From the album:There's A Kind Of Hush. Richard Carpenter had this to say about this song: "'I Need To Be In Love' with its soaring melody and melancholy John Bettis lyrics, became Karen's favorite Carpenters song". Lyrics: The hardest thing I've ever done is keep believing There's someone in this crazy world for me The way that people come and go through temporary lives My chance could come and I might never know I used to say "No promises, let's keep it simple" But freedom only helps you ...