The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas. Mary Chapin Carpenter More Quotes by Mary Chapin Carpenter More Quotes From Mary Chapin Carpenter In this world you've a soul for a compass Mary Chapin Carpenter starsinspirationallife Sometimes you get there in spite of the route Losing track of your life and what it's about The road seems to know when to straighten right out... I could wonder if all of it led me to you I could show you the arrows and circles I drew I didn't have a map, it's the best I could do On the fly and on the run Mary Chapin Carpenter circlesrunninglife A dreamer born is a hero bred. Mary Chapin Carpenter herodreamlove Think I'll flip a coin, I'm a winner either way Mmmmmm, I feel lucky today Mary Chapin Carpenter philosophicaltodaythinking It's a pretty frantic world that we live in Mary Chapin Carpenter franticworld The light of the moon is all we've got to go on... Mary Chapin Carpenter lightmoongoes-on You know, that single girl life and that sense of isolation - that doesn't leave you just like that. And that's what that song is about. I remember that, and that is imprinted on me, that sense. Mary Chapin Carpenter single-lifegirlsong I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out. Mary Chapin Carpenter figureshomeart I woke to find every window open I woke to find the heavy door ajar And I walked outside and stood upon the hilltop And gazed once more on a bright morning star I walked outside and every bird was singing As I found again my bright morning star Mary Chapin Carpenter starsdoorsmorning When I was young I spoke like a child I saw with a child's eyes And an open door was to a girl Like the stars are to the sky It's funny how the world lives up to All your expectations With adventures for the stout of heart And the lure of the open spaces There's two lanes running down this road And whichever side you're on Accounts for where you want to go Or what you're running from Back when darkness overtook me On a blind man's curve I relied upon the moon and Saint Christopher Mary Chapin Carpenter girlstarsrunning I don't remember a voice Mary Chapin Carpenter long-agojourneydark You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way. Mary Chapin Carpenter stylistlabelsjobs I was really young, but I can't say that I wrote much of anything. I liked to scribble; I thought of it as that. But I was playing guitar and ukulele when I was in second grade. Mary Chapin Carpenter scribblesukuleleguitar When I started out, it was this sense of, "Let's put out a record and see what happens and see where you go and see how you feel and where we can take it." That was a very different world back then. Mary Chapin Carpenter recordsdifferentworld 20-some years ago, I'd have a big old radio with a tape deck, and I'd hit record and try to get something down on the tape, but nowadays, I can use my handy little smart-phone; I sing into the app for voice memo. Mary Chapin Carpenter smartphonesyears I've crossed lines of word and wire and both have cut me deep. I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep. Mary Chapin Carpenter sadnesscuttingfire I found Elvis on the Internet, I went camping with a young cadet, he showed me his bayonet. Mary Chapin Carpenter cadetscampingbayonets I take my chances. I can't cling to remorse or regret. Mary Chapin Carpenter regretchanceinspirational Fool you once, you are forgiven. Fool you twice, you're just a fool. Mary Chapin Carpenter adagesforgivenfool There's two lanes running down this road which ever side your on, accounts for where you want to go or what you're running from. Mary Chapin Carpenter runningphilosophytwo
