« I Need You Tonight | Home | Another Chance And Last »
Yesterday Once More
By peace | March 2, 2007
Carpenters - Yesterday Once More (Karaoke)
YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
Words & Music by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis
When I was young
I’d listen to the radio
Waitin’ for my favorite songs
When 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-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they’re startin’ 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.
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they’re startin’ to sing’s
So fine.
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry.
Just like before
It’s yesterday once more.
“Yesterday Once More”, written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, was a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. “Yesterday Once More” preceded an Oldies Medley on the album, consisting of nine songs from the 1960s. At the end of the song a motorcycle engine was heard to transition into the first song of the Oldies Medley: “Fun, Fun, Fun”. The motorcycle was mixed out on The Singles: 1969-1973 compilation. However, very few copies of that particular version are on CD.
According to Cash Box, on June 2, “Yesterday Once More” was the highest debut single, debuting at #71. On August 4, it skyrocketed to #1
