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No one in the world Ever had a love as sweet as my love For nowhere in the wolrd Could there be a boy as true as you love All my love I give gladly to you All your love You give gladly to me Tell me why then Oh why should it be that We go on hurting each other We go on hurting each other Making each other cry Hurting each other Without ever knowing why Close than the leaves On a weepin' willow, baby, we are Closer dear are we Than the simple letters "A" and "B" are All my life I could love only you All your life You could love only me Tell me why than Oh why should it be that We go on hurting each other We go on hurting each other Making each other cry Hurting each other Without ever knowing why Can't we stop hurting each other Gotta stop hurting each other Making each other cry Breaking each other's heart Tearing each other apart
When the Carpenters were first signed by A&M Records, Richard patiently sifted through the entire A&M library of recordings in search of material. It is another tribute to his phenomenal instinct in picking musical hits that several years later he recalled a 1969 single release on A&M by Ruby & The Romantics. Although the original recording was somewhere between a Phil Spector production and Little Anthony & The Imperials, all done to a bossa nova beat, Richard slowed down the beat and brought out the dramatic potential of this song in his arrangement. Hurting Each Other went to No. 1 and became the fastest Carpenters million-selling hit in their golden collection.
