IF I WERE A CARPENTER compilation

also appears on:

• Superstar single(s)
• Corporate Ghost DVD
• Mix Tape #6
• Hits Are For Squares

• How Many Cats Can You Fit in a Bucket?
• B.L.A.S.T. #3
• It's Cool To Be Hot
• Juno

Line-up:
Thurston - guitar/vocals/piano
Kim - bass
Lee - guitar/piano/synth/tapes
Steve - drums

Lyrics   status: confirmed

Long ago and oh so far away
I fell in love with you
Before the second show
Your guitar, it sounds so sweet and clear
But you're not really here
It's just the radio

Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do

Loneliness is such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait to be with you again
What to say to make you come again
Come back to me again
And play your sad guitar

Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby
I love you, I really do

NOTES:

• Originally performed by the Carpenters.
• Released on multiple singles from the tribute, paired with Bettie Serveert, Redd Kross, or Matthew Sweet.
• This is the only non-lp song for which a video exists. It depicts footage of Karen Carpenter playing drums along w/ SY (all looking rather elegant) performing the song on a stage (Lee plays keyboards and guitar, Kim plays bass and drums, Steve plays drums and guitar, and Thurston stands alone with a microphone).