Party Doll & Other Favorites

(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 turned up high
So old i should replace it
But i'm not about to try

This shirt's got silver buttons
And a place upon the sleeve
Where i used to set my heart up
Right there anyone could see
This shirt is the one i wore to every boring high school dance
Where the boys ignored the girls
And we all pretended to like the band

This shirt was a pillow for my head
On a train through italy
This shirt was a blanket beneath the love
We made in argeles
This shirt was lost for three whole days
In a town near buffalo
'till i found the locker key
In a downtown trailways bus depot

This shirt was the one i lent you
And when you gave it back
There was a rip inside the sleeve
Where you rolled your cigarettes
It was the place i put my heart
Now look at where you put a tear
I forgave your thoughtlessness
But not the boy who put it there

This shirt was the place your cat
Decided to give birth to five
And we stayed up all night watching
And we wept when the last one died
This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton
Shining like the memories
Inside those silver buttons

This shirt is a grand old relic
With a grand old history
I wear it now for sunday chores
Cleaning house and raking leaves
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

(mary chapin carpenter)

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 while we're wide awake
You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
Everything we got, we got the hard way

Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
Some will call on destiny, but i just call on faith
That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
Everything we got, we got the hard way

Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over
I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make
And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
Everything we got, we got the hard way
(because the world won't stop) hang on, baby...

(mary chapin carpenter)

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
Every sleepy boy and girl
In every bed around the world
Can hear the stars up in the sky
Whispering a lullaby
Who knows where you'll fly away
Winging passed the light of day
The man in the moon and the milky way
Welcome you to dreamland
Every sleepy boy and girl
In every bed around the world
Can hear the stars up in the sky
Whispering a lullaby
Who knows where you'll fly away
Winging passed the light of day
The man in the moon and the milky way
Welcome you to dreamland

(mary chapin carpenter/beth nielson chapman/annie roboff)

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 let go

I'm not running
I'm not hiding
I'm not reaching
I'm just resting in the arms of the great wide open
Gonna pull my soul in
And i'm almost home

I saw you this morning
You were looking straight at me
From an ancient photograph
Stuck between letters and some keys
I was lost just for a moment
In the ache of old goodbyes
Sometimes all that we can know is
There's no such thing as no regrets
Baby it's all right

I'm not running
I'm not hiding
I'm not reaching
I'm just resting in the arms of the great wide open
Gonna pull my soul in
And i'm almost home
There's no such thing as no regrets
But baby it's alright
I'm not running
I'm not hiding
I'm not reaching
I'm just resting in the arms of the great wide open
Gonna pull my soul in
And i'm almost home

(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 have this
Shouldn't i have this
Shouldn't i have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

Is it too much to demand
I want a full house and a rock and roll band
Pens that won't run out of ink
And cool quiet and time to think
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
Passionate kisses from you

Do i want too much
Am i going overboard to want that touch
I shout it out to the night
"give me what i deserve, 'cause it's my right"
Shouldn't i have this (shouldn't i)
Shouldn't i have this (shouldn't i)
Shouldn't i have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

(mary-chapin carpenter/don schlitz)

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 against you girl, get back in bed"

I feel lucky, i feel lucky, yeah
No professor doom gonna stand in my way
Mmmmm, i feel lucky today

Well i strolled down to the corner, gave my numbers to the clerk
The pot's eleven million so i called in sick to work
I bought a pack of camels, a burrito and a barq's
Crossed against the light, made a beeline for the park
The sky began to thunder, wind began to moan
I heard a voice above me saying, "girl, you better get back home"

But i feel lucky, oh oh oh, i feel lucky, yeah
No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away
Mmmmm, i feel lucky today

Now eleven million later, i was sitting at the bar
I'd bought the house a double, and the waitress a new car
Dwight yoakam's in the corner, trying to catch my eye
Lyle lovett's right beside me with his hand upon my thigh
The moral of this story, it's simple but it's true
Hey the stars might lie, but the numbers never do

I feel lucky, oh oh oh, i feel lucky, yeah
Hey dwight, hey lyle, boys, you don't have to fight
Hot dog, i'm feeling lucky tonight

I feel lucky, brrrrr, i feel lucky, yeah
Think i'll flip a coin, i'm a winner either way
Mmmmmm, i feel lucky today

(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 just a little nervous about my heart 'cause
It's been awhile since i felt this feeling that everything that you do gives me
It's been so long since somebody whispered
Shut up and kiss me

Didn't expect to be in this position, didn't expect to have to rise above
My reputation for cynicism, i've been a jaded lady when it comes to love but
Oh baby just to feel this feeling that everything that you do gives me
It's been too long since somebody whispered
Shut up and kiss me

There's something about the silent type attracting me to you
All business baby none of the hype
That no talker can live up to

Come closer baby i can't hear you, just another whisper if you please
Don't worry 'bout the details darlin', you've got the kind of mind i love to read
Talk is cheap and baby time's expensive, so why waste another minute more
Life's too short to be so apprehensive, love's as much the symptom darlin' as the cure
Oh baby when i feel this feeling, it's like genuine voodoo hits me
It's been too long since somebody whispered...
Oh baby i can feel this feeling that everything that you do gives me
It's been too long since somebody whispered
Shut up and kiss me
Shut up and kiss me

(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 eye
We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime
Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds
And the stones in the road shone like diamonds in the dust
And then a voice called to us to make our way back home
When i was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd
To see a train draped in mourning pass slowly through our town
His widow kneeled with all their children at the sacred burial ground
And the tv glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burning down
And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires
Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home
And now we drink our coffee on the run, we climb that ladder rung by rung
We are the daughters and the sons, and here's the line that's missing
The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street
We give a dollar when we pass, and hope our eyes don't meet
We pencil in, we cancel out, we crave the corner suite
We kiss your ass, we make you hold, we doctor the receipt
And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels
Another day, another deal, before we get back home
And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they came
A thousand points of light or shame, baby, i don't know