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

Not Too Much To Ask Mary Chapin Carpenter

To see search my eyes. To feel you touch my hand, It more than satisfies. If I was not the first, Just say I'll be the last. It's too much to expect, But it's Not Too Much To Ask.

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

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

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

Walking Through Fire Mary Chapin Carpenter

When you set a match 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

This Is Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

as see how peace can hover Time's been here to fix what's broken with its power and the love that Smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours calling out your name, And I thought, this is the kind

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

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

The End Of My Pirate Days Mary Chapin Carpenter

The night is soft and silent, new moon at my door There's nothing near as quiet as the light I'm looking for And last time that it appeared he was lying next to me Last time I felt this near to whispered

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

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

Mrs. Hemingway Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 When I

Just Because Mary Chapin Carpenter

do Wondering if you think of me And if you do, if you really do Who is it that you see Have you ever loved Whether right or wrong Have you ever loved someone Just because Have you ever tried to speak

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

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

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

Fading Away Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 seasons will do Leaving nothing behind but I

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

It Don't Bring You Mary Chapin Carpenter

Well I know it ain't been roses lately, baby, it's just been thorns And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change Love has always been my shelter, for you it's been a storm But for a while I thought

Old Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

I want old love, the kind that takes years To turn to gold, love, burnished and seared On the high wire, by rain, wind and sun With the hard times forgiven and done I want old love, the kind that seeps

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

River (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 the strongest bridge Want to love you the best I

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

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

Outside Looking In Mary Chapin Carpenter

Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection Now I only hear the noise of what I am

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

I Put My Ring Back On Mary Chapin Carpenter

Who knows where faith comes from But last night I put my ring back on 'Cause here with you is where I belong Last night I put my ring back on No life's without uncertainty We both know how hard this love

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

Goodnight America (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

I`m standing at a traffic light somewhere in west L.A.

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

Where Time Stands Still Mary Chapin Carpenter

Baby where's that place where time stands still I remember like a lover can But I forget it like a leaver will It's no place you can get to by yourself You've got to love someone and they love you

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

Simple Life Mary Chapin Carpenter

do Just enjoy the view, be glad you made it Your making making resolutions and it isn't even new years You could try a new religion You could wait until the dust clears Friends say your way to cheesey

Sudden Gift Of Fate Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sudden Gift Of Fate (Mary Chapin Carpenter) Some people need to know what to expect Need to keep control, need to keep one step Ahead of every chance, as if chance decides Who it's gonna pass,

Maybe World Mary Chapin Carpenter

It's all I hate but oh so tempting Fills me up but leaves me empty It's all regrets and second chances What's the point of backward glances That lead me nowhere I can't go back there Everything is so uncertain

I Want To Be Your Girlfriend Mary Chapin Carpenter

I Want To Be Your Girlfriend (Mary Chapin Carpenter) I want to be your girlfriend, I want to be your new love I want to be the one that you can't get enough of I want to be your girlfriend, nobody

Someone Else's Prayer Mary Chapin Carpenter

there's only light Why'd you follow me halfway 'round the world tonight What I'd give right now not to even care And then this could be someone else's prayer And on a sleepless night by St.

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

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.

The More Things Change Mary Chapin Carpenter

Well I think of you sometimes at night And sometimes it's still the same The way that it was when I was the keeper of your flame We all have our ghosts, we all have our doubts I'm no different with you

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

Goodnight America Mary Chapin Carpenter

keep hoping though And I keep looking past The sun that sets above Saying to myself Goodnight America And I'm driving into Houston on a rain slicked Texas road Land so flat and sky so dark I say a prayer

You Win Again Mary Chapin Carpenter

I？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 ？

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

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

Family Hands Mary Chapin Carpenter

turning, up on the ridge And this was your valley when you were a kid You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on As we neared the old house where your granny lives on She's nearing ninety years now

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

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