New Years Day Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 lost to me It’s better now to say I dwell in possibility On New

John Doe No. 24 Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 not say it I was born and raised in New

A Keeper For Every Flame Mary Chapin Carpenter

She says it's been so long, she can't remember when The mention of his name didn't make her feel again That everything is possible and every day a brand new start Yeah, love's something powerful when it

He Thinks He`ll Keep Her Mary Chapin Carpenter

the laundry, she keeps him fed When she was twenty-one she wore her mother's lace She said "forever" with a smile upon her face She does the car-pool, she PTAs Doctors and dentists, she drives all day

He Thinks He'll Keep Her Mary Chapin Carpenter

the laundry, she keeps him fed When she was twenty-one she wore her mother's lace She said "forever" with a smile upon her face She does the car-pool, she PTAs Doctors and dentists, she drives all day

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

Simple Life Mary Chapin Carpenter

over the hill *Chorus* Theres nothing wrong with you The simple life gets complicated Theres nothing you can do Just enjoy the view, be glad you made it Your making making resolutions and it isn't even new

On And On It Goes Mary Chapin Carpenter

River starts with a drop of rain Somewhere in this world Light years shape this arc of sky And sand a precious pearl And you will light a stranger's life By letting yours unfurl And on and on it goes Sparks

On a Quiet Christmas Morn Mary Chapin Carpenter

raced off to work through the din of honking horns There was truly peace on earth on a quiet Christmas morn On a quiet Christmas morn, a child was in a stable born Shepherds heard the baby cry, saw a new

What If We Went To Italy Mary Chapin Carpenter

What If We Went To Italy (Mary Chapin Carpenter) What if we went to Italy A suitcase of books and one bag a piece for the summer I don't speak a word of Italian Except for Campari and soda for

The Long Way Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

picture in his head of the perfect wife, Their perfect children, their perfect life Bothing wrong with that, coming home each night to his cul-de-sac of dreams Funny now how it all went by so fast One day

Halley Came To Jackson Mary Chapin Carpenter

their porch Daddy rocked the baby mother said amen When Halley came to visit in 1910 Now back then Jackson was a real small town And it’s not every night a comet comes around It was almost eighty years

Swept Away Mary Chapin Carpenter

I am waiting with a ticket with a carry-on People everywhere on their way, at a run Then I see you from a distance Light years later at fate's insistence Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams Heartache

Beautiful Racket 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 The job's okay, so it doesn't inspire Thoughts of leaving it all behind You used

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

Old Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

I want 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

The End Of My Pirate Days Mary Chapin Carpenter

The night is soft and silent, new moon at my door There's nothing near as quiet as the light I'm looking for And last time that it appeared he was lying next to me Last time I felt this near to whispered

Come Darkness, Come Light Mary Chapin Carpenter

COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT COME NEW STAR SHINING BRIGHT COME LOVE TO THIS WORLD TONIGHT ALLELUJAH COME BROKEN, COME WHOLE COME WOUNDED IN YOUR SOUL COME ANY WAY THAT YOU KNOW ALLELUJAH THERES A HUMBLE STABLE

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

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

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

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 let me into your heart you're like a blue sky to a grey day

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

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

The Dreaming Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 the center line leading here Nearly thirty years

Slow Country Dance Mary Chapin Carpenter

for someone to waltz with tonight In a smoky old bar you know that it's only A slow country dance on a Saturday night And love's never easy or ever as true When the changing of partners is no longer new

Oh, Lonesome Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

of his charm I still love him so, mister don't you know I'd welcome him right back here in my arms Well, there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues Forget about the past and find somebody new

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

House Of Cards Mary Chapin Carpenter

I grew up in a house like this You knew the groan of every stair All the walls seemed to listen in All the years seemed to take up air And when you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard

Someone Else's Prayer Mary Chapin Carpenter

Tonight the brightest moon in a hundred years Floods the streets of Rome and I am standing here Wondering where the ghosts of antiquity Hide on nights like this once a century Where do shadows fall when

House Of Cards* (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

I grew up in a house like this, we knew the groan of every stair All the walls seemed to listen in, all the years seemed to take up air When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard In those

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

Chasing What's Already Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

Theres a big white 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

Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter

Tonight I am thinking of someone, seventeen years ago. We rode in his daddy's car down the River Road. Come on, come on, it's getting late now. Come on, come on, take my hand.

How Do Mary Chapin Carpenter

How Do (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Well that's a real nice jacket son It looks like it cost you too And that car you're driving Hey does that belong to you Well you don't look familiar Are you new

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

This Shirt Mary Chapin Carpenter

This Shirt (Mary Chapin Carpenter) This shirt is old and faded All the color's washed away I've had it now for more damn years Than I can count anyway I wear it beneath my jacket With the collar

The Bug Mary Chapin Carpenter

gonna know lonely And you're gonna know sad When you're rippin' and you're ridin' And you're coming on strong You start slippin' and slidin' And it all goes wrong because (repeat chorus) One day

What Would You Say To Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

What would you say to me, If we met one day? On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams, Not so far away Would you offer me a smile?

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

What would you say to me, If we met one day? On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams, Not so far away Would you offer me a smile?

Fading Away Mary Chapin Carpenter

You are fading away in pieces and parts Like old china and glass in fragments and shards Moment by moment a day at a time By the side of the road in the dark of the night You are leaving me here like the

Only A Dream Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 was parked in the drive one day

Family Hands Mary Chapin Carpenter

just turning, up on the ridge And this was your valley when you were a kid You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on As we neared the old house where your granny lives on She's nearing ninety years

Grow Old With Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

along with me The best is yet to be When our time has come We will be as one God bless our love God bless our love Grow old along with me Two branches of one tree Face the setting sun When the day

Waltz Mary Chapin Carpenter

in time Now, now that you feel no more How could I follow you out to the floor And now it's the waltz but I have to refuse To dance with a man like you But this is your waltz and you'll find someone new

I Tried Going West Mary Chapin Carpenter

radio up Singing at the top of my lungs Driving and crying 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

Come On Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

Slowly as you look at me In your eyes I can't believe All the love I'm seeing now Plain as day to me somehow Oh, love, come on home Promises a heart can keep Happiness is you and me Never was a dream so

Still, Still, Still Mary Chapin Carpenter

you Close your eyes, let sleep surround you Sleep, sleep, sleep 'Tis the eve of the baby's birth While guardian angels without number Watch you as you sweetly slumber Dream, dream, dream Of the joyous day

This Is Me Leaving You Mary Chapin Carpenter

all were his to take (you're progressing) Now it's the truth that won't let go (don't you doubt it) Now it's the facts that you can't shake (and don't fear it) Now it's just time to let him know (each new