Just Because Mary Chapin Carpenter

Have you ever loved someone you knew nothing of Except you'd seen the light inside their eyes Have you ever loved someone just because Nothing felt so easy or so right And I think of you like the others

The Bug Mary Chapin Carpenter

throttle You're standing on the brake In the groove 'til you make a mistake (Chorus) Sometimes you're the windshield Sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all comes together baby Sometimes you're just

Christmas Carol Mary Chapin Carpenter

The week before Thanksgiving Day This town puts up its old display Streetlights hung with candy canes and bows The earlier it gets each year The scarcer is my Christmas cheer I guess I just like taking

What Was It Like Mary Chapin Carpenter

it like What did you say What did I hear When did it start to disappear I know you were there You know that too What did we do 'Cause I feel like a big mistake that you managed to not quite make And just

Jubilee Mary Chapin Carpenter

searching, for something you can't even name That you haven't been able to come to the table, simply glad that you came When you feel like this try to imagine that we're all like frail boats on the sea Just

I Tried Going West Mary Chapin Carpenter

and driving some more Oh the south is a good place to hide Hot nights cold beer and creaky screen doors And a motel’s vacancy sign A letter a day I wrote back home to you But not one you ever received Because

The Moon And St. Christopher Mary Chapin Carpenter

paid a price sometimes For being such a stubborn woman in such stubborn times Now I have run from the arms of lovers, I've run from the eyes of friends I have run from the hands of kindness, I've run just

The Hard Way Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Hard Way (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Show a little inspiration, show a little spark And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart And tell me something I don't know instead of everything

Maybe World Mary Chapin Carpenter

happening to you in a whirl That's the beauty and the hurting Of living in a maybe world I'm sorry for the rain that broke the dam that caused the flood I'm sorry for the pain but that's the way it is because

Slave To The Beauty Mary Chapin Carpenter

shake your head and say goodbye I know the price of this to me I'll light the candle that shines on you I'll be a slave to the beauty but not the truth Don't want to fear the way I fear you'll Hurt me because

Read My Lips Mary Chapin Carpenter

Read My Lips (Mary Chapin Carpenter) A few more cigarettes now honey One more jolt of joe A couple hours past New York City A few more turnpike tolls One more minute away from you Is a minute

A Road Is Just A Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

a road and a feeling's just a feeling No matter where you go, from Waterloo to Wichita A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on And midnight's another dawn, 100 miles ago His wheels spun

Keeping The Faith Mary Chapin Carpenter

Keeping The Faith (Mary Chapin Carpenter) When it's been that kind of day baby When everything is not what it should be Everybody's had their say Let's just say today is history Chorus: And

New Years Day Mary Chapin Carpenter

the telling lies a reveri In the details lie the heart Like the folds of summer dresse Like the scent upon my wrist Like the way you played guitar Like a boxer punches with his fist And taken or just

Downtown Train Mary Chapin Carpenter

trains are full With all those Brooklyn girls They try so hard to break out of their little world You wave your hand and they scatter like crows They have nothing that will ever capture your heart They're just

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,

A Keeper For Every Flame Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sometimes it's a candle burning long and low All these years she never let it go There's a keeper for every flame There is someone in his past that he hasn't gotten over yet Each day's like the last, he just

Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter

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.

Let Me Into Your Heart Mary Chapin Carpenter

Let Me Into Your Heart (Mary Chapin Carpenter) You're like a cool breeze to a hot spell You're like a long drink to a dry well Oh I know by now there's no use thinking That it's something in that

Let Me Into Your Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

to a hot spell You're like a long drink to a dry well Oh I know by now there's no use thinking That it's something in that water I've been drinking Cause I would not need even one more drop if you'd just

Almost Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

Almost Home (Mary Chapin Carpenter/Beth Nielson Chapman/Annie Roboff) I saw my life this morning Lying at the bottom of a drawer All this stuff I'm saving God knows what this junk is for 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

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. Is it in a photograph, or a dashboard poet's song?

