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The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street.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