卡朋特乐队（Carpenters）是美国歌星理查德·卡朋特和卡伦·卡朋特兄妹二人组成的演唱组合，1970年代和1980年代初期风靡一时。卡朋特兄妹于1965年开始组织乐队，1969年11月15日，卡朋特乐队的单曲《Close to You》（靠近你）一举走红，其后，他们在整个1970年代大获成功。《Yesterday Once More》（昨日重现）、《Top of the World》（世界之颠）、《Please Mr. Postman》（请等一下，邮差先生）等歌曲广为人知。1983年2月4日，卡伦·卡朋特因长期严重神经性厌食症而突然去世，卡朋特乐队随之告终。

After long enough of being alone,

Ev'ryone must face their share of loneliness.

In my own time nobody knew

the pain I was goin' thru,

And watin' was all my heart could do.

Hope was all I had until you came,

Maybe you can't see how much you mean to me.

You were the dawn breaking the night

The promise of morning light.

Filling the world surrounding me

Baby, baby,

your love's made me

free as a song,

singin' for ever.

Only yesterday when I was sad and I was lonely,

You showed me the way to leave the past

and all it's tears behind me.

Tomorrow maybe even brighter than today

since I threw my sadness away.

Only yesterday