The Longest Night of the Year Mary Chapin Carpenter

Longest Night of the Year They say that spring will come again-- No one knows exactly when. Still the suns a long lost friend On the longest night of the year.

Christmas Time in the City Mary Chapin Carpenter

Well I walked to town in the pouring rain Paid my fare and I rode that train To the station under the avenue Hit the air at the stroke of noon At the cross streets where I staked my claim I played in tune

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

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

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

In The Name Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

left of me And what's too far gone What if the night complied, bringing you to my door What if I let you in, baby, isn't that what the night is for?

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

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

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

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

Still, Still, Still Mary Chapin Carpenter

Still, still, still One can hear the falling snow For all is hushed, the world is sleeping Winter star, its vigil keeping Still, still, still One can hear the falling snow Sleep, sleep, sleep 'Tis the

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

King Of Love Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 you You belong to the

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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 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

Transcendental Reunion Mary Chapin Carpenter

From 20000 feet I saw the lights below me Twinkling just like Christmas We descended slowly And the curve of the world passed With all of that flying Above the mighty ocean And now we all are arriving

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

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

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

Learning The World Mary Chapin Carpenter

empty cart mile after mile Leaves you weeping in the wilderness Of the supermarket aisle And in the late night kitchen light it sits in a chair Watching you pretend that it’s not really there But

Come On Come On Mary Chapin Carpenter

Some people remember the first time, some can't forget the last. Some just select what they want to from the past.

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

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

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

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

A Road Is Just A Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

He pulled out in a cloud of dust Laying rubber and spewing rust And on any road he'd take He'd have his foot on the pedal and my heart on the brake Underneath the smooth tar curves A road is only dust

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 Dreaming Road Mary Chapin Carpenter

Sometimes the biggest change stays out of sight So without plot or clue I ran away from you I was twenty-two and drunk in Amsterdam Got robbed in Paris, France, got home on one last chance And without

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

Let Me Into Your Heart (Album Version) Mary Chapin Carpenter

got a past baby, now who doesn't I won't ask you to think that I wasn't Who I was back then, yes it's true But that was when I didn't know you You're like a sweet sight to these tired eyes You're like the

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

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

A Lot Like Me Mary Chapin Carpenter

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 my pay each night

Down At The Twist And Shout Mary Chapin Carpenter

Down At The Twist And Shout (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) Chorus: Saturday night and the moon is out I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat When it lifts

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

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

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 ？

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

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

Passionate Kisses Mary Chapin Carpenter

Is it too much to ask I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back Food to fill me up And warm clothes and all that stuff Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have this Shouldn't I have all of

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

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

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

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