Lyrics to
We’re Only Just Begun

This version of We’Re Only Just Begun was released by The Carpenters in 1970.

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We’ve only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we’re on our way.
We’ve just begun.

Before the rising sun we fly,
So many roads to choose
We start out walking and learn to run.
And yes, We’ve just begun.

Sharing horizons that are new to us,
Watching the signs along the way,
Talking it over just the two of us,
Working together day to day
Together.

And when the evening comes we smile,
So much of life ahead
We’ll find a place where there’s room to grow,
And yes, We’ve just begun.

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About Lyrics and We’Re Only Just Begun by The Carpenters

The lyrics for We’Re Only Just Begun are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1970 song by The Carpenters. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to We’Re Only Just Begun have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for We’Re Only Just Begun - The Carpenters and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to We’Re Only Just Begun by The Carpenters in multiple ways. 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 We’Re Only Just Begun" means the words set to the music of We’Re Only Just Begun, 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 We’Re Only Just Begun and the lyrics to We’Re Only Just Begun 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 We’Re Only Just Begun, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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