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

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

Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter

On a four in the morning drive through the streets of town. Come on, come on, it's getting late now. Come on, come on, take my hand. Come on, come on, you just have to whisper.

Another Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

There’s another home somewhere There’s another glimpse of sky There’s another place unlearned And a face not memorized There’s another quilt of green Where the trees throw down their shade There’

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

Jubilee Mary Chapin Carpenter

I can tell by the way you're walking, That you don't want company I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on and in your own good time you'll be Back where the sun can find you, under the wise wishing

Goodbye Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

Every night she sleeps alone And by her bed she puts the phone And every morning after that She takes the phone and puts it back He's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown But these are things

I Tried Going West Mary Chapin Carpenter

missed all my thunder and rain The way a storm punctures a hot afternoon Washing away every stain When my maps pointed north they were calling for snow To cover all sound and all sight Tell me where on

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

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

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.

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

Why Shouldn't We Mary Chapin Carpenter

man free Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we And we believe in peace within every heart Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we Burning brightly, brightly in the dark Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we So come

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

Thanksgiving Song Mary Chapin Carpenter

From far and near we travel home, Blessed that we are able. Grateful for this sheltered place With light in every window, Saying welcome, welcome, share this feast Come in away from sorrow.

A Lot Like Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

his life behind He had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck and Shenandoah eyes And I remember him sitting in that local bar where I earned my pay each night Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home

Mrs. Hemingway Mary Chapin Carpenter

We packed up our books and our dishes Our dreams and your worsted wool suits We sailed on the 8th of December Farewell old Hudson River Here comes the sea And love was as new and as bright and as true

Hometown Girl Mary Chapin Carpenter

knew girls when I was sixteen Could make a smart boy stutter, turn a nice 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

The Long Way Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

He'll retire at thirty to his big-ass house next to the putting green Now he's got a picture in his head of the perfect wife, Their perfect children, their perfect life Bothing wrong with that, coming home

Grand Central Station (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Got my work clothes on for love, sweat and dirt. All this Holy dust upon my face an' shirt. Headin' uptown now, just as the shifts are changin', To Grand Central Station.

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

Christmas Carol Mary Chapin Carpenter

earlier it gets each year The scarcer is my Christmas cheer I guess I just like taking these things slow I really don't remember much Of Christmases growing up Except the year the Beatles came to play On

What Would You Say To Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

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? Would you offer me a smile?

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

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? Would you offer me a smile?

Going Out Tonight Mary Chapin Carpenter

welcome smile and the grasp of an open hand Gonna sit for hours in a small dark place, catch up with a long lost face And talk about how long it's really been I'm going out tonight with perfume on

10,000 Miles Mary Chapin Carpenter

But Ill be back Though I go 10,000 miles 10,000 miles My own true love 10,000 miles or more The rocks may melt And the seas may burn If I should not return Oh dont you see That lonesome dove Sitting on

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

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

Don't Need Much To Be Happy Mary Chapin Carpenter

Somehow I find Days that still shine with light All in good stead I'm safe and I'm fed With dreams in my head Good night The feel of my hand being taken Driving at night all alone The breeze on

Late For Your Life Mary Chapin Carpenter

You've been saying for the longest time that the time has come You've been talking like you're of a mind to get some changing done Maybe move out of the city, find some quiet little town Where you can

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

One Small Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

`s lights wavy bright, they follow like a lantern Then morning comes and desert sun rises like redemption Another day to make your way from answer back to question Out here on the open road One small heart

The Dreaming Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 ago, now the map is stained and old But on

The Longest Night of the Year Mary Chapin Carpenter

Longest Night of the Year They say that spring will come again-- No one knows exactly when. Still the suns a long lost friend On the longest night of the year.

Only A Dream Mary Chapin Carpenter

I can recall the sound of the wind As it blew throught the trees and the trees would bend I can recall the smell of the rain On a hot summer night Coming through the screen I'd crawl in your

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

Christmas Time in the City Mary Chapin Carpenter

the storefronts look this pretty only once a year Well the vendors huddled and the taxis honked As I played for change beneath the neon clock Was dressed up looking like a Christmas tree Blinking down on

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

Jericho Mary Chapin Carpenter

eyes adjust To the darkness deep within Sifting through the ash and dust We are the places that we’ve been You can’t hear me yet Listening takes a long long time And I’ve so much to tell But words die on

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

I Take My Chances Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Take My Chances (Mary-Chapin Carpenter/Don Schlitz) I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks I stood on the rails till I saw that train Just to see how my heart would

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

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

My Heaven (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

play We can pick the weather everyday And if you change your mind, that`s ok, in my heaven Grandma`s up here, Grandpa too In a condo with to-die-for views There`s presidents and movie stars you just come

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

Transcendental Reunion Mary Chapin Carpenter

the lights below me Twinkling just like Christmas We descended slowly And the curve of the world passed With all of that flying Above the mighty ocean And now we all are arriving Grab the carry on

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

This Is Me Leaving You Mary Chapin Carpenter

This is your voice of reason This is your voice of calm This is your heart that's speaking Saying the time has come Here is your pride and grace now Here is your strengh and soul Everything's at the ready