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Sing along with a brother and sister duo, Richard and Karen Carpenter. Richard is the composer and piano player and it is Karen who had the exceptional voice and was also a talented drummer. Richard and Karen are certainly celebrated as one of the most successful singing duo's of all time. The first song is called 'Sing' and was released in 1973.



Sing

Sing, sing a song

Sing out loud

Sing out strong

Sing of good things not bad

Sing of happy not sad.

Sing, sing a song

Make it simple to last

Your whole life long

Don't worry that it's not

Good enough for anyone

Else to hear

Just sing, sing a song.

Sing, sing a song

Let the world sing along

Sing of love there could be

Sing for you and for me.

Sing, sing a song

Make it simple to last

Your whole life long

Don't worry that it's not

Good enough for anyone

Else to hear

Just sing, sing a song.



Karen Carpenter

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Additional Karen Carpenter Songs

Additional songs are not graded by their ease or difficulty. They may be of interest to intermediate and advanced English students or those who have a growing interest in a specific artist, musician or group.

Yesterday Once More by Karen Carpenter



When I was young

I'd listen to the radio

Waiting 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

So fine

When they get to the part

Where he's breaking her heart

It can really make me cry

Just like before

It's yesterday once more

Looking 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

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

Every Sha-la-la-la

Every Wo-o-wo-o

Still shines

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they're startin' to sing

So fine

Every Sha-la-la-la

Every Wo-o-wo-o

Still shines

Every shing-a-ling-a-ling

That they're startin' to sing

So fine...





Goodbye to Love by Karen Carpenter


I'll say goodbye love

No one ever cared if I should live or die

Time and time again the chance for love has passed me by

And all I know of love is how to live without it

I just can't seem to find it

So I've made my mind up

I must live my life alone

And though it's not the easy way

I guess I've always known

I'd say goodbye love

There are no tomorrows for this heart of mine

Surely time will lose these bitter memories

And I'll find that there is someone to believe in

And to live for, something I could live for

All the years of useless search

Have finally reached an end

Loneliness and empty days will be my only friend

From this day love is forgotten

I'll go on as best I can

What lies in the future is a mystery to us all

No one can predict the wheel of fortune as it falls

There may come a time when I will see that I've been wrong

But for now this is my song

And it's goodbye love

I'll say goodbye love



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