Carpenter, Mary Chapin - What Does It Mean To Travel Lyrics






From departure to arrival
what does it mean to travel
With your suitcase by the handle
holding everything you need

Are you going or are you coming
walking slow or running
Toward somebody or from something
trade your longing in for speed

and the freedom to be a stranger
is a bargain that's ours alone
sometimes you just want to be someone else
unencumbered and unknown

From departure to arrival
what does it mean to travel
And from taking off to landing
you could feel your heart expanding
You walked halfway down Manhattan
till you met the Brooklyn Bridge

and in a 2 AM transmission
from a high wire act position
how the skyline behind you glistened
as if someone pulled a switch
and I don't want to be a stranger
and I don't want to be alone
but sometimes I just want to be somewhere else
untethered and unknown
when I am far from home

From departure to arrival
what does it mean to travel





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  1. P.... P....

    Hi Mary love your video anud you lol Paul p Birmingham England xx 😀❤ your good

  2. S.... G....

    Qué hermosas melodías las de esta singular cantautora newyorkina.
    Una obra musical integra, plena de emotividad, sentimiento, lirismo y estética.
    Grande Mary Chapin Carpenter.

  3. P.... B....

    "What Does It Mean To Travel"

    From departure to arrival
    what does it mean to travel
    With your suitcase by the handle
    holding everything you need

    Are you going or are you coming
    walking slow or running
    Toward somebody or from something
    trade your longing in for speed

    and the freedom to be a stranger
    is a bargain that's ours alone
    sometimes you just want to be someone else
    unencumbered and unknown

    From departure to arrival
    what does it mean to travel
    And from taking off to landing
    you could feel your heart expanding
    You walked halfway down Manhattan
    till you met the Brooklyn Bridge

    and in a 2 AM transmission
    from a high wire act position
    how the skyline behind you glistened
    as if someone pulled a switch
