Fare thee well My own true love Farewell for a while 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 mor...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) She says it's been so long, she can't remember when The mention of his name didn't make her feel again That everything is possible and ...

He was a long 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 hi...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings) 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...

I saw my life this morning Lyin' at the bottom of a drawer All this stuff I'm savin' God knows what this junk is for And whatever I believed in This is all I ha...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 ...

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 T...

No presents, no candy, no trees, no stockings hung by the fire No parties, no family to greet, no angel's heavenly chiors Bells are ringing, all over the world...

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 le...

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...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) When I spoke what was on my mind I wasn't thinking of your heart I wasn't thinking bout the things I said That landed us so far apart A...

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...

(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...

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 Born, born, born in Bethlehem Children, go w...

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 stre...

Tell me the truth Don't ask me to lie These are the things we say You don't need proof and I'm not going to try But I think we have lost our way You don't own ...

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 you danced to in high school, it's ...

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 H...

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 fe...

(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 ou...

(Waits) 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 down...

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 w...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 rid...

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 he...

This morning I work up with the feelin' that I'd been away too long All this blacktop runnin' underneath my wheels makes me feel too gone Well I could use a lot...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings) 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...

(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 ...

I'm standing at a traffic light somewhere in west LA Waiting for the sign to change then I'll be on my way The noise, the heat, the crush of cars just robs me o...

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 ...

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...

(John Lennon) 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 m...

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 ...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 an...

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 smi...

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 aga...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) We were born during the boom times, played house down in the bomb shelter Suffered through the wonder years, and silence at the dinner ...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 ...

(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...

(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...

Mama's got her baby sleeping in a grocery cart Daddy eyes are hazy, wondering where they are Waiting for the buses, waiting on some providence Once we get to Ho...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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...

I'm a town in Carolina, I'm a detour on a ride For a phone 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 twent...

(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 scen...

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 d...

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...

(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 ho...

(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...

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 Oh, what do you g...

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 f...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) Today Joseph is sitting alone, with occasional nods to the waitress She tops off his cup while she's snapping her gum, making her round...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 se...

(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 b...

Can't remember looking for something So hard to find I can't remember talking to myself Just like I'd lost my mind I can't remember rowing towards the moon Upon...

I was standing on this 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 ...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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...

(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 ...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) 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 ...

(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...

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...

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, f...

When you see that you're leaving And you see that you're gone And you see there's no saying goodbye All the trees are in mourning The light is late from the sun...

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 ...

(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 some...

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...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Gary Burr) 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 ba...

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...

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 l...

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 befo...

Nothing shatters nothing breaks Nothing hurts and nothing aches We've got ourselves one helluva place in my heaven Looking down at the world below A bunch of wh...

(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...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ma...

River starts with a drop of rain Somewhere in this world Light years shape this arc of sky And sand a precious pearl And yuou will light a stranger's life By le...

This isn't for the ones who blindly follow Jingoistic bumper stickers telling you To love it or leave it, and you'd better love Jesus And get out of the way of ...

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 C...

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 s...

(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 s...

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 ru...

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 ru...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain Far away a whistle hailed a passing train Out in the country summer was almost gone T...

You used to be my party doll, But now you say the party's over, You used to love honky tonk, but now the honky tonking's over Now life, is a bitter thing my swe...

(Lucinda Williams) 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 ha...

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 Sh...

(Robb Royer/Roger Linn) 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 N...

(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 f...

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 choo...

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'm...

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...

(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...

Your making this today of all the things you haven't done yet your drivin everyone crazy, are you having any fun yet? Mother says you auta get married Shrink sa...

(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 ...

(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...

(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...

Something of a Dreamer - by 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 she'd ...

(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 cau...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter) When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful...

(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'...

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Kim Richey) 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 yea...