ONLY YESTERDAY
Richard Carpenter & John Bettis   1975

The Carpenters   rec 1975


After long enough of bein' 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 breakin' the night,
The promise of mornin' light,
Filling the world surroundin' me,
And when I hold you;

Baby baby, 
Feels like maybe
Things will be alright;
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,
And so much is left to see!
And when I hold you;

Baby baby, 
Feels like maybe
Things will be alright;
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! (only yesterday, yesterday)

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, (sadness away)
Only yesterday! (only yesterday)





(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2009)