℗ 1971 Ode Records SP 77009 / © Epic Records
Tapestry is a pop album by singer-songwriter Carole King, released in 1971. It features minimal production by Lou Adler. Tapestry was ranked US number 1 for 15 consecutive weeks, which is the longest time for an album by a female to occupy that position, and remained in the charts for six years. In terms of time on the charts, it ranks fifth overall and in terms of length on the charts for solo musical acts it ranks second. It remains the longest charting album by a female solo artist. Tapestry has sold over 25 million copies worldwide and on July 17, 1995 was certified diamond in the United States by the RIAA for 10 million copies sold in the US. In 1972 the album also garnered four Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Record of the Year ("It's Too Late"), and Song of the Year ("You've Got a Friend"). |
(Carole King)
I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you're around Ooh, baby, when I see your face Mellow as the month of May Oh, darling, I can't stand it When you look at me that way I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I feel my heart start to trembling Whenever you're around Oh, darling, when you're near me And you tenderly call my name I know that my emotions Are something I just can't tame I've just got to have you, baby I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down I just lose control Down to my very soul I get hot and cold all over I feel the earth move under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down Tumbling down
(Carole King)
So far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore It would be so fine to see your face at my door Doesn't help to know you're just time away Long ago I reached for you and there you stood Holding you again could only do me good Oh, how I wish I could But you're so far away One more song about moving along the highway Can't say much of anything that's new If I could only work this life out my way I'd rather spend it being close to you But you're so far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore It would be so fine to see your face at my door Doesn't help to know you're so far away Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely Nothing else to do but close my mind I sure hope the road don't come to own me There's so many dreams I've yet to find But you're so far away Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore It would be so fine to see your face at my door Doesn't help to know you're so far away
(Carole King — Toni Stern)
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time There's something wrong here, there can be no denying One of us is changing Or maybe we just stopped trying And it's too late, baby, now it's too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died And I can't hide and I just can't fake it It used to be so easy living here with you You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do Now you look so unhappy and I feel like a fool And it's too late, baby, now it's too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died And I can't hide and I just can't fake it There'll be good times again for me and you But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you But it's too late, baby, now it's too late Though we really did try to make it Something inside has died and I can't hide And I just can't fake it
(Carole King)
Sometimes I wonder if I'm ever gonna make it home again It's so far and out of sight I really need someone to talk to, and nobody else Knows how to comfort me tonight Snow is cold, rain is wet Chills my soul right to the marrow I won't be happy till I see you alone again Till I'm home again and feeling right Snow is cold, rain is wet Chills my soul right to the marrow I won't be happy till I see you alone again Till I'm home again and feeling right Till I'm home again and feeling right I wanna be home again and feeling right
(Carole King)
You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face And show the world all the love in your heart Then people gonna treat you better You're gonna find, yes, you will That you're beautiful as you feel Waiting at the station with a workday wind a-blowing I've got nothing to do but watch the passers-by Mirrored in their faces I see frustration growing And they don't see it showing, why do I? You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face And show the world all the love in your heart Then people gonna treat you better You're gonna find, yes, you will That you're beautiful as you feel I have often asked myself the reason for sadness In a world where tears are just a lullaby If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face And show the world all the love in your heart Then people gonna treat you better You're gonna find, yes, you will That you're beautiful as you feel
(Carole King)
Way over yonder is a place that I know Where I can see shelter from hunger and cold And the sweet-tastin' good life is so easily found Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound I know when I get there, the first thing I'll see Is the sun shining golden, shining right down on me Then trouble's gonna lose me, worry leave me behind And I'll stand up proudly in a true peace of mind Way over yonder is a place I have seen It's a garden of wisdom from some long ago dream Maybe tomorrow I'll find my way To the land where the honey runs in rivers each day And the sweet-tastin' good life is so easily found Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound Way over yonder, that's where I'm bound
(Carole King)
