Lyrics to
Can’t Smile Without You

This version of Can’T Smile Without You was released by The Carpenters in 1976.

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You know I can’t smile without you
Can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you’re sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew, what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you

You came along, just like a song
And brightened my day
Well who’d a’ believed
That you were part of a dream
Now it all seems, light years away and

You know I can’t smile without you
Can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you’re sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew, what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you

Now some people say, that happiness takes
So very long to find
Well I’m finding it hard
Leaving your love behind me –and you see I

You know I can’t smile without you
Can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you’re sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew, what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you
You know I can’t smile without you
Can’t smile without you
I can’t laugh and I can’t sing
I’m finding it hard to do anything
You see I feel sad when you’re sad
I feel glad when you’re glad
If you only knew, what I’m going through
I just can’t smile without you…

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About Lyrics and Can’T Smile Without You by The Carpenters

The lyrics for Can’T Smile Without You are defined as the words making up the song released by The Carpenters in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Can’T Smile Without You have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Carpenters and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Can’T Smile Without You by The Carpenters if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Can’T Smile Without You" means the words set to the music of Can’T Smile Without You, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Can’T Smile Without You and the lyrics to Can’T Smile Without You are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Can’T Smile Without You, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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