Too Tired Mary Chapin Carpenter

Too tired to fight so I just gave in Last night I slept in your arms again And I felt my heart next to your skin Beatin' like crazy Been runnin' from something I can't explain It ain't just anger, it ain't

Simple Life Mary Chapin Carpenter

Shrink says here's a little blue pill To young for your mid-life crisis Mayor says your over the hill *Chorus* Theres nothing wrong with you The simple life gets complicated Theres nothing you can do Just

My Heaven (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

schmo`s Up here we got none of those, in my heaven There`s pools and lakes and hills and mountains Music, art, lighted fountains Who needs bucks here, no one`s counting in my heaven No one works, we all just

I Want To Be Your Girlfriend Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Want To Be Your Girlfriend (Mary Chapin Carpenter) I want to be your girlfriend, I want to be your new love I want to be the one that you can't get enough of I want to be your girlfriend, nobody

Hometown Girl Mary Chapin Carpenter

boy mean And the boys made the girls into homecoming queens Married each other instead of their dreams These days I'm mostly out on my own Looking for someplace that I can call home Late at night, or just

You Win Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

re there And I just start crying ？cause it makes no sense To waste these words and twenty-five cents On a losing game Baby you win again I？ve been turning it over and over again Like a stone I？

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

Goodnight America (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 Then someone yells and blasts their horn and pins me to the curb I`m a stranger here

What Would You Say To Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's just a game you play. You're not the only one. You're not the only one, When all was said an' done, Who had to hurt this way. Well, take a walk around the town.

Someone Else's Prayer Mary Chapin Carpenter

Stephen's Green Oh I turned and tossed with my Irish dreams And when the morning shone through the burned off mist I could sense you still just as close as this Just as close as lips brush against a cheek

What Would You Say To Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's just a game you play. You're not the only one. You're not the only one, When all was said an' done, Who had to hurt this way. Well, take a walk around the town. Take a walk around this town.

Grand Central Station (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Headin' uptown now, just as the shifts are changin', To Grand Central Station. I got my lunch box, got my hard hat in my hand. I ain't no hero, mister, just a workin' man.

Slow Country Dance Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 others just

Oh, Lonesome Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how he set me free, oh, lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round Well I know that

Late For Your Life Mary Chapin Carpenter

mind to get some changing done Maybe move out of the city, find some quiet little town Where you can sit out on your back porch step And watch the sun go down No one knows where they belong The search just

Outside Looking In Mary Chapin Carpenter

more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection Now I only hear the noise of what I am without I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just

The Way I Feel Mary Chapin Carpenter

hands on the wheel And the radio playing I Won't Back Down Baby that's about the way I feel Might be gone a couple of hours Might be gone a couple of days I won't know til I turn around We'll have to see just

Not Too Much To Ask Mary Chapin Carpenter

If I was not the first, Just say I'll be the last. It's too much to expect, But it's Not Too Much To Ask. Now I can only dream, Of being all you need.

Shut Up And Kiss Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

Shut Up And Kiss Me (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) Don't mean to get a little forward with you, don't mean to get ahead of where we are Don't mean to act a little nervous around you, I'm just a little

Chasing What's Already Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

house on a leafy street On a summers day of 1963 Station wagons parked in the drive Dents in the fender and wood on the side Theres kids and dogs and instamatic cubes squinting hard in the sun Not just

One Small Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 lines, follow all your hunches `Cause now it`s just

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

Quittin' Time Mary Chapin Carpenter

pretend and I pretend That everything is fine And though we should be at an end It's so hard admittin' When it's quittin' time Hey baby I'm running out of things to say Please don't hate me this feeling just

The Better To Dream Of You Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Better To Dream Of You (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Every heart has got a story About love holding out a lure Baby, when you've been that lonely You just want a cure Fool you once, you are forgiven

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

I Can See It Now Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Can See It Now (Mary Chapin Carpenter) I can see it now, walking by myself And suddenly you're there walking with somebody else I can see it now, what's right up ahead A scene I've played a

King Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

thoughts He already knows your mind No matter where you are You're someone he'll always find His very mention brings the slightest shudder Deep inside you know there is no other as skilled and tender Just