Down In Mary's Land Mary Chapin Carpenter

Fields of green by the side of the road Going down in Mary's land Roll down the window feel the cool of a grove Hit the palm of your outstretched hand Radio's playing a tune from the country Fiddle and

Goodnight America (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

I`m standing at a traffic light somewhere in west L.A.

My Heaven (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Nothing shatters nothing breaks Nothing hurts and nothing aches We`ve got ourselves one helluva place in my heaven Looking down at the world below a bunch of whining, fighting schmo`s Up here we got none

Goodnight America Mary Chapin Carpenter

I'm standing at a traffic light somewhere in West LA Waiting for the sign to change then I'll be on my way The noise, the heat, the crush of cars just robs me of my nerve And someone yells and blasts their

Beautiful Racket (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

So your day begins like this Wondering what might have been Old regrets and chances missed Borne away on some lambent wind Job`s ok, so it doesn`t inspire Thoughts of leaving it all behind You used to

River (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

River full of stones when there`s no rain River full and rushing when the clouds let loose again River every season like a prayer We`re standing in the shallows making crosses in the air Want to build

Girls Like Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Girls like me aren`t hard to find We grow like roses on the vine And wear our hearts on our sleeves You probably know a girl like me We live alone and in our heads We eat standing up or in our beds Guilt

Elysium (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

I don`t really know how I got here this time I was only just following orders Listening to the voice in my mind Saying steer clear of margins and borders So I wasn`t thinking of where we would go On a

A Road Is Just A Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

He pulled out in a cloud of dust Laying rubber and spewing rust And on any road he'd take He'd have his foot on the pedal and my heart on the brake Underneath the smooth tar curves A road is only dust

One Small Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Call the folks, leave a note, lock the doors and windows Pack the truck, here`s to luck, here`s to how the wind blows Got the cash, got the gas, now lose the map and compass Now read the signs, obey the

Middle Ground Mary Chapin Carpenter

For years she's lived on her own In a corner of the city Twice a year she gets back home Playing catch-up with the family She tells her folks what they need to know Her mother says she's much too thin

Heroes and Heroines Mary Chapin Carpenter

Embarking on your odyssey You put away the danger Heaven bless the one who flys A pioneer on frontier skies The world was dark and your only mark Was the light of the northern star I imagine what was in

Come On Come On (Live Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Some people remember the first time, some can't forget the last Some just select what they want to from the past It's a song you danced to in high school, it's a moon you tried to bring down On a four

Only A Dream Mary Chapin Carpenter

the breeze Under a sheltering sky Twirl me about, and twirl me around Let me grow dizzy and fall to the ground And when I look up at you looking down, Say it was only a dream A big truck

Hero In Your Own Hometown Mary Chapin Carpenter

Hero In Your Own Hometown (Mary Chapin Carpenter) We were born during the boom times, played house down in the bomb shelter Suffered through the wonder years, and silence at the dinner hour But

The Dreaming Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

breeze is warm and light As I'm walking right back to you Along the dreaming road, the only way to go When I'm travelling by our code that north is true Once upon a time these same bright stars did shine Down

Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's a song you danced to in high school, it's a moon you tried to bring down. On a four in the morning drive through the streets of town. Come on, come on, it's getting late now.

Christmas Time in the City Mary Chapin Carpenter

Well I walked to town in the pouring rain Paid my fare and I rode that train To the station under the avenue Hit the air at the stroke of noon At the cross streets where I staked my claim I played in tune

A Place In The World Mary Chapin Carpenter

A Place In The World (Mary Chapin Carpenter) What I'm looking for, after all this time Keeps me moving forward, trying to find it Since I learned to walk all I've done is run Ready, on my mark

Dreamland Mary Chapin Carpenter

Dreamland (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Sun goes down and says goodnight Pull your covers up real tight By your bed we뭠l leave a light To guide you off to dreamland Your pillows soft your bed is warm

Dreamland (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sun goes down and says goodnight Pull your covers up real tight By your bed, we'll leave a light To guide you off to dreamland Your pillows soft your bed is warm Your eyes are tired when day is done One

You Win Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

m standing here freezing at a phone booth baby In the middle of God knows where I got one quarter left your machine packs up But baby I know you？re there And I just start crying ？

Down At The Twist And Shout Mary Chapin Carpenter

Down At The Twist And Shout (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) Chorus: Saturday night and the moon is out I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat When it lifts

Once in Royal David's City Mary Chapin Carpenter

Once in royal David's city stood a lowly cattle shed Where a mother laid her baby in a manger for His bed Mary was that mother mild Jesus Christ her little Child He came down to earth from heaven, who

Hot Buttered Rum Mary Chapin Carpenter

When chimney smoke hangs still and low across the stubbled fields of snow And angry skies reach down and seize the sorry blackened bones of trees In the dead of winter when the silent snowbirds come You're

Jericho Mary Chapin Carpenter

You can’t see me yet Seeing takes a long long time From the outside in Measuring each shift and sigh But as you let your eyes adjust To the darkness deep within Sifting through the ash and dust We are

Grand Central Station (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

I got my lunch box, got my hard hat in my hand. I ain't no hero, mister, just a workin' man. An' all these voices keep on askin' me to take them, To Grand Central Station.

