carpenters. two

encountered the carpenters when i was barely ten and grew to enjoy their music from the start. it will be a span of 20 years in-between before i would be willing to listen to their compositions again. mention the duo, and you'll receive a legacy of respect accorded to their artistry and contribution to song history. like their predecessors, the beatles, they left a permanent imprint on the music world and took song composition to a new level of vocal expression. it's hard to detect the same earnest textured confessional pieces these days...

it comes at a special time when i'm preparing to move out to my new pad, relearning what to discard and finding faith to reclaim what i've always cherished. was at my new place for many consecutive nights and days and am wondering how i should allow some nooks and crannies to speak about some longstanding motifs in life and the hallowed journeys that made me who i am today.

this piece by the carpenters was introduced to me when i was 13. raw, searching and unknown even to myself, i found a little affinity with the lyrics. its 'sense of home'...new promises, beginnings to life's changing horizons. much to unpack and acknowledge even as friends come and go away from your life while family and vocation remain constant. some of her songs were even perceived to be rather 'soppy' until one bothers to peel away the defensive statement and read them in light of different or untested chapters about life & living. Some take courage to confess and sing.

 bear with the cheesy late 70s pics from the two posts and enjoy the dark and bright depths within each composition.
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As a child I was known for make-believing
All alone I created fantasies
As I grew people called it self-deceiving
But my heart helped me hold the memories

As I walk through the world I find around me
Something new, yet familiar's in the air
I feel it ev'rywhere
Like a child's eyes
On a Christmas night
I'm lookin' at you now
Finding answers to my prayers

(*) It's a new day for those good old dreams
One by one it seems they're comin' true
Here's the morning that my heart had seen
Here's the morning that just had to come through
Same old stage but what a change of scene
No more dark horizons, only blue
It's a new day for those good old dreams
All my life I dreamed of lovin' you

You're a spark of a long forgotten fire
You're a touch of a slowly growing wind
You're a taste of the ever-changing seasons
Telling me there are some things that don't end

We have left all the darkness far behind us
All those hopes that we held along the way
Have made it to this day
Like an old love song
Gone for much too long
You hear it once again
And it carries you away

Repeat (*)

It's a new day for those good old dreams
And It's all because of you