Ode to “The Carpenters”
“We’ve Only Just Begun” to see
“This Masquerade” we play,
So “Let Me Be The One” to
Brighten up this “One Fine Day”.
Since “Rainy Days and Mondays”
Don’t elude to “Fun, Fun, Fun”,
I thought I’d take a moment …
Let you know “Our Day Will Come”.
Some day we’ll “Sing” a song or two,
No “Superstar”, or prize,
Just reminisce upon “The Night …”
That “… Has a Thousand Eyes”
“For All We Know”, when looking back,
“It’s Yesterday Once More”,
And we will be “Top of the World”,
“Those Good Old Dreams” come forth.
Our memories become in part,
A brief “Ticket to Ride”,
Where “There’s a Kind of Hush” bestowed,
Upon our simple lives.
For “When It’s Gone”, I ask myself,
“Where Do I Go From Here:,
I “Bless the Beasts and Children”,
As I shed a gentle tear.
For never will I say the words,
“Goodbye to Love”, I pray,
My memories will always shield
“The Parting of Our Ways”.
“(They Long To Be …)” so “… Close to You”,
These memories of the heart;
“Don’t be Afraid” in times to come,
For which they are a part.
And “From This Moment On”, I know,
I’ll always have a way;
To feel your warmth, to reminisce,
As “Only Yesterday” …
“You Touched Me When We’re Dancing”,
Just “Because We Are In Love”;
So hold me now, my darling one,
While heaven smiles above.