Richard & Karen Carpenter

I need to be in love
Carpenters
(R. Carpenter, John Bettis & Albert Hammond)


The hardest thing I've ever done
is keep believing
There's someone in this crazy world for me
The way that people come and go
through temporary lives
My chance could come and I might never know

I used to say "No promises,
let's keep it simple"
But freedom only helps you say goodbye
It took a while for me to learn
that nothing comes for free
The price I paid is high enough for me

REFRAIN 1
I know I need to be in love
I know I've wasted too much time
I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world
And fool enough to think that's what I'll find

REFRAIN 2
So here I am with pockets full of good intentions
But none of them will comfort me tonight
I'm wide awake at 4 a.m. without a friend in sight
I'm hanging on a hope but I'm all right

Repeat REFRAIN 1

Repeat REFRAIN 2

Repeat REFRAIN 1