Carpenters - The End of the World

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The original recording of "The End of the World" is on the Carpenters' fifth studio album, "Now & Then," (1973). The album was recorded in late 1972 and early 1973. Karen would have been about 22 years old, depending on what month the song was recorded. (Her birthday is March 2.) It was part of the "Then" side (Side B of the vinyl album) where they play homage to favorite songs from the Sixties. There is a disc jockey who talks over the beginning and end of the song.

Reader's Digest released a 3-CD set in 1997 which included the entire "B" side of the "Now & Then" album, without the disc jockey's voice. There was no musical introduction to the song, so I added the introduction from Skeeter Davis's recording of the song. It's in a different key, but it was the best I could find at the time when I made the video.

The End of the World
(music by Arthur Kent, lyrics by Sylvia Dee)

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
'Cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything is the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye

Don't they know It's the end of the world?
It ended when you said goodbye