When you're down and troubled And you need some loving care And nothin', nothin' is goin' right Close your eyes and think of me And soon I will be there To brighten up even your darkest night You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I'll come runnin' to see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I'll be there You've got a friend If the sky above you Grows dark and full of clouds And that ol' north wind begins to blow Keep your head together And call my name out loud Soon you'll hear me knockin' at your door You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I'll come runnin' to see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I'll be there Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend When people can be so cold They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you And take your soul if you let them Oh, but don't you let them You just call out my name And you know wherever I am I'll come runnin' to see you again Winter, spring, summer or fall All you have to do is call And I'll be there You've got a friend
(Carole King — Toni Stern)
Wanting you the way I do I only want to be with you And I would go to the ends of the earth 'Cause, darling, to me that's what you're worth Where you lead, I will follow Anywhere that you tell me to If you need, you need me to be with you I will follow where you lead If you're out on the road Feeling lonely and so cold All you have to do is call my name And I'll be there on the next train Where you lead, I will follow Anywhere that you tell me to If you need, you need me to be with you I will follow where you lead I always wanted a real home with flowers on the window sill But if you want to live in New York City, honey, you know I will I never thought I could get satisfaction from just one man But, if anyone could keep me happy, you're the one who can And where you lead, I will follow Anywhere that you tell me to If you need, you need me to be with you I will follow where you lead
(Gerry Goffin — Carole King)
Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow Is this a lasting treasure Or just a moment's pleasure Can I believe the magic of your sighs Will you still love me tomorrow Tonight with words unspoken You say that I'm the only one But will my heart be broken When the night meets the morning sun I'd like to know that your love Is love I can be sure of So tell me now and I won't ask again Will you still love me tomorrow Will you still love me tomorrow Will you still love me tomorrow Will you still love me tomorrow
(Gerry Goffin — Carole King)
'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation He just let it all hang loose He didn't think about the noose He couldn't take no more abuse So he shot down the congregation You can't talk to a man With a shotgun in his hand Shotgun Now Big Jim the chief stood for law and order He called for the guard to come and surround the border Now from his bulldog mouth As he led the posse south Came the cry, we got to ride Clean up the streets for our wives and our daughters You can't talk to a man When he don't want to understand No, no, no, no, no, no The account of the capture wasn't in the papers But you know, they hanged ole Smack right then instead of later You know the people were quite pleased 'Cause the outlaw had been seized And on the whole, it was a very good year For the undertaker You know, you know, you can't talk to a man With a shotgun in his hand Shotgun in his hand Smackwater Jack, yeah Smackwater Jack bought a shotgun Yeah, Smackwater Jack bought a shotgun Smackwater Jack, yeah Smackwater Jack, yeah Talkin' about Smackwater Jack, yeah Talkin' about Smackwater Jack, oh Talkin' about Jack and his shotgun, Talkin' about Smack, talkin' about Jack Smackwater Jack, yeah
(Carole King)
My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue An everlasting vision of the ever-changing view A wondrous, woven magic in bits of blue and gold A tapestry to feel and see, impossible to hold Once amid the soft silver sadness in the sky There came a man of fortune, a drifter passing by He wore a torn and tattered cloth around his leathered hide And a coat of many colors, yellow-green on either side He moved with some uncertainty, as if he didn't know Just what he was there for, or where he ought to go Once he reached for something golden hanging from a tree And his hand came down empty Soon within my tapestry along the rutted road He sat down on a river rock and turned into a toad It seemed that he had fallen into someone's wicked spell And I wept to see him suffer, though I didn't know him well As I watched in sorrow, there suddenly appeared A figure gray and ghostly beneath a flowing beard In times of deepest darkness, I've seen him dressed in black Now my tapestry's unraveling — he's come to take me back He's come to take me back
(Gerry Goffin — Carole King — Jerry Wexler)
Lookin' out on the morning rain I used to feel uninspired And when I knew I had to face another day Lord, it made me feel so tired Before the day I met you, life was so unkind But your love was the key to my peace of mind 'Cause you make me feel You make me feel You make me feel like A natural woman When my soul was in the lost-and-found You came along to claim it I didn't know just what was wrong with me Till your kiss helped me name it Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for 'Cause if I make you happy I don't need to do more You make me feel You make me feel You make me feel like A natural woman Oh, baby, what you've done to me You make me feel so good inside And I just want to be close to you You make me feel so alive You make me feel You make me feel You make me feel like A natural woman