New Song for the "Unknown/Underrated" Archives

I hope that you are all taking the time to check out this weekly feature.  I will only include what I believe to be great "undiscovered" songs.  This one was never released as a single, included on the debut album Close To You by the Carpenters.  40 years later, the song still hasn't been given its due, yet there are signs that it continues to grow in popularity as new people discover it every day.

Karen, of course, is recognized as one of the great voices of all-time, and this is certainly one of her best performances.  The song's key perfectly fits her hauntingly beautiful alto voice.  You'll want to hear this song again and again after you take the first step.  I have included a link to a great YouTube video by Ned Nickerson that accompanies the song.  As always, you can find it in the Unknown/Underrated* Section at the top right of this web site.  And, you'll be able to find it forever in the Tab at the top of the page as well.

 

"Crescent Noon"

Carpenters (From the album Close To You)

 

Lyrics by John Bettis, Music by Richard Carpenter

Green September

Burned to October brown

Bare November

Led to december’s frozen ground

The seasons stumbled round

Our drifting lives are bound

To a falling crescent noon



Feather clouds cry

A vale of tears to earth

Morning breaks and

No one sees the quiet mountain birth

Dressed in a brand new day

The sun is on it’s way

To a falling crescent noon


Somewhere in

A fairytale forest lies one

Answer that is waiting to be heard


You and I were

Born like the breaking day

All our seasons

All our green Septembers

Burn away

Slowly we’ll fade into

A sea of midnight blue

And a falling crescent noon