Hometown Girl Mary Chapin Carpenter

Years ago in my hometown I was a headstrong girl and a heartstrong one We'd ride all summer with the top rolled down through the sleepy streets of that Jersey town Now I knew girls when I was sixteen Could

Candlelight Carol Mary Chapin Carpenter

How do you count all the stars in the sky? How can you measure The love of a mother Or how can you write down A baby's first cry?

The Way I Feel Mary Chapin Carpenter

enough of sleepless nights I only need a tank of gas Babe I'm going for a ride Cause when I'm all alone on a midnight highway There's nothing like two hands on the wheel And the radio playing I Won't Back Down

I Put My Ring Back On Mary Chapin Carpenter

back on 'Cause here with you is where I belong Last night I put my ring back on No life's without uncertainty We both know how hard this love can be It's just this hurting inside of me that threw it down

Downtown Train Mary Chapin Carpenter

Outside another yellow moon Has punched a hole in the nighttime I climb through the window and down to the street I'm shining like a new dime The downtown trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls

Slow Country Dance Mary Chapin Carpenter

Out on the floor the couples are swaying To "One Faded Love" on the jukebox tonight You slide in your coins and the music keeps playing A slow country dance on a Saturday night Sweethearts in love and

Between Here And Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

Tonight, the moon came out, it was nearly full Way down here on earth, I could feel it's pull The weight of gravity or just the lure of life, Made me want to leave my only home tonight Now I'm just wonderin

Between Here And Gone (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Way down here on earth, I could feel it's pull. The weight of gravity or just the lure of life, Made me want to leave my only home tonight. Now I'm just wonderin' how we know where we belong.

Old Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

old love, the kind that takes years To turn to gold, love, burnished and seared On the high wire, by rain, wind and sun With the hard times forgiven and done I want old love, the kind that seeps in

Stones In The Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

Stones In The Road (Mary Chapin Carpenter) When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye We learned

Why Shouldn't We Mary Chapin Carpenter

We believe in things that we cannot see Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we Hands that heal can set a chained man free Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we And we believe in peace within every heart Why shouldn't

New Years Day Mary Chapin Carpenter

We are sitting at a table in a bar in Baltimore It’s the last night of December And the room is nearly full And the front door pulls a draft in every time it opens wide And you are telling me a story

Rhythm Of The Blues Mary Chapin Carpenter

I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart I can see you with both eyes closed in the dark Sleep will come in just awhile but 'til it does I choose To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm

Sudden Gift Of Fate Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sudden Gift Of Fate (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Some people need to know what to expect Need to keep control, need to keep one step Ahead of every chance, as if chance decides Who it's gonna pass,

Learning The World Mary Chapin Carpenter

Grief rides quietly on the passenger side Unwanted company on a long, long drive It turns down the quiet songs and turns up the din It goes where you go, it’s been where you’ve been And pushing your

I Feel Lucky Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Feel Lucky (Mary-Chapin Carpenter/Don Schlitz) Well I woke up this morning stumbled out of my rack I opened up the paper to the page in the back It only took a minute for my finger to find My

Ideas Are Like Stars Mary Chapin Carpenter

Ideas Are Like Stars (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Today Joseph is sitting alone, with occasional nods to the waitress She tops off his cup while she's snapping her gum, making her rounds on the lunch

Can't Take Love For Granted Mary Chapin Carpenter

granted You look at me with your wounded eyes And I look back with fear There used to be such faith between us, now, darlin' Now its just not here And the door was slammed hours ago But its still ringing in

John Doe No. 24 Mary Chapin Carpenter

I was standing on this sidewalk in 1945 in Jacksonville, Illinois When asked what my name was there came no reply They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy But Lewis was my name though I could

Beautiful Racket Mary Chapin Carpenter

racket an' whispers and roars The bitter and sweet between the truces and the wars The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear Do your dreaming in

Family Hands Mary Chapin Carpenter

Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home The trees were just turning, up on the ridge And this was your valley when you were a kid You showed me the

What To Keep And What To Throw Away Mary Chapin Carpenter

These are your instructions Should you choose to follow Sit down with pen and paper Begin with something hollow Like the last words that he offered No kind of explanation They only take up space

King Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

He wants to own your heart He already owns your soul No matter what you do He's always in control And when he calls your name you have to follow Like moths into a flame, no fear or sorrow will fall upon