MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER
PARTY DOLL
(Columbia CK-68751)
May 25/1999
Produced by John Jennings & Mary Chapin Carpenter
1.
CAN'T TAKE LOVE FOR GRANTED
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '90 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
When I spoke what was on my mind I wasn't thinking of your heart
I wasn't thinking bout the things I said that landed us so far apart
And now my world is ending baby with a chance remark you can't take love for granted
You look at me with your wounded eyes I look back in fear
There used to be such faith between us now darling now it's just not here
The door was slammed hours ago but it's still ringing in my ears
You can't take love for granted
It was a funny way to show I love you a funny way to care
It's a funny now to be without you as empty as you stare
[ guitar ]
You can't take love for granted it's got its own free will
It's got a mind of its own when it wants one baby looks that can kill
One day you're in heaven darling the next you feel like hell
You can't speak what's on your mind if you've got a gambler's heart
You can be the truth incarnate you can shoot straight in the dark
You can pull the moon down baby with a lasso made of stars
Oh oh you can't take love for granted no you can't take love for granted
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2.
WHEREVER YOU ARE
(Michael Henderson - Mark Irvin Abramson)
« © '91 Colgems Music, ASCAP / April Music, ASCAP »
I'm looking for a strong and steady heart
For the love in the world that won't fall apart
At the first sign of trouble near or far
And I'm looking through eyes that have shed some tears
And I'm looking for that one who's gonna face my fears
Without thinking he must erase each scar
I'm gonna find you baby wherever you are
(Wherever you are) love won't leave you stranded
(Wherever you are) love won't let you hide
(Wherever you are) one of these days baby we'll be walkin' side by side
All it takes is some time and some destiny
A little courage for those days when all we see
Is a cold lonely rain coming down hard I'm gonna find you baby wherever you are
[ guitar - piano ]
(Wherever you are) love won't leave you stranded
(Wherever you are) love won't let you hide
(Wherever you are) one of these days baby we'll be walkin' in the sun side by side
I'm looking for a love that's meant for me
I can't be bothered with the same old wanna be
Just like the light from heaven's stars
I'm gonna find you baby I'm gonna find you I'm gonna find you baby wherever you are
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3.
DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '90 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
Saturday night and the moon is out I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout
Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat when it lifts me up I'm gonna find my feet
Out in the middle of a big dance floor when I hear that fiddle wanna beg for more
Wanna dance to a band from a Louisian tonight
And I never have wandered down to New Orleans
Never have drifted down a bayou stream
But I heard that music on the radio and I swore some day I was gonna go
Down a Highway 10 past a Lafaytte there's a Baton Rouge and I won't forget
To send you a card with my regrets cause I'm never gonna come back home
Saturday night and the moon is out...
[ guitar ]
They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie a gulf storm blowin' into town tonight
Livin' on the delta it's quite a show they got hurricane parties every time it blows
But here up north it's a cold cold rain and there ain't no cure for my blues today
Except when the paper says beou-so-leil is a comin' into town baby let's go down
[ acordeon ]
So bring your mama bring your papa bring your sister too
They got lots of music and lots of room
When they play you a waltz from a 1910 you're gonna feel a little bit young again
Well you learn to dance with your rock and roll you learn to swing with do-si-do
But you learn to love at the fais-do-do when you hear a little Jolie Blon
Saturday night and the moon is out...
Yeah I wanna dance to a band from a Louisian tonight
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4.
I FEEL LUCKY
(Don Schlitz - Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '92 New Don Songs, ASCAP / BMG Songs, ASCAP /
April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
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 opped outta my head
I 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 mhm I feel lucky today
[ guitar ]
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 Barks
Crossed against the light made a beeline for the park
The sky began to thunder the wind began to moan
I heard a voice above me sayin' girl you'd better get back home
But I feel lucky oh oh oh I feel lucky yeah
No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away mhm I feel lucky today
[ guitar ]
Now eleven million later I was sittin' at the bar
I bought the house a double then the waitress a new car
Dwight Yoakam's in the corner try'n 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 feel lucky tonight
I feel lucky I feel lucky yeah
Think I'll slip a coin I'm a winner either way mhm I feel lucky today
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5.
DREAMLAND
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '99 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
Sun goes down and says good night pull your covers up real tight
By your bed we'll leave a light to guide you off to Dreamland
Your pillow's 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 past the light of day
The man in the moon and the Milky Way welcome you to Dreamland
[ guitar - piano ]
Every sleepy boy and girl..
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6.
PASSIONATE KISSES
(Lucinda Williams)
« © '88 Lucy Jones Music, BMI / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, BMI »
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...
[ guitar ]
Do I want too much am I going overboard to want that touch
I shouted out to the night give me what I deserve cause it's my right
Shouldn't I have this...
Passionate kisses passionate kisses from you
Passionate kisses passionate kisses from you
(Passionate kisses passionate kisses) from you
(Passionate kisses passionate kisses) from you
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7.
QUITTIN' TIME
(Robb Royer - Roger Linn)
« © '83 Robroy West Music, BMI »
Hey babe tell me what we're gonna do
It's gettin' crazy and I need some help from you
We were so connected that you were a part of me
Now I feel an emptiness right to the heart of me
But you pretend and I pretend that everything is fine
And though we should be at an end
It's so hard admittin' when it's quittin' time
Hey babe I'm running out of things to say
Please don't hate me this feelin' just won't go away
Now we're spending all our time caught in a fantasy
Just trying to keep in mind the way it used to be
But you pretend and I pretend...
[ piano ]
Hey baby I'm running out...
But you pretend and I pretend...
But you pretend and I pretend...
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8.
THIS SHIRT
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '87 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
This shirt is old and faded all the color's washed away
I've had it now for more damn years than I could 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 where 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 is the one I lent you and when you gave it back
It had 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 thoughtfulness 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 peace 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 a collar turned up high
So old I should replace it but I'm not about to try
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9.
GROW OLD WITH ME
(John Lennon)
« © '99 Lenono Music, BMI »
Grow old along with me the best is yet to be
When our time has come we will be as one
God bless our love God bless our love
Grow old along with me two branches of one tree
Face the setting sun when the day is done
God bless our love God bless our love
Spending our lives together man and wife together
World without end world without end
[ guitar ]
Grow old along with me whatever fate decrees
We will see it through for our love is true
God bless our love God bless our love
God bless our love God bless our love
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10.
HE THINKS HE'LL KEEP HER
(Don Schlitz - Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '92 New Don Songs, ASCAP / BMG Songs, ASCAP /
April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
She makes his coffee she makes his bed
She does the laundry she keeps him fed
When she was twenty-one she wore her mother's lace
She said forever with a smile upon her face
She does the car-pool she PTA's doctors and dentists she drives all day
When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three
And every Christmas card showed a perfect family
Everything runs right on time years of practice and design
Spit and polish till it shines he thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign safest place you'll ever find
God forbid you change your mind he thinks he'll keep her
[ guitar ]
She packs his suitcase she sits and waits with no expression upon her face
When she was thirty-six she met him at their door
She said I'm sorry I don't love you anymore
Everything runs right on time...
[ guitar ]
For fifteen years she had a job and not one raise in pay
Now she's in the typing pool at minimum wage
Everything runs right on time...
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11.
