Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Messenger
Tenor Saxophone
James Beck Jim Gordon
Drums
Joe Osborn
Bass
Karen Carpenter
Vocals
Richard Carpenter
Background Vocals
Tony Peluso
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Carpenter
Songwriter
John Bettis
Songwriter
Carpenters
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Roger Young
Recording Engineer
Karen Carpenter
Producer
Richard Carpenter
Producer
Lyrics
After long enough of being 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 breaking the night
The promise of mornin' light
Filling the world surroundin' me
When I hold you
Baby, baby, feels like maybe
Things will be all right
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 maybe 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 for us to see
When I hold you
Baby, baby, feels like maybe
Things will be all right
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 maybe even brighter than today
Since I threw my sadness away
Only yesterday (only yesterday, only 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 maybe even brighter than today
Since I threw my sadness away
Only yesterday (only 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
Writer(s): Richard Lynn Carpenter, John Bettis
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