"Yesterday Once More," 1973. "Only Yesterday," 1975, another Carpenters' song. The Beatles' "Yesterday" was released in 1965. Too many songs about yesterday to get people to give up the present and the future and wallow in the past.
This is a mildly painful song because it reminds me of my Dad who loved the Carpenters' voices, TV performances, and melodies. When I hear them today, I love them, and in 1973 they remind me of my growing pains. I was in my purposeless junior year of high school. And my Dad was readying for retirement. So as to careers, skills, and social reputation, he wanted nothing of it anymore, and he thoroughly enjoyed retirement, traveling with friends and family to Colorado, to Palm Springs, to Arizona, to Chicago and Indiana to see in person and live a Notre Dame vs. USC game. O, and he maintained Frank and Marilyn's home in Glendale, cleaning their pool, vacuuming, dusting, and keeping the kitchen clean.
For me, goals would have helped a lot instead of just letting time drift and waiting for others to pick me up.
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