things will be all right [02:46.64] [02:47.51]Baby baby your love's made me [02:50.95]Free as a song singing forever [02:54.40]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [03:01.13]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me [03:08.50]Tomorrow may be even brighter than today [03:14.81]Since I threw my sadness away [03:20.24]Only yesterday [03:22.28]Only yesterday [03:23.85]Only yesterday [03:25.44]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [03:32.21]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me