Lyrics to
One Fine Day

This version of One Fine Day was released by The Carpenters in 1973.

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One fine day
You’ll look at me
And you will know our love was
Meant to be

One fine day
You’re gonna want me for your girl

The arms I long for
Will open wide
And you’ll be proud to have me
Right by your side

One fine day
You’re gonna want me for your girl

One fine day…

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About Lyrics and One Fine Day by The Carpenters

The lyrics for One Fine Day are defined as the words making up the song released by The Carpenters in 1973. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to One Fine Day 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 One Fine Day 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 One Fine Day" means the words set to the music of One Fine Day, 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 One Fine Day and the lyrics to One Fine Day 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 One Fine Day, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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