Carole King (born 9 February 1942) is a jewish-american singer-songwriter. She was most active as a singer during the first half of the 1970s, but she was a successful songwriter for considerably longer both before and after this period. Born in 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, Carole Klein (as she was then known) started out playing the piano and then moved on to singing, forming a vocal quartet called the Co-Sines in high school. While attending Queens College, King befriended Paul Simon, Neil Sedaka and Gerry Goffin. Goffin and King soon formed a songwriting partnership, eventually marrying, working in the famous Brill Building, where chart-topping hits were churned out during the 1960s.
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Carole King

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by Carole King

They tell me
When I've got my life on my mind
They're sorry
But they can't do a thing about it till tomorrow

I tell them
Now I don't want a lot of your time
Maybe they listen
Oh, but what do they know of my pain and my sorrow

Oooh, what will it cost you
After how many tears I've cried
How much longer must I try

Directions presenting themselves every day
Are bypassed
Cause of somebody else's foolish limitations
Rejections-many have I had in my way
But I go on, yes I do now, and try to
overcome the bad vibrations

Oooh, what does it get you
Stealing somebody else's pride
How much longer must I try

I can see all the things of which I've dreamed
If I dream any longer-What will it mean

Reflections
Of all I have wanted so long
Still are with me
As I ask myself how much longer must I try