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We've Only Just Begun
Words & Music by Paul Williams & Roger NicholsRecorded by The Carpenters, 1970 (#2)
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We've only just begun to live;
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White lace and prom - i - ses,
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A kiss for luck and we're on our way.
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Before the rising sun we fly;
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So man - y roads to choose,
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We start off walkin' and learn to run,
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And yes, we've just begun.
Bridge:
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Sharing horizons that are new to us,
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Watching the signs along the way;
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Talkin' it over, just the two of us,
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Working together day to day, together, together.
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And when the evening comes we smile;
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So much of life a - head;
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We'll find a place where there's room to grow;
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And yes, we've just begun.
It's a widely known story now, but this song was originally written for a California bank as a means of attracting new loan prospects. It worked...very well. But that wasn't so good for the bank. It seems that newly-marrieds score poorly on bank loan evaluations since they haven't had time to establish themselves and their stability...so the bank generated a number of loan applications from young adults that couldn't qualify for the loans they were seeking. All in all, not a good P-R move in the eyes of the bank, or their turned-down loan applicants.
But it became a whale of a song for The Carpenters, and it most definitely proved that they, themselves, had only just begun to be extremely successful recording artists.