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Carpenters
Karen Carpenter
Songwriters: ROGER S. NICHOLS PAUL H. WILLIAMS
Album: Close To You.
lyrics
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way
(We've only begun)
Before the risin' sun, we fly
So many roads to choose
We'll start out walkin' and learn to run
(And yes, we've just begun)
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin' it over, just the two of us
Workin' together day to day
Together
And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
(And yes, we've just begun)
Sharing horizons that are new to us
Watching the signs along the way
Talkin' it over, just the two of us
Workin' together day to day
Together
Together
And when the evening comes, we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
And yes, we've just begun
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4,
1983) was an American singer and drummer, and part of the duo the Carpenters with her brother Richard.
She was praised for her contralto vocals,
and her drumming abilities were viewed positively by contemporary musicians and
peers.
Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved to Downey, California, in 1963 with her family. She began
to study the drums in high school, and upon graduation, joined the Long
Beach State choir. After several years of touring and
recording, the Carpenters were signed in 1969 and achieved commercial and
critical success throughout the 1970s. Initially, Carpenter was the band's
full-time drummer, but gradually took the role of frontwoman as drumming was
reduced to a handful of live showcases or tracks on albums. While the
Carpenters were on hiatus in the late 1970s, she recorded a solo album, which
was never released during her lifetime.
Carpenter had the eating
disorder anorexia nervosa,
which was little known at the time, and was briefly married in the early 1980s.
She died at age 32 from heart failurecaused by complications related
to her illness, and her death led to increased visibility and awareness of
eating disorders. Her work continues to attract praise, including being listed
in Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers of all time.
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This song was originally written for a 1968 Crocker Bank commercial.
Aimed at young people just beginning their lives. Paul Williams describes the
process:
“‘It had all the romantic beginnings of a bank
commercial’ is the way I describe it. There was actually a wonderful writer
named Tony Asher who wrote for this ad agency, and he’d had a skiing accident
and he broke his arm, so he couldn’t write or play the piano or whatever. So he
suggested Roger Nichols and I as replacements to write this ad. The ad agency
called us and said, "Look, we’re going to show a young couple getting
married, driving off into the sunset, and it’s going to say, ‘You’ve got a long
way to go, we’d like to help you get there to the Crocker Bank.’” And I went,
Okay, what rhymes with Crocker? Crocker what? And they said very specifically,
“No we don’t want a jingle.” What they asked for is what we would today call a
music video. It was going to show a young couple getting married, driving off
into the sunset. After the ceremony, the first kiss and all. So Roger and I
wrote the song that would play over that.
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