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)

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Carole King Lyrics

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Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you've got it made
Everything changes on you
Ain't that the way
Nothing is stranger than the truth
And how it comes to you
Ain't that the way

In this life we are living
Moment to moment, day by day
And through all our tribulations
We reach out for each other
And if we're lucky, someone cares enough to say

Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you're in control
Everything turns around
Ain't that the way
One day you're flying
Next day you're on the ground
Ain't that the way

So it goes
You never know what's gonna happen
You never know, but something always does
And sometimes in quiet desperation
You realize it's never gonna be the way it was

Ain't that the way
Whenever you think you've got it all
There's a wall in front of you
Ain't that the way
You gotta go through it, it's life

And it's all okay
Ain't that the way

Overall Meaning

Carole King's song "Ain't That the Way" talks about the unpredictability of life and how things can change in an instant. The first verse talks about how just when we think we have everything under control, something unexpected happens and throws everything off balance. The second verse speaks to the fact that life is full of ups and downs, and we never know what might happen next. The third verse talks about the struggle to accept that things will never be the same as they once were, and that we must move forward despite that fact.

Throughout the song, King emphasizes the importance of human connection and how we need each other to get through life's challenges. We need someone to care enough to tell us that things will be okay, even when it doesn't feel that way. And even though life may be unpredictable and full of obstacles, we must keep going and push through the walls in front of us.

Line by Line Meaning

Ain't that the way
Isn't that just how life works?

Whenever you think you've got it made
Every time you think you've achieved something significant

Everything changes on you
Things suddenly and unexpectedly shift in a new direction

Nothing is stranger than the truth
The reality is often unpredictable and peculiar

And how it comes to you
And the way it is revealed to you

In this life we are living
In the current existence we are experiencing

Moment to moment, day by day
One day at a time

And through all our tribulations
And despite all the difficulties we face

We reach out for each other
We lean on one another for support

And if we're lucky, someone cares enough to say
And if we're fortunate, someone will show compassion too

Whenever you think you're in control
Every time you believe you have a handle on things