When I was youngId listen to the radioWaitin for my favorite songsWhen they played Id sing alongIt made me smile.Those were such happy timesAnd not so long agoHow I wondered where theyd goneBut theyre back againJust like a long lost friendAll the songs I loved so well.Every Sha-la-la-laCarpentersEvery Wo-o-wo-oStill shinesEvery shing-a-ling-a-lingThat theyre startin to singsSo fine.When they get to the partWhere hes breakin her heartIt can really make me cryJust like beforeIts yesterday once more.Lookin back on how it wasIn years gone byAnd the good times that I hadMakes today seem rather sadSo much has changed.I would sing to thenAnd Id memorize each wordThose old melodiesStill sound so good to meAs they melt the years away.Every Sha-la-la-laEvery Wo-o-wo-oStill shinesEvery shing-a-ling-a-lingThat theyre startin to singsSo fine.All my best memoriesCome back clearly to meSome can even make me cry.Just like beforeIts yesterday once more.When I was youngId listen to the radioWaitin for my favorite songsWhen they played Id sing alongIt made me smile.Those were such happy timesAnd not so long agoHow I wondered where theyd goneBut theyre back againJust like a long lost friendAll the songs I loved so well.Every Sha-la-la-laCarpentersEvery Wo-o-wo-oStill shinesEvery shing-a-ling-a-lingThat theyre startin to singsSo fine.When they get to the partWhere hes breakin her heartIt can really make me cryJust like beforeIts yesterday once more.Lookin back on how it wasIn years gone byAnd the good times that I hadMakes today seem rather sadSo much has changed.I would sing to thenAnd Id memorize each wordThose old melodiesStill sound so good to meAs they melt the years away.Every Sha-la-la-laEvery Wo-o-wo-oStill shinesEvery shing-a-ling-a-lingThat theyre startin to singsSo fine.All my best memoriesCome back clearly to meSome can even make me cry.Just like beforeIts yesterday once more.