Note on a Windshield

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Mary Chapin Carpenter

Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American folk and country music singer, songwriter and musician. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer. Carpenter's first album, 1987's Hometown Girl, did not produce any singles, although 1989's State of the Heart and 1990's Shooting Straight in the Dark each produced four Top 20 hits on the Billboard country singles charts. more »

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2016

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I circled twice then pulled in by the shopping carts 
In a cold steady rain coming down in the parking lot 
I saw him leave his truck running and duck into the store 
I just sat there thinking I’d seen him before

There was something so familiar about him 
In the eyes of someone who hasn’t forgotten 
The shape of a chance as it catches the light 
In the millions of rain drops falling that night 

So I dug in my bag for a pen and some paper 
Found an envelope, tore it in half 
I wrote down some words with my name and my number 
And then I took a big breath

There’s nothing holding us down 
I’m not made of stone or of steel 
I slipped it beneath the wiper blades 
Just a note on a windshield

When you find yourself out of things to believe in 
Apart and adrift, no point and no reason 
Is there nothing to fear because there’s nothing to lose? 
If it were a choice which one would you choose?

There’s time you can trust and time that you question 
Time you ignore and time you don’t mention 
Time that you wish you could get back somehow 
When see you how fast its flying by now 

There’s nothing holding us down 
I’m not made of stone or of steel 
Will the wind blow you away 
Like a note on a windshield

There’s nothing holding us down 
And no words for the way that you feel 
You just watch the rain pour 
On a note on a windshield

Some days I still think I could be someone else 
Those are the days I feel lost to myself 
Mistaking a stranger, misplacing a heart 
How to put back together what’s been taken apart

I didn’t want to leave but I didn’t want to linger 
Fatalist, optimist, magical thinker 
You only hold on until you let go 
Turning the key, I pulled away slow 

There’s nothing holding us down 
As my hands were turning the wheel 
The rain washed words away 
From a note on a windshield
There’s nothing holding us down
When there’s nothing left to reveal 
We are light, we are weightless and brave Like a note on a windshield

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