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

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

Heroes and Heroines Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 your eyes The seeds of rust

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

Can't Take Love For Granted Mary Chapin Carpenter

When I spoke what was on my mind I wasnt thinking of your heart I wasnt thinking bout the things I said That landed us so far apart And now my world is ending baby With a chance remark No, you cant take

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

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

Alone But Not Lonely Mary Chapin Carpenter

I haven't a reason, a clue or a sign I haven't the slightest idea Of the shape of your heart or the state of your mind Do you ever let anyone near Do you ever reach out with arms open wide Do you ever

Soul Companion Mary Chapin Carpenter

All of our dreams are laid out and measured Arrows and pins and a rainbow of threads Like hope on a string, sewn into the linings For the courage to face the unknown ahead My soul companion Out in

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.

10,000 Miles Mary Chapin Carpenter

Fare thee well My own true love Farewell for a while Im going away 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

This Is Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

If you ever need to hear a voice in the middle of the night When it seems so black outside that you can't remember Light ever shone on you or the ones you love in this or another lifetime And the voice

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

Another Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

unlearned And a face not memorized There’s another quilt of green Where the trees throw down their shade There’s another way to lean Into the wind unafraid There’s another life out there Beyond your

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

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

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

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

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

I'll Never Fall In Love Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

What do you get when you fall in love? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble That's what you get for all your trouble. I'll never fall in love again. I'll never fall in love again.

Something of a Dreamer Mary Chapin Carpenter

Something of a Dreamer (Mary Chapin Carpenter) She used to watch him from afar She used to dream about him And she'd wish upon a star That one day he'd want her for his own Throw caution to the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My Heaven (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 play We can pick the

Let Me Into Your Heart (Album Version) 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 water I've been drinking Cause I would not need even

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 ？

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

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

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

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

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

A Lot Like Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

He was a long tall stranger from way down south where he'd left 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

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

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

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

In The Name Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's the spell that can't be broken It's your breath upon my neck It's the words I long to tell you but haven't yet It's the need to see you constantly And the need to be alone Just to balance out what's

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

The Long Way Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

You could be this man, he's got it all worked out To the nth degree, no fears, no doubts 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

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

Naked To The Eye Mary Chapin Carpenter

Naked To The Eye (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Been walking these streets, been deciding what's true Been hands in my pockets, coat collar up, thinking `bout you I've been talking to myself, giving fate

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

Don't Need Much To Be Happy Mary Chapin Carpenter

Don't need much to be happy Four walls and a roof overhead Books and food in my belly Cool sheets upon the bed A fire that warms up December The sound of a thaw in the eaves Sometimes it's hard to

Why Walk When You Can Fly Mary Chapin Carpenter

In this world theres a whole lot of trouble baby In this worlds theres a whole lot of pain In this world theres as whole lot of trouble but A whole lot of ground to gain Why take when you could be giving