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
sad and lonely comfort In the hollow of your eyes But don't you let it take you over 'Cause it will eat you up inside I heard you're married to a house carpenter
kindness that you've shown will be the nails and hammers as you build your final ladder in the manner of the carpenter of old He was just a 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'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
(Mary Chapin Carpenter) She threw her purse upon the bed She looked around and shook her head There's really nothing left she said There's nothing
(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
COME DARKNESS, COME LIGHT COME NEW STAR SHINING BRIGHT COME LOVE TO THIS WORLD TONIGHT ALLELUJAH COME BROKEN, COME WHOLE COME WOUNDED IN YOUR SOUL
The whippoorwills were cryin' in the falling rain Far away a whistle hailed a passing train Out in the country, summer was almost gone The fields were
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
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
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
Years ago in my hometown I was a headstrong girl and a heart strong one We'd ride all summer with the top rolled down Through the sleepy streets of that
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
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
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
(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
You never had a dream like this Never felt the cold cold steel Slam you like a fist Break you down until you kneel Just like a beggar man Asking only