I TAKE MY CHANCES
(Don Schlitz - Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '92 New Don Songs, ASCAP / BMG Songs, ASCAP /
April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
I took a walk in the rain one day on the wrong side of the tracks
I stood on the rails till I saw that train just to see how my heart would react
Now some people say you shouldn't tempt fate and for them I would not disagree
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe I say fate should not tempt me
I take my chances I don't mind working without a net
I take my chances I take my chances every chance I get
I sat alone in the dark one night tuning in by remote
I found a preacher he spoke of the light but there was brimstone in his throat
He'd show me the way according to him in return for my personal check
I flipped my channel back to CNN I lit another cigarette
I take my chances forgiveness doesn't come with a debt
I take my chances I take my chances every chance I get
[ piano ]
I've crossed lines of words and wire and both have cut me deep
I've been frozen out I've been on fire and the tears are mine to weep
I can cry until I laugh and laugh until I cry
So cut the deck right in half I'll play from either side
I take my chances I pay my dollar and I place my bet
I take my chances I take my chances every chance I get
I take my chances yeah I don't cling to remorse or regret
I take my chances I take my chances every chance I get
I take my chances I take my chances I take my chances
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12.
SHUT UP AND KISS ME
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '94 Why Walk Music, ASCAP »
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 ooh 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 ooh shut up and kiss me
There's something bout the silent type attracting me to you
All business baby none of the hype that no talker can live up to
[ guitar - piano ]
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 ooh
Oh baby I can feel this feeling that everything that you do gives me
It's been so long since somebody whispered ooh shut up and kiss me
Ohh ooh shut up and kiss me
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13.
HARD WAY
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '92 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
Show a little inspiration show a little spark
Show the 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 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
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
Because 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
[ guitar ]
So show a little inspiration show a little spark
Show the world a great big 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 will say
Everything we got, we got the hard
Everything we got we got the hard way
Because the world won't stop hang on baby
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14.
TEN THOUSAND MILES
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '99 April Music, ASCAP / Get A Real Job Music, ASCAP »
Fare thee well my own true love farewell for a while I'm going away
But I'll be back though I go ten thousand miles
Ten thousand miles my own true love
Ten thousand miles or more the rocks may melt and seas may burn
If I should not return
Oh don't you see that lonesome dove sitting on an ivy tree
She's weeping for her own true love as I shall weep for mine
[ strings ]
Oh come ye back my own true love and stay a while with me
If I had a friend all on this earth you've been a friend to me
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15.
STONES IN THE ROAD
(Mary Chapin Carpenter)
« © '93 April Music, ASCAP »
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 dinner time
Reminded of the starvin' children we cleaned our plates with guilty minds
And the stones in the road we played like marbles in the dust
Until a voice called for 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 her children at the sacred burial ground
And TV glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burnin' down
And the stones in the road flew out from our bicycle tires
Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home
[ piano ]
Now we drink our coffee on the run and 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 our ass we make you hold we doctor the receipt
And the stones in the road we played like marbles in the dust
Until a voice called for us to make our way 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 stones in the road
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16.
ALMOST HOME
(Mary Chapin Carpenter - Beth N. Chapman - Annie Roboff)
« © '99 Almo Music, ASCAP / Anwa Music, ASCAP / Why Walk Music, ASCAP »
Saw my life this morning lyin' at the bottom of a drawer
All this stuff I'm savin' God knows what this junk is for
And whatever I believed in this is all I have to show
What the hell were all the 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
[ guitar ]
And I saw you this morning you were staring back at me
From an ancient photograph stuck between some letters and some keys
I was lost for a moment in the ache of old goodbyes
Sometimes all that we can know is
There's no such thing as no regrets but baby it's alright
I'm not running...
There's no such thing as no regrets but baby it's alright
I'm not running...
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17.
PARTY DOLL
(Mick Jagger)
« © '99 Promopub Music, ASCAP »
You used to be my party doll but now you say the party's over
You used to love the honky tonk but now the honky tonkin's over
Now life is a bitter thing my sweet now life is a mystery to me
Love's pain I ain't buying love's strange but I'll keep trying
You used to be my party doll but now you wanna live in clover
You used to be my number one but now those salad days are over
Times change but the fascination stays love wins but the passion just fades
I'll drink to those dancin' days I'll drink to your crazy ways
Through a whiskey haze face the music face the truth
Chase that fleet sweet bird of youth
Grow up sweetly grow up strong hear the heartbeat in my song
[ guitar ]
Now life is a bitter thing...
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