Mary Chapin Carpenter

Fare thee well, my own true love Farewell for a white, I'm going away But I'll 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, don't you see...

I told them we heard singing first before we reached the Square "Arise the wretched of the earth" filled the air So many fists clenched to the sky we couldn't count them all But then the sea of weeping washed over the Hall I told them no one saw me, there was...

She says it's been so long she can't rememeber when The mention of his name didn't make her feel again That everything is possible and everyday a brand new start Yea love's somethin' powerful when it finds a willin' heart Sometimes it's a fire burnin'...

He was a long tall stranger from my way south Where he'd left his life behind He had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck And shenandoah eyes And I rememeber him sitting in that local bar Where I earned my pay each night Singing my songs to empty chairs...

What I'm looking for, after all this time keeps me moving forward, trying to find it Since I learned to walk all I've done is run Ready, on my mark, doesn't everyone need, a place in the world Could be right before your very eyes Just beyond a door that'...

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 and dirt On a lonely interchange The signs all look...

I saw my life this morning Lying at the bottom of a drawer All this stuff I'm saving God knows what this junk is for And whatever I believed in This is all I have to show What the hell were all reasons For holding on for such dear life Here's where I...

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 k...

There’s another home somewhere There’s another glimpse of sky There’s another place unlearned And a face not memorized There’s another quilt of green Where the trees throw down their shade There’s another way to lean Into the wind unafraid There’s another li...

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 okay, so it doesn't inspire Thoughts of leaving it all behind You used to have dreams of settin' the world on fire All...

No presents, no candy, no treat No stockings hung by the fire No parties, no family to greet No angel's heavenly choirs Bells are ringing all over the world Bells are ringing calling the light Bells are ringing all over the world All over the world ton...

Tonight the moon came up, 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' how we know where we belong Is it in a photograph...

Last night I dreamed my head was in fever Last night I dreamed it never was so far To reach the shore of safety and redemption And a gaze upon the bright morning star I dreamed I was by friends all put abandoned I dreamed I was alone but for my scars An...

When I spoke what was on my mind I wasn't thinking of your heart I wasn't thinking when I said those things That landed us so far apart How my world is ending With a chance remark You can't take love for granted And you look at me with your wounded ey...

How do you capture The wind on the water? How do you count all the stars in the sky? How can you measure The love of a mother Or how can you write down A baby's first cry? Candlelight, angel light Firelight and star glow Shine on his cradle till breaking of d...

There's a big white house on a leafy street On a summer's day of 1963 Station wagons parked in the drive Dents in the fender and wood on the side There's kids and dogs and instamatic cubes squinting hard in the sun Not just yet, but one day too They'll be chas...

Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee one by one One for the little bitty, baby Who's born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go where I send thee How shall I send thee? I'm gonna send thee two by two Two for Paul and Silas...

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 these things slow I really don't remember much Of Christ...

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 with the winter rain Collecting dimes and dollar bills...

Tell me the truth, don't ask me to lie These are the things we say You don't need proof and, and I'm not going to try But I think we have lost our way I don't own the sun and I can't raise the moon So now as the darkness falls Love's a hard one and over...

Come darkness, come light Come new star, shining bright Come love to this world tonight Alleluia Come broken, come whole Come wounded in your soul Come anyway that you know Alleluia Come doubting, come sure Come fearful to this door Come see what love is for...

Some people remember the first time, some can't forget the last Some just select what they want to from the past It's a song that you danced to in high school It's a moon you tried to bring down On a four in the morning drive through the streets of town Come...

Slowly as you look at me In your eyes I can't believe All the things 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 right Love has finally come in sight Oh love, come on...

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 remember How tough we are to please All in good time Somehow...

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 me up I'm gonna find my feet Out in the middle of a big dance floor When I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more Gonna dance to...

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 an old time band Race with the moon to the edge of the wa...

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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 more kiss and you'll be gone On your way to dreamland Ever...

I don't really know how I got here this time I was only just following orders Listening to the voice in my mind Saying steer clear of margins and borders So I wasn't thinking of where we would go On a could afternoon through the mountains we drove Up a few hai...

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 seasons will do Leaving nothing behind but I know it...

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 railroad that your daddy worked on As we neared the old hou...

Girls like me aren't hard to find We grow like roses on the vine We 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 and fear merge easily In the quiet souls of girls like...

I'm going out tonight to find myself a friend I need a welcome smile and the grasp of an open hand 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 wris...

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 that go unsaid He might call her from the road just in...

I'm standing at a traffic light somewhere in West L.A. 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 And someone yells and blasts their horn and pins me to the curb I'm a stranger here No...

Got my work clothes on for love, sweat and dirt. All this Holy dust upon my face an' shirt. Headin' uptown now, just as the shifts are changin', To Grand Central Station. I got my lunch box, got my hard hat in my hand. I ain't no hero, mister, just a workin'...

Grow old along with me The best is yet to be When our time has come We will be as one God bless our love God bless our love Grow old along with me Two branches of one tree Face the setting sun When the day is done God bless our love God bless our love Spending...

Late one night when the wind was still Daddy brought the baby to the window sill 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 as a torch The neighbors had a party on their porch Daddy...

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, she PTAs Doctors and dentists, she drives all day When she w...

I've waited longer for lesser things But here I am Who really knows what tomorrow brings But here I am Just in case you were wondering Just in case you lost again Just in case you run out of friends, here I am It's so easy to rip and to tear, se here I am Wha...

We were born during the boom times, played house down in the bomb shelter Suffered through the wonder years, and silence at the dinner hour But once upon a summertime, out behind the old garage We were buzzing on midnight, Luckys and Rolling Rock Thinking we w...

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 put away the danger Heaven bless the one who flys A pion...

I found myself between two places Neither of them home I could not recognize the faces I've never felt so alone So Alone I found myself between two choices To settle or to run All my life I've heard the voices This time mine's the only one The only one I wan...

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 make a smart boy stutter, turn a nice boy mean And the...

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 my sweet maple sugar, honey, hot buttered rum When dr...

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 dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards I grew...

Mama's got her babies Sleeping in a grocery cart Daddy's eyes are hazy Wondering where they are Waiting for the buses Waiting on some Providence Once we get to Houston Maybe it will all make sense Praying to the Father And calling for the cavalry Look at all...

Well that's a real nice jacket son It looks like it cost you too And that car you're driving Hey does that belong to you Well you don't look familiar Are you new in town Here's a local girl Who wants to show you around How do Where'd you get that accent son I...

I'm a town in Carolina, I'm a detour on a ride For aphone call and a soda, I'm a blur from the driver's side I'm the last gas for an hour if you're going twenty-five I am Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind I am peaches in September, and corn from...

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 thousand times over in my head I can see it now, it isn't just a dream Can't shake myself awake, can't fall...

Well I woke up this morning stumbled out of my rack I opened up the paper to the page in the back It only took a minute for my finger to find My daily dose of destiny, under my sign My eyes just about popped out of my head It said "the stars are stacked agains...

I have a need For solitude I'll never be Safe in crowded rooms I like the sound Of silence coming on I come around When everyone has gone I have a need For cool, verdant spaces Beneath the trees Secret empty places Nobody knows So no one will intrude I have a...

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 can be It's just this hurting inside of me that threw i...

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 react Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate And for them I would not disagree But I never learned nothing fr...

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 bright and so blue Yet I missed all my thunder and rain Th...

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 else's but yours I want to be the one who you'll do anything for Never thought I'd ever wind up in a daze like this...

I was a bird that loved to fly Catching the wind as it went south And I could touch every inch of sky And the sweetest songs trilled from my mouth But I'm no bird anyone can see And there's no wind waiting for me It's just a dream, it's just a dream To...

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. What do you get when you kiss a guy? You get enough germs to catch pneum...

Last night I dreamed of icy cliffs Standing on the precipice I leaned to see just where the edge would take me The wind came up, I closed my eyes I heard a shout and to my surprise A hand reached out and pulled me back to safety What's a hand, what's a dream...

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 shift Counting out coins, he leaves them arranged, in neat lines and circles and arcs She just stares at the t...

It's the spell that can't be 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 What if the night com...

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 we'd almost beat the rain Now there's a hole here in my...

Can't remember lookin' for somethin' so hard to find I can't remember talkin' to myself just like I'd lost my mind I can't remember rowin' towards the moon upon a single beam [Chorus:] But it must have happened (Yeah) (Yes) it must have happened Can't rememb...

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 places that we’ve been You can’t hear me yet Listeni...

I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945 In Jacksonville, Illinois When asked what my name was there came no reply They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy But Louis was my name, though I could not say it I was born and raised in New Orleans My spirit w...

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 tree And with all of them made we'll lie under the shade An...

Have you ever loved someone you knew nothing of Except you'd seen the light inside their eyes Have you ever loved someone just because Nothing felt so easy or so right And I think of you like the others do Wondering if you think of me And if you do, if you re...

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 And keep keeping the faith Keeping the faith, everyday We're keeping the faith Keep keeping the faith, don't give it away...

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 you You belong to the King of Love He wants to know your...

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 sit out on your back porch step And watch the sun go down N...

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 empty cart mile after mile Leaves you weeping in the wildern...

And you see that you're leaving And you that you're gone And you see there's no saying goodbye All the trees in mourning The light is late from the sun Casting shadow on shadow down from the sky And it's hard not to want to turn around And it's hard not to wa...

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 one more drop if you'd just let me into your heart...

Was it a light only she could see A gypsy's spell, a mystery Something to cause our girl to roam Was it a song only she could hear Whispering charms in her ears Causing her to leave our happy home Guess the light of the moon is all we've got to go on Guess we'...

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 All happening to you in a whirl That's the beauty...

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 Her sisters ask about her beau Her dad inquires, how's bus...

We 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 loved you and you loved me Two steamer trunks in th...

How will we smile ever again? I'm asking you sincerely, my dear old friend What do you say, is there a way? My dear old friend How will we laugh just like before? When there's water rising up to our door And we may never see each other again My dear ol...

Nothing shatters Nothing brakes Nothing hurts Nothing aches We got ourself one hell of a place In my heaven Looking down at the world below A bunch of wine Fighting schmoos Up here we got none of those In my heaven Theres pools and lakes and hills and moun...

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 the third degree I've been eyes on the pavement admitting my part to strangers passing me And I know it...

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 to tell me they've seen you On the town with an old girlfriend No one's got to tell me You look like you've fallen in love aga...

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 From another time and life And the waitress brings our orde...

To hear you say my name, to see you 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. Now I can only dream of being all you need And I can...

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 in It isn’t cold, love, it’s never brittle or thin It’s t...

There's not a soul out on the street, No footprints in the falling snow The only moving thing I see is the curl of chimney smoke Frost elts on the window panes and the house is getting warm From the fare's carckling flames on a quiet Christmas morn. Now I wal...

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 upon the wind Like a July 4th, a crown of stars And a...

This isn't for the ones who blindly follow Jingoistic bumper stickers tellin' you To love it or leave it and you'd better love Jesus And get out of the way of the Red, White, and Blue This isn't for the ones who buy their six-packs At the 7-Eleven where the c...

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 is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable,...

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 Now lose the map and compass Now read the signs obey the lines Follow all your hunches 'Cause now it's just the open road One small heart and a...

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 bed when the lightning flashed And I'd still be there when the storm...

The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain Far away a whistle hailed a passing train Out in the country summer was almost gone The fields were turning rusty and the hills were turning brown Now I think of you when summer stars are on the rise I think o...

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 without I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just...

You used to be my party doll But now you say the party's over You used to love to honky tonk But now the honky tonkin's over Now my life is a bitter thing my sweet Now life is a mystery to me Love's pain I ain't buying Love's strange but I'll keep trying You u...

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 this, and Passionate kisses Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh Passion...

Hey baby tell me what we're gonna do It's getting crazy and I need some help from you We were so connected that you were a part of me Now I feel an emptiness right to the heart of me But you pretend and I pretend That everything is fine And though we should b...

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 that lasts too long When I get back we're gonna lock the door baby And disconnect the phone We could use...

I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart I can see with both eyes closed in the dark Sleep will come in just a while but till it does I choose To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm of the blues I walk along these streets of home that once be...

I'm all alone so come on over baby Right now right now I'm all alone so come on over baby Right now right now Oh don't make em wait child don't you hesitate C'mon along c'mon along I want to dance I need romance baby Right now right now I want to dance I need...

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 the strongest bridge Want to love you the best I can Feel...

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 nervous about my heart 'cause It's been awhile since I felt this feeling that everything that you do gives me...

You're making lists today of all the things you haven't done yet You're driving everyone crazy, are you having any fun yet Mother says you oughta get married Shrink says here's a little blue pill Too young for your mid-life crisis Mirror says you're over the h...

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 your head and say goodbye I know the price of this to m...

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 others just lonely Searching for someone to waltz with ton...

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 there's only light Why'd you follow me halfway 'round the...

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 wind And with a grin He'd take her home She's something of a dreamer Something of a fool Something of a heartbre...

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 the world somewhere My soul companion I’ll meet you the...

Spring and what's left of the hippies return from old rooming houses and Mexico. More letters, more journals, more poems to burn; Real heat at last. At last my words glow. My friend Jim just broke up his band, the guys all have jobs and the nights got too lon...

Still, still, still, One can hear the falling snow. For all is hushed, The world is sleeping, Holy Star its vigil keeping. Still, still, still, One can hear the falling snow. Sleep, sleep, sleep, 'Tis the eve of our Saviour's birth. The night is peaceful all...

When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our pl...

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, who it will reward They don't understand, chances don't keep score They just find us when we're there to find...

I am waiting with a ticket with a carry-on People everywhere on their way, at a run Then I see you from a distance Light years later at fate's insistence Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are Swept away, swep...

Fare thee well My own true love Farewell for a while Im going away But I'll be back Though I go ten thousand miles Ten thousand miles My own true love Ten thousand miles or more The rocks may melt And the seas may burn If I should not return Oh dont you see...

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 you can be the will that finds the way And you can be the one who saves the day But show me tender when it's time to s...

Grateful for each hand we hold Gathered round this table. From far and near we travel home, Blessed that we are able. Grateful for this sheltered place With light in every window, Saying "welcome, welcome, share this feast Come in away from sorrow." Father,...

I'm not made of stone, I'm not made of glass I've been alone, every one has I've learned to forgive what I'm not I just try to live with what I've got Maybe I've got what you need If you need something that not only feels right Something that's based on a rea...

The past comes upon you like smoke on the air You can smell it and find yourself gone To a place that you lived without worry or care Isn't that where we all once came from Green leaves and tall trees and stars overhead And the sound of the world through the...

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 Fool you twice, you're just a fool You fear the futures all been written By the past, and what didn't last All t...

Well it's a strange old game you learn it slow One step forward and it's back you go You're standing on the throttle You're standing on the brake In the groove 'til you make a mistake Sometimes you're the windshield Sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all c...

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 Wh...

The stars are out tonight, the breeze is warm and light As I'm walking right back to you Along the dreaming road, the only way to go When I'm travelling by our code that north is true Once upon a time these same bright stars did shine Down the center line lead...

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 ecstacy And those who need adventure, they can sail the...

Show a little inspiration, show a little spark And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do And look at me as if I mean something to you Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but whi...

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 I'd rather walk away than take what belongs to you You can...

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 perfect wife, Their perfect children, their perfect life Bo...

They say that spring will come again No one knows exactly when. Still the sun's a long lost friend On the longest night of the year. We stare into the firelight While December beats outside Where the darkest hearts reside On the longest night of the year So...

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 for the stout of heart, and the lure of the open spaces...

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 or without But one thing's certain: only the names have ch...

You always had the gift of speed; You'd disappear without a trace. It all depended on the need, And on the pain you could not face. So you would leave the home you'd found, Pack it up without delay. Cut your losses, blow that town, Tomorrow was another day. A...

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 causes And pennies kissed with wishes arced into t...

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 gas Babe I'm going for a ride Cause when I'm all alone on...

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 you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind, with a...

This is your voice of reason This is your voice of calm This is your heart that's speaking Saying the time has come Here is your pride and grace now Here is your strengh and soul Everything's at the ready, you're finally good to go Now tell him there's one las...

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 turned up high So old I should replace it But I'm not about to try This shirt's got silver buttons...

Too tired to fight so I just gave 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 you call my name Call...

From 20,000 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 Grab the carry on baggage Join the herd for the mad run...

The sun's going down past the pines Shadows grow long down the hill Follow the path known by heart Down to the wide open fields Now that it's twilight Twilight Now that it's twilight, twilight The morning mist burned off by noon The dogs never moved from the...

When you set a match to your heart, fueling it with bitterness and doubt That's the place 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 got me walking through fire You got me walkin...

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 refuse To dance with a man like you. She must be fine,...

I found myself wondering today Why do some go and some stay Do each of our hearts know their way Through valleys of sorrow and tears Across oceans of longing and years And the sound of it all in my ears I traveled I traveled so far I traveled so far to be her...

Let's go down to the fields tonight Where the grass grows round our knees Lay down in the silver light Dripping through the trees Broken halo in my hands And distance in your eyes The past is gone, good luck, so long Cross ourselves and hope to fly No roadmap...

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 two, how much is a Lire Yes, a villa will do and a breeze, in Tuscany please What if we spent all of our days, impr...

These are your instructions Should you choose to follow Sit down with pen and paper Begin with something hollow Like the last words that he offered No kind of explanation They only take up space here You do not need to save them Open up the closet Find his wi...

What was it like How did it feel It's so hard to tell if it was real I know I was there but with every day It slips away And I feel like a passing glance that you never gave a chance Baby that's not right What was it like What did you say What did I hear When...

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. On the street of broken dreams, Not so far away Would you offer me a smile? Would you offer me...

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 too near Saying love's too simple to analyze So why do...

What you look for on a dirty street Is a patch of green beneath your feet A stubborn weed or a traveling rose Either one lives to grow What you look for in a stranger's eyes Is if he sees through your disguise How we long to be revealed To be known we might b...

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 the light And you just sat there gettin' tight On doubl...

Whenever you're ready I've got the car and the engine running It's such a bore when you know what's coming all the time Whenever you're ready To slam the door 'til the hinges fly Trace an arc cross the big blue sky It's always gonna be hard To take things a li...

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 Time will stop for nothing else And memory plays tricks on us,...

I'm looking for a strong and steady heart For a love that won't fall apart At the first sign of trouble, near or far I'm looking through eyes that have shed some tears And I'm looking for that one who's gonna face my fears Without thinking he must erase each s...

We believe in things that we cannot see Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we Hands that heal can set a chained man free Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we We believe in peace within every heart Why shouldn't we, why shouldn't we Burning brightly, brightly in th...

In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby In this world there's a whole lot of pain In this world there's a whole lot of trouble But a whole lot of ground to gain Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by It's a hard enough lif...

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 'cause it makes no sense To waste these words and twenty'five cents On a losing...

Maybe love is all anybody Ever should believe in Maybe life is just something That employs us till we die Maybe all we know Is that the sun will come up every morning Maybe time can choose Whether to be earthbound or to fly Everybody thinks they've got...

I don't know nothing, nothing today Whether to leave or to stay 'Cause underneath sorrow, underneath fear There's nothing that's keeping me here 'Cause I'm a zephyr on the inside And it's a hard ride when you feel yourself tied down Hide-and-earth bound...