Mary Chapin Carpenter LYRICS

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Mary Chapin Carpenter - Bright Morning Star - lyrics

Last night I dreamed my head was in a fever
Last night I dreamed it never was so far
To reach a shore of safety and redemption
And to gaze upon a bright morning star
I dreamed I was by friends all but abandoned
I dreamed I was alone but for my scars
And blinded by the tears that fell like water
No more to see my bright morning star
The streets of dreams never looked this lonely
The streets of dreams never felt this hard
I heard my voice barely of a whisper
As the clouds denied a bright morning star
Sometimes this life is no more than a moment
And sometimes the light is lost unto the dark
But courage hears the sound of dawn approaching
And each our own bright morning star
I woke to find every window open
I woke to find the heavy door ajar
And I walked outside and stood upon the hilltop
And gazed once more on a bright morning star
I walked outside and every bird was singing
As I found again my bright morning st

Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Keeper For Every Flame - lyrics

She says its been so long she cant remember when
The mention of his name didnt make her feel again
That everything is possible and every day a brand new start
Yeah loves something powerful when it finds a willing heart
Sometimes its a fire burning out of control
Sometimes its a candle burning long and low
All these years she never let it go
Theres a keeper for every flame
There was someone in his past that he hasnt gotten over yet
Each days like the last, he just misses what he cant forget
Its just an empty space where something used to be
Now he guards the gate but hes lost the key
So no one enters but no one leaves
Theres a keeper for every flame
I thought my heart had broken but it was just a little bruised
I thought love had spoke, guess I was just confused
Sometimes we were a fire burning out of control
Sometimes we were nothing but a candle glow
But it never died baby and how I know
Theres a keeper for every flame

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Beautiful Racket - lyrics

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 ok, so it doesn't inspire
Thoughts of leaving it all behing
You used to have dreams of setttin the world on fire
All you want now is peace of mind
Chorus:
And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars
The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars
The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear
And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear
You do your dreaming in traffic jams
You do your running in shopping malls
You do your breating the best you can
Between car pools and cell phone calls
Who cares, you'll never live in Paris
So what, you'll never travel by Lear
How do some of us learn what matters
While others never get to hear
And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars
The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars
The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear
And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear
Hold on, hold on
So your day will end like this
Turning slowly down your street
Silent worlds of kitchens lit
Front yards full of fallen leaves
Trees are bare, the garden's done
Another season gone to earth
Before you blink a new one comes
To remind you what the old one's worth
And a beautiful racket, it whispers and roars
The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars
The noice and the quiet, the courage and the fear
And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear
Such a beautiful racket...such a beautiful racket...
hold on...such a beautiful racket...hold on...

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Jubilee - lyrics

I can tell by the way youre walking, you dont want company
Ill let you alone and Ill let you walk on and
In your own good time youll be
Back where the sun can find you, under the wise wishing tree
And with all of them made well lie under the shade and call it a jubilee
And I can tell by the way youre talking, that the past isnt letting you go
Theres only so long you can take it all on,
And then the wrongs gotta be on its own
And when youre ready to leave it behind you,
Youll look back and all that youll see
Is the wreckage and rust that you left in the dust on your way to the jubilee
And I can tell by the way youre listening,
That youre still expecting to hear
Your name being called like a summons to all who have failed to account
For their doubts and their fears,
They cant add up to to much without you
And so if it were up to me Id take hold of your hand
Saying come hear the band play your song at the jubilee
And I can tell by the way youre searching,
For something you cant even name
That you havent been able to come to the table,
Simply glad that you came
When you feel like this try to imagine that were all like frail boats on the sea
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light announcing the jubilee
And I can tell by the way youre standing with your eyes filling with tears
That its habit alone that keeps you turning for home, even though your home is right here
Where the people who love you are gathered, under the wise wishing tree
May we all be considered then straight on delivered down to the jubilee
Because to people who love you are waiting,
And theyll wait just as long as need be
When we look back and say those were halcyon days
Were talking about jubilee

Mary Chapin Carpenter - 10,000 Miles - lyrics

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 I should not return
Oh dont you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
Shes weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
Oh come ye back
My own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend
All on this earth
Youve been a friend to me

Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Road Is Just A Road - lyrics

He pulled out in a cloud of dust
Laying rubber and spewing rust
And on any road hed take
Hed have his foot on the pedal and my heart on the brake
Underneath the smooth tar curves
A road is only dust and dirt
On a lonely interchange
The signs all look the same
cause a road is just a road and a feelings 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 midnights another dawn, 100 miles ago
His wheels spun out of sight of me
Believing that Id set him free
But Id heard the voice of the prisoner
Saying he couldnt get enough of her
You go by land, you go by air
You go by sea, hell I dont care
You can go any way you choose
Wearing out the soles of your traveling shoes
And a road is just a road and a feelings just a feeling
No matter where you go, from bangor, maine to bakersfield
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnights another dawn, a hundred miles ago
And every sleepless night I see him
Screaming by the scenery
Not noticing another mile
Thats rolled down between him and me
cause a road is just a road and a feelings just a feeling
No matter where you go, from saskatoon to san antone
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnights another dawn, a hundred miles ago
Yes, a road is just a road and a feelings just a feeling
No matter where you go, from san bernardino to sault ste.marie
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnights another dawn, a hundred miles ago

Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Lot Like Me - lyrics

He was a long tall stranger from way down south
Where hed 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 my pay each night
Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home half tight
So the nights rolled by like headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar
I kept his word of kindness close to me like a pick on my guitar
And we talked about the singers and the songs we loved
And the songs wed most forgot
In that rundown bar theyd make last call
And Id never want to stop
Chorus: cause I was living on nothing but a young girls dreams
With my cowboy boots and my old six string
Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars
When Id get him up at closing time
For a couple of songs and a chance to shine
Like the star that he longed to be
He looked a hell of a lot like me
Well hed played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free
No fancy licks but he had him a gift for the kinds of songs hed ding
But you do what you can to be a satisfied man
Just to have your piece of mind
So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time
So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar
And to share a drink or two
And we sit swapping tales of where weve been and what wed rather do
Theres a wealth of dangers when youre talking to strangers
And I meet them all the time
But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those yes
Chorus:
Well maybe Ill quit when Ive got me a kid and a place to call my own
But tonight there aint nobody there waiting up for me at home
Its a helluva way to live from day to day
Not knowing where youre bound
But the look in his eyes made me realize
I was glad for the life Id found
Chorus:

Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Place In The World - lyrics

(mary chapin carpenter)
What Im looking for, after all this time
Keeps me moving forward, trying to find it
Since I learned to walk all Ive done is run
Ready, on my mark, doesnt everyone
Need a place in the world
Could be right before your very eyes
Just beyond a door thats open wide
Could be far away or in your own backyard
There are those who say, you can look too hard
For your place in the world
Takes some of us a little longer
A few false starts gonna make you stronger
When Im sure Ive finally found it
Gonna wrap these arms all around it
Could be one more mile, or just one step back
In a lovers smile, down a darkened path
Friends will take our side, enemies will curse us
But to be alive is to know your purpose
Its your place in the world
Your place in the world
Your place in the world

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Calling - lyrics

Deep in your blood or a voice in your head
On a dark lonesome highway
It finds you instead
So certain it knows you, you can't turn away
Something or someone has found you today
Genius or Jesus, maybe he's seen us
But who would believe us
I can't really say
Whatever the calling, the stumbling or falling
You follow it knowing
There's no other way, there's no other way
There are zealots and preachers
And readers of dreams
The righteous yell loudest
And the saved rise to sing
The lonely and lost are just waiting to hear
Any moment their purpose
Will be perfectly clear
And then life would mean more
Than their name on their door
And that far distant shore that's so near
They'd hear the calling
And stumbling and falling
They'd follow it knowing
There's nothing to fear
Nothing to fear
I don't remember a voice
On a dark, lonesome road
When I started this journey so long ago
I was only just trying to outrun the noise
There was never a question of having a choice
Jesus or genie, maybe they've seen me
But who would believe me
I can't really say
Whatever the calling, the stumbling and falling
I followed it knowing there's no other way
Jesus or genie, maybe he's seen me
But who would believe me
I can't really say
Whatever the calling, stumbling and falling
I got through it knowing there's no other way
There's no other way

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Alone But Not Lonely - lyrics

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 jump in closing your eyes
Or are you one of the fortunate kind
Alone but not lonely
Everyday on the street I study their faces
The ones who rush on through the crowd
Towards their own quiet worlds, their separate places
Somewhere I'm never allowed
'Cause I've always been one to say what I need
And than the next thing it's done and I'm watching 'em leave
And I'm thinking, I wish I could be
Alone but not lonely
So which one are you tonight
Do you change with the morning light
Do you say more than what sounds right
Do you say what you mean?
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 of an eye
You can ask me the truth but tonight I will lie
Unflinching I'll tell you that I'm alone but not lonely
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