Biography:
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. According to Songfacts, Carpenter had a fairly privileged upper middle class upbringing. Her father was at least partly responsible for her embarking on a musical career. The song "House of Cards" was inspired by the divorce of her parents when she was sixteen.
One of her most widely known singles is "Passionate Kisses" (written by fellow singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams)
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Other songs:
- 10000 Miles
- A Keeper For Every Flame
- A Lot Like Me
- A Road Is Just A Road
- Capo Chart
- Christmas Time In The City
- Come Darkness Come Light
- Down At The Twist And Shout
- Down In Marys Land
- Downtown Train
- Grow Old With Me
- Halley Came To Jackson
- He Thinks Hell Keep Her
- Hot Buttered Rum
- House Of Cards
- I Am A Town
- I Feel Lucky
- I Put My Ring Back On
- I Want To Be Your Girlfriend
- Its Only Love
- John Doe No 2
- John Doe No 24
- Jubilee
- Keeping The Faith
- Let Me Into Your Heart
- Naked To The Eye
- Not Too Much To Ask
- Oh Rosetta
- Only A Dream
- Other Streets And Other Towns
- Outside Looking In
- Passionate Kisses
- Quittin Time
- Shut Up And Kiss Me
- Slave To The Beauty
- Slow Country Dance
- Stones In The Road
- Tender When I Want To Be
- Thanksgiving Song
- The Age Of Miracles
- The Blue Distance
- The Bug
- The Calling
- The End Of My Pirate Days
- The Hard Way
- The Last Word
- The Long Way Home
- The Longest Night Of The Year
- The Moon And St Christopher
- The More Things Change
- This Is Love
- Too Tired
- Walking Through Fire
- Wall Around Your Heart
- When Shes Gone
- Wherever You Are
- Why Walk When You Can Fly
- You
- You Win Again
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945
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In Jacksonville, Illinois
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When asked what my name was there came no reply
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They said I was a deaf and sightless half wit boy
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But Louis was my name, though I could not say it
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I was born and raised in New Orleans
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My spirit was wild, so I let the river take it
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On a barge and a prayer upstream
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Well, they searched for a mother
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And they searched for a father
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And they searched till they searched no more
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The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
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And they named me 'John Doe No. 24'
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And they all shook their heads in pitty
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For a world so silent and dark
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Well, there's no doubt that life's a mystery
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But so too is the human heart
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And it was my heart's own perfume
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When the crepe jasmine bloomed on saint Morgue Avenue
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Though I couldn't hear the bells
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Of the streetcars coming by toeing the track I knew
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And if I were an old man returning
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With my satchel and porkpie hat
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I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
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And I'd hit everyone on Basin after that
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[Verse 2]
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The years kept passing as they passed me around
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From one state ward to another
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Like I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found
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Always missing the other
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And they gave me a harp last Christmas
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And all the nurses took a dance
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But lately I've been growing listless
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I've been dreaming again of the past
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I'm wandering down to the banks
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Of the great Big Muddy where the shotgun houses stand
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I am seven years old and I feel my dad
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Reach out for my hand
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While I drew breath no one missed me
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So they won't on the day that I cease
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Put a sprig of crepe jasmine with me
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To remind me of New Orleans
[Outro]
E B
I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945
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In Jacksonville, Illinois
[Ending instrumental]
E B E B E B E B E B E
E B E B
[Verse]
E B
I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945
E B
In Jacksonville, Illinois
E B
When asked what my name was there came no reply
E B
They said I was a deaf and sightless half wit boy
E B
But Louis was my name, though I could not say it
E B
I was born and raised in New Orleans
E B
My spirit was wild, so I let the river take it
E B
On a barge and a prayer upstream
E
Well, they searched for a mother
E
And they searched for a father
B
And they searched till they searched no more
E
The doctors put to rest their scientific tests
B
And they named me 'John Doe No. 24'
E B
And they all shook their heads in pitty
E B
For a world so silent and dark
E
Well, there's no doubt that life's a mystery
B
But so too is the human heart
E
And it was my heart's own perfume
B E B
When the crepe jasmine bloomed on saint Morgue Avenue
E
Though I couldn't hear the bells
B E B
Of the streetcars coming by toeing the track I knew
E B
And if I were an old man returning
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With my satchel and porkpie hat
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I'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon
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And I'd hit everyone on Basin after that
[Instrumental]
E B E B E B E B E B E B
[Verse 2]
E
The years kept passing as they passed me around
B
From one state ward to another
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Like I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found
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Always missing the other
B
And they gave me a harp last Christmas
E B
And all the nurses took a dance
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But lately I've been growing listless
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I've been dreaming again of the past
E
I'm wandering down to the banks
B E B
Of the great Big Muddy where the shotgun houses stand
E B
I am seven years old and I feel my dad
E B
Reach out for my hand
E B
While I drew breath no one missed me
E B
So they won't on the day that I cease
E B
Put a sprig of crepe jasmine with me
E B
To remind me of New Orleans
[Outro]
E B
I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945
E B
In Jacksonville, Illinois
[Ending instrumental]
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