DamnLyrics - The center provides all the lyrics

88 Constellations - Mary Chapin Carpenter



     
Page format: Left Center Right
Direct link:
BB code:
Embed:

88 Constellations Lyrics


VERSE 1
These days are made of leaving home
But every thought is of returning
In between is simply known
For the gasoline I'm burning
Drop the bags inside the door
Out of habit pause to listen
It's the same as before
There's always something that feels missing
But not the ghosts and snakes I've swept away
Though that seemed as good a place to start
CHORUS 1
I go forward
Or fall back

Forge ahead
Or veer off track
Flaming out
We fade to black
Stars careening in their crosses
Someone's always
Just ahead
Heels dug in
Or being led
Nothing's perfect
I once said
And I've learned to cut my losses
But I could not fix the broken part
And a tear-stained heart
VERSE 2
I filled my passport with the miles
Dawn is breaking out the window
Climb the steps and walk the aisles
Just another moving shadow
You know it's easier to be
All alone instead of lonely
Yet I know some part of me
Feels a part of you still always be
Way down deep where it will not be seen
But there's no doubt that you have left your mark
CHORUS 2
You go forward
Or fall back
Forge ahead
Or veer off track
Flaming out
We fade to black
Stars careening in their crosses
Someone's always
Just ahead
Heels dug in
Or being led
Nothing's perfect
You once said
The king of all lost causes
But I still wait for you because I'm not
In my tear-stained heart
VERSE 3
These wondrous days we travel fast
And the clearer I am seeing
Trade the baggage of the past
For the likeness of being
I am studying the stars
All 88 constellations
I can sense you from afar
From my earthly destinations
And in the wind and every highway song
A match that strikes or in a random spark
CHORUS 3
We go forward
Or fall back
Forge ahead
Or veer off track
Flaming out
We fade to black
Stars careening as they beckon
It's just open road ahead
The sound of twilight
Maps unread
Nothing's perfect
It's been said
This is pretty close I reckon
And I learned more than I'd have ever thought
From a tear-stained heart

Enjoy the lyrics !!!
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), a song with a rock flavor musically and lyrics listing simple desires such as "a comfortable bed", "food to fill me up", and "time to think". Another big hit was "Down At The Twist And Shout", which she performed in January 1997 at Super Bowl XXXI in New Orleans.

A number of Mary Chapin Carpenter's songs speak to women, urging them on through hard times or troubled relationships. In "He Thinks He'll Keep Her", co-composed by Carpenter and Don Schlitz, the singer makes the case for strength and self-respect. Another common theme in her music is that of taking life at your own pace, rather than rampant goal-driven materialism, such as "The Long Way Home" from her 2001 album Time*Sex*Love, which pokes fun at a man who "retire(s) at thirty to his big-ass house next to the putting green." The album has a relatively different feel musically, incorporating elaborate orchestra melodies, but with her characteristic lyrical depth.

Her album Between Here And Gone, was released in 2004.

Carpenter's most recent album, The Calling, released on March 6, 2007 by Rounder records' rock/pop imprint Zoë, features commentary about contemporary politics, a reaction to the impact of Hurricane Katrina on a track entitled "Houston," and an incendiary track entitled "On With The Song", dedicated to the Dixie Chicks, and addressing the visceral reaction to the trio.

In less than three months after its release, The Calling sold more than 100,000 copies in the US.

Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards: Best Female Country Vocal Performance for 1991 through 1994, and also Best Country Album for 1994.


User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.

View All

Mary Chapin Carpenter