Girls Like Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Girls like me aren`t hard to find We grow like roses on the vine And wear our hearts on our sleeves You probably know a girl like me We live alone and in our heads We eat standing up or in our beds Guilt

Oh, Lonesome Me (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Everybody's going out and having fun I'm just a fool for staying home and having none I can't get over how he set me free, oh, lonesome me A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round Well I know that

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

Elysium (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

clear of margins and borders So I wasn`t thinking of where we would go On a cold afternoon through the mountains we drove Up a few hairpin turns and then spread out below The valley appeared with the sun Like

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

Dreamland (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sun goes down and says goodnightPull your covers up real tightBy your bed, we'll leave a lightTo guide you off to dreamlandYour pillows soft your bed is warmYour eyes are tired when day is doneOne ...

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 (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

Between Here And Gone (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

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. Is it in a photograph, or a dashboard poet's song?

One Small Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

now lose the map and compass Now read the signs, obey the lines, follow all your hunches `Cause now it`s just an the open road One small heart and a great big soul that`s driving Radio singing low just like

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

Nothing shatters nothing breaksNothing hurts and nothing achesWe`ve got ourselves one helluva place in my heavenLooking down at the world below a bunch of whining, fighting schmo`sUp here we got no...

Grand Central Station (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

An' all these voices keep on askin' me to take them, To Grand Central Station. Grand Central Station. I wanna stand beneath the clock just one more time.

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

What would you say to me? What would you say to me? What would you say to me, If we met one day? On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams.

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

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

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

Come On Come On (Live Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

Some people remember the first time, some can't forget the lastSome just select what they want to from the pastIt's a song you danced to in high school, it's a moon you tried to bring downOn a four...

On a Quiet Christmas Morn Mary Chapin Carpenter

I walked out in the silent world, no engines roared, no sirens whined The teasing boys chased squealing girls, no noisy school bells chimed No one raced off to work through the din of honking horns There

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

Too Tired Mary Chapin Carpenter

just pain But it goes away when you call my name Callin' me baby But you ain't no good for a girl like me I was doin' fine when I first met you Swept me off my feet, next thing I knew I was wonderin'

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

A Lot Like Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar I kept his words 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 we'd most forgot In

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

New Years Day Mary Chapin Carpenter

We are sitting at a table in a bar in Baltimore It’s the last night of December And the room is nearly full And the front door pulls a draft in every time it opens wide And you are telling me a story

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

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

Waltz Mary Chapin Carpenter

Fetch me a glass, let's fill it with fine romance Pour slow the wine, then let your eyes kiss mine You, you with the charming eyes Lately I've found myself truly beguiled If this is a waltz, then I can't

Walking Through Fire Mary Chapin Carpenter

to your heart Fueling it with bitterness and doubt That's a blaze that, once it starts, No amount of tears can put out I know you're scared, but no one's spared When you play with matches You've got me

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

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 Moon And St. Christopher Mary Chapin Carpenter

When I was young I spoke like a child, and I saw with a child's eyes And an open door was to a girl like the stars are to the sky It's funny how the world lives up to all your expectations With adventures

Rhythm Of The Blues Mary Chapin Carpenter

baby, I walk alone and I am lost I guess I'm only walking to the rhythm of the blues I don't want to hear another word spoken I don't want to see another tear shed I can't seem to fix what's broken Like

What Would You Say To Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

What would you say to me? What would you say to me? What would you say to me, If we met one day? On the street of broken dreams. On the street of broken dreams.

Only A Dream Mary Chapin Carpenter

elm shade Was as green as the grass and as cool as a blade That you held in your teeth as we lay on our backs Staring up at the blue and the blue stared back I used to believe we were just like

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

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

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

Jericho Mary Chapin Carpenter

You can’t see me yet Seeing takes a long long time From the outside in Measuring each shift and sigh But as you let your eyes adjust To the darkness deep within Sifting through the ash and dust We are

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

Shut Up And Kiss Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

Shut Up And Kiss Me (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) Don't mean to get a little forward with you, don't mean to get ahead of where we are Don't mean to act a little nervous around you, I'm just a little

The Longest Night of the Year Mary Chapin Carpenter

We stare into the firelight While December beats outside Where the darkest hearts reside On the longest night of the year So keep me safe and hold me tight Let the candle burn all night Tomorrow welcome

Outside Looking In Mary Chapin Carpenter

outside looking in Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places But nothing even like

The Way I Feel Mary Chapin Carpenter

I'm heading out without a tear I'm 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

Slave To The Beauty Mary Chapin Carpenter

Don't want to need the way I need you Don't want to feel like this Holding back all the words but not the kiss For the moment my heart begins to murmur The moment of truth arrives And I know you'll shake

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

Middle Ground Mary Chapin Carpenter

And these days run thick or thin It never rains, or else it's pouring All her single friends are men She thinks married girls are so damn boring Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down She could

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

Going Out Tonight Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 my wrist I'm need to find someone to show me

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