Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American … Read Full Bio ↴Carole King Klein (born Carol Joan Klein; February 9, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who has been active since 1958, initially as one of the staff songwriters at 1650 Broadway and later as a solo artist. Regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of all time, King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. King also wrote 61 hits that charted in the UK, making her the most successful female songwriter on the UK singles charts between 1962 and 2005.

King's major success began in the 1960s when she and her first husband, Gerry Goffin, wrote more than two dozen chart hits, many of which have become standards, for numerous artists. She has continued writing for other artists since then. King's success as a performer in her own right did not come until the 1970s, when she sang her own songs, accompanying herself on the piano, in a series of albums and concerts. After experiencing commercial disappointment with her debut album Writer, King scored her breakthrough with the album Tapestry, which topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.

King has made 25 solo albums, the most successful being Tapestry, which held the record for most weeks at No. 1 by a female artist for more than 20 years. Her record sales were estimated at more than 75 million copies worldwide. She has won four Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has been inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a performer and songwriter. She is the recipient of the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, the first woman to be so honored. She is also a 2015 Kennedy Center Honoree.

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Studio albums
Writer (1970)
Tapestry (1971)
Music (1971)
Rhymes & Reasons (1972)
Fantasy (1973)
Wrap Around Joy (1974)
Thoroughbred (1976)
Simple Things (1977)
Welcome Home (1978)
Touch the Sky (1979)
Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980)
One to One (1982)
Speeding Time (1983)
City Streets (1989)
Colour of Your Dreams (1993)
Love Makes the World (2001)
A Holiday Carole (2011)

Weekdays
Carole King Lyrics

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Weekday mornings
Coffee smell in the air
After you've gone and the children have left for school
I'm alone and I think about all the plans we made
I think about all the dreams I had
And I wonder if I'm a fool

Weekday midday

I've got the marketing done
Plenty to do but nothing to tax my mind
That's alright, it's a habit
Heaven knows I can always watch the daytime shows
And I wonder which story's mine

She loved a man she knew little about
After so many years of trying
So many years of doing without
Oh, but what's the use of crying

Weekday evenings
We sit and I realize
You've dreamed, too, and I kind of understand
I've been with you and you need me to take care of you
But we'll work it out so I'm a person, too

And we'll help each other out the best that we can
'Cause I'm your woman and you're my man

Overall Meaning

The song “Weekdays” by Carole King is a depiction of a typical weekday in the life of a married woman who has children. The song is set in three different time periods of the day: weekday morning, weekday midday, and weekday evenings. The song starts with the weekday morning scene where the woman is alone after her husband has left and her children have gone to school. She is left alone with her thoughts while smelling the aroma of coffee in the air. She thinks about the plans and dreams she had for her life and wonders whether she is a fool for not pursuing them.

The second verse of the song is set during midday, where the woman has finished her marketing tasks and has plenty to do but nothing that would stimulate her mind. She mentions that she can always watch daytime shows to pass the time. The woman wonders which story in the show is hers. The final verse of the song is set during weekday evenings, where the woman sits with her husband and realizes that she too has dreams and ambitions that she wants to pursue. They vow to help each other out the best they can to make their dreams and aspirations a reality.

Line by Line Meaning

Weekday mornings
The start of a working day; Carole is alone after her children have left for school and thinks about the plans and dreams she had with her partner

WeekdaysCarole King Lyrics

Weekdays
Carole King Lyrics