Oh Rosetta

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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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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I’m telling you these things that I tell no one else
When I’m all alone
When I’m by myself
And I believe you hear me though I have no proof
It’s what I feel inside
That’s telling me the truth
If I listen and I cannot hear the music
If I try to swim the ocean and cannot reach the shore
If the world is offered love but doesn’t use it
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?

May I call you sister when we talk this way?
You make me feel as if there’s nothing I can’t say
I know I’m not the first one you’ve brought comfort to
And I’m not the last that will look to you
If I wander and I cannot find the reason
If I keep my heart wide open and cannot feel the sun
And I’m not sure anymore what I believe in
Oh Rosetta, am I the only one?

One day I am walking down a lonely street
New York City’s cold, there is no one to meet
And at the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue
I hear someone sing and I know it’s you
If I’m still and I cannot hear the choirs
If I try to please the many instead of just the very few
Can you hear me through invisible wires?
Oh Rosetta, what should I do?

If I listen and I cannot hear the music
If I swim against the current and lose sight of the shore
If the world is offered goodness but doesn’t use it
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?

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Written by: Mary Chapin Carpenter

Lyrics © MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER DBA WHY WALK MUSIC

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