When She's Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

She threw her purse upon the bed She looked around and shook her head There's really nothing left, she said There's nothing I ain't done She wore your favorite dress tonight She hoped her hair would catch

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

The Last Word Mary Chapin Carpenter

You can have it, I don't want it, and when you've got it, I'll be gone It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done Can't seem to keep the faith, as if that's all I need to do

He Thinks He`ll Keep Her Mary Chapin Carpenter

She makes his coffee, she makes his bed She does 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

He Thinks He'll Keep Her Mary Chapin Carpenter

She makes his coffee, she makes his bed She does 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

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

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

The Swords We Carried Mary Chapin Carpenter

Back when I believed in luck And stones & crosses I’d put a coin found on the street Towards cosmic losses And passing graveyards in a car Tracing every falling star Luck was never very far from childhood

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

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

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

Chasing What's Already Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 yet, but one day too Theyll be chasing whats already gone

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

Between Here And Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter

tonight Now I'm just wonderin' how we know where we belong Is it in a photograph, or a dashboard poet's song Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong, Should I find myself between here and gone

Waltz Mary Chapin Carpenter

She must be fine, she must be enchantingly kind And she must be fair, and never reveal that she cares Then, then when you've got her heart Spin her around till she begs you to stop But this is a waltz

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

Halley Came To Jackson Mary Chapin Carpenter

Late one night when the wind was still Daddy brought the baby to the window still To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky The one and only time daddy saw it fly It came from the east just as bright

The Long Way Home Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 he's looking over his shoulder at the past When

Too Tired Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 just pain But it goes away when

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

Slow Country Dance Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sweethearts in love and others just lonely Searching 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 Way I Feel Mary Chapin Carpenter

heading out without a fight Nothing like this empty road To take some trouble off my mind Had enough of sad days Had enough of sleepless nights I only need a tank of gas Babe I'm going for a ride Cause when

Goodnight America (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

its banks Like Noah reaching higher ground I`d offer up my thanks `Cause I`m a stranger here, no one you would know I`m just passing through, I am therefore I go The moon rose in the east, but now it`s

In The Name Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 left of me And what's too far gone

Elysium (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

and the green were colliding I looked back at you and I knew we were sealed By a fate that has ways of providing Yes sometimes you get there in spite of the route Losing track of your life and what it`s

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

Girls Like Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

summer night And boys who aren`t afraid of what they see Inside the eyes of girls like me And hopefulness is like a drug It makes a girl believe in love And if somehow you love us back We think there`s

Between Here And Gone (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong, Should I find myself between here and gone? Now I could grab my keys, clear out in my truck, With every cent on board bringing me their luck.

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

What You Didn't Say Mary Chapin Carpenter

I can read your eyes just like a book You tell me different, but I know that look And I don't have to guess what's between the lines So what in the world am I still doing here You push me away when I get

Old Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

love, the kind that can say What it knows, love, and what it learned on the way In that one voice, familiar and strange Only old love remembers your name I want old love, the kind that holds on When

I Tried Going West Mary Chapin Carpenter

I tried going west where the sky meets the sun Where the edge of the world’s always been As far from this place as a girl gets to run When her reasons to stay have worn thin Out there the days were so

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

You Win Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

ve been holding my breath just wondering when You？ll make some sort of decision To let me in or let me go I？ll always lose if I never know Where I fit in Baby you win again I can？t be right if I？

Heroes and Heroines Mary Chapin Carpenter

Heros and heroines are scarcer than they've ever been So much more to lose than win the distance never greater Way back when you made history by flying planes across the sea Embarking on your odyssey You

Never Had It So Good Mary Chapin Carpenter

Never Had It So Good (Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings) No one's got to tell me it's over I could see it from miles away No one's got to tell me What I don't already know today No one's got

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

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

Tender When I Want To Be Mary Chapin Carpenter

Tender When I Want To Be (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) I have a heart that's proud you bet I have a mind that won't forget And I have arms that are strong and yet Tender when they wanna to be Well

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

What To Keep And What To Throw Away Mary Chapin Carpenter

think Sundays are the hardest Avoid familiar back roads Erase the old phone numbers Delete all the photos And those you haven’t heard from Will come as no surprise They made their calculation When

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

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

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

I Put My Ring Back On Mary Chapin Carpenter

love wounds with such simplicity And I threw it down, down down down, down Your heart is all I want to see Your hand reaching out to me And your kiss remembers the mystery Time was, I'd be as good as gone

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.

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

There are moments in time that are meant to be held Like fragile, breakable things There are others that pass us, you can't even tell Such is their grace and their speed And this one is gone in the blink