[ti:Only Yesterday] [ar:Carpenters] [al:Singles 1969-1981] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Only Yesterday - Carpenters [00:00.47]Lyrics by:Richard Carpenter/John Bettis [00:01.42]Composed by:Richard Carpenter/John Bettis [00:02.37]Arranged by:Richard Carpenter [00:03.01]Produced by:Richard Carpenter/Karen Carpenter [00:03.96]After long enough of being alone [00:11.16]Everyone must face their share of loneliness [00:18.68]In my own time nobody knew [00:23.41]The pain I was going through [00:27.08]And waiting was all my heart could do [00:32.82]Hope was all I had until you came [00:39.88]Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me [00:47.63]You were the dawn breaking the night [00:52.35]The promise of morning light [00:56.00]Filling the world surrounding me [00:59.42]And when I hold you [01:01.48]Baby baby feels like maybe [01:05.04]Things will be all right [01:08.57]Baby baby your love's made me [01:12.11]Free as a song singing forever [01:15.57]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [01:22.32]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me [01:29.61]Tomorrow may be even brighter than today [01:35.91]Since I threw my sadness away [01:41.52]Only yesterday [02:11.62]I have found my home here in your arms [02:18.60]Nowhere else on earth I'd really rather be [02:26.19]Life waits for us share it with me [02:30.94]The best is about to be [02:34.49]And so much is left for us to see [02:37.98]And when I hold you [02:40.04]Baby baby feels like maybe [02:43.66]Things will be all right [02:47.21]Baby baby your love's made me [02:50.65]Free as a song singing forever [02:54.10]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [03:00.83]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me [03:08.20]Tomorrow may be even brighter than today [03:14.51]Since I threw my sadness away [03:19.94]Only yesterday [03:21.98]Only yesterday [03:23.55]Only yesterday [03:25.14]Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely [03:31.91]You showed me the way to leave the past and all its tears behind me