The Carpenters
Yesterday Once More
John Bettis
Richard Capenter

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When I was young I'd listen to the radio waiting for my favourite songs
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When they played I'd sing along it made me smile
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Those were such happy times and not so long ago
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How I wondered where they'd gone
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But they're back again
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Like a long lost friend
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All the songs I loved so well
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Every Sha La La La
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Every Wo - o - o - o
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Still Shines
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Every Shing a ling a ling
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That they started to sing
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So fine
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But when they get to the part
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Where he's breaking her heart
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It can really make me cry
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Just like before
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It's yesterday once more
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Looking back on how it was in years gone by
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And the good times that I had
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Makes today seem rather sad so much has changed
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It was the songs of love that I would sing to them
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And I'd memorise each word
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Those old melodies still sound so good to me
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As they'd melt the years away
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Every Sha La La La

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Every Wo - o - o - o
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Still Shines
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Every Shing a ling a ling
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That they started to sing
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So fine
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All my best memories
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Come back clearly to me
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Some can even make me cry
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Just like before

It's yesterday once more
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Ev - 'ry sha la la la
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Every Wo - o - o - o
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Still Shines
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Every Shing a ling a ling
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That they started to sing
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So fine
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It's yesterday once more






