Paul Williams is one of best songwriters of recent pop music. I just heard that he is 70.....why are so many songwriters turning 70 these days? We just wrote a post about Dylan turning 70. Paul McCartney will be 69 in a couple of weeks.
Paul Williams won the lottery when Richard Carpenter heard one of his songs on a Southern California radio station. Richard played it for Karen and we know the rest of the story.
"We've only just begun" was The Carpenters' 2nd big song and included in their "Close to You" album. It has become The Carpenters' signature song and a very popular tune for newlyweds.
The Carpenters also recorded "Rainy Days and Mondays", a truly magnificent vocal performance by Karen Carpenter.
Three Dog Night kept the streak going with "An old fashioned love song", my favorite song by that group.
Last, but not least, Kermit the Frog also recorded one of Williams' songs. It was "Rainbow connection". This is a great video with Debbie Harry, the very attractive girl in The Blondie group that was so popular in the early 1980's.
Enjoy them because they are wonderful songs.
P.S. Click here for the songs.
"We've only just begun to live
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way
We've only begun
Before the rising sun we fly
So many roads to choose
We start out walking And learn to run
And yes! We've just begun
Sharin' horizons that are new to us
Watchin' the signs along the way
Talkin' it over just the two of us
Workin' together day to day, together
And when the evening comes we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
And yes! We've just begun
Sharin' horizons that are new to us
Watchin' the signs along the way
Talkin' it over just the two of us
Workin' together day to day, together, together
And when the evening comes we smile
So much of life ahead
We'll find a place where there's room to grow
And yes! We've just begun...."
"Talkin' to myself and feeling old
sometimes I'd like to quit; Nothing ever seems to fit;
Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown;
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
What I've got they used to call the blues:
Nothin' is really wrong; Feelin' like I don't belong;
Walkin' around, some kind of lonely clown;
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
Funny, but it seems that
I always wind up-a here with you;
Nice to know somebody loves me.
Funny, but it seems that it's the only thing to do:
Run and find the one who loves me.
What I feel is come and gone before:
No need to talk it out; We know what it's all about.
Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown;
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do,
Run and find the one who loves me....."
"Just an old-fashioned love song playin' on the radio
And wrapped around the music is the sound
Of someone promising they'll never go
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on and on
No need in bringin' `em back,
`Cause they're never really gone
Just an old-fashioned love song
One I'm sure they wrote for you and me
Just an old-fashioned love song
Comin' down in 3-part harmony
To weave our dreams upon and listen to each evening
When the lights are low
To underscore our love affair
With tenderness and feeling that we've come to know
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on and on and
No need in bringin' `em back,
`Cause they're never really gone
Just an old-fashioned love song
Comin' down in 3-part harmony
Just an old-fashioned love song
One I'm sure they wrote for you and me
Just an old-fashioned love song
Comin' down in 3-part harmony
Just an old-fashioned love song
One I'm sure they wrote for you and me
To weave our dreams upon and listening to a song . . .
"Why are there so many songs about rainbows
and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me.
All of us under its spell. We know that it's probably magic.
Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that called the young sailors.
The voice might be one and the same.
I've heard it too many times to ignore it.
It's something that I'm supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection.
The lovers, the dreamers and me...."
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