Only a Moment Ago
Written by Terry Cashman and Tommy West
Why has the music stopped?
Where did all the happy people go?
I know they were there, songs everywhere
Only a moment ago.
I only blinked my eye; and now the world that I used to know
Is changin' on me; why can't it be
Only a moment ago?
Only a moment ago (only a moment ago)
It was spring and I was singin'
Only a moment ago
I could see where the road would lead
And what tomorrow was bringin'
Hey, Mister Dream-Come-True, why did you go and walk out the door
It all went so fast; why couldn't it last
only a moment more?
Only a moment ago (only a moment ago)
It was spring and I was singin'
Only a moment ago
I could see where the road would lead
And what tomorrow was bringin'
Why has the music stopped? (Ahh....)
Where did all the happy people go?
I know they were there (know they were there)
Songs everywhere (songs everywhere)
Only a moment ago
Why has the music stopped?
As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.
“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”
The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1970 LP “The Partridge Family Album”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.
"Only a Moment Ago" - Part of original recording.
"Only a Moment Ago" - altered to reflect David’s true voice
On: The Partridge Family Album, Only A Moment Ago, Gold Disc, The World of the Partridge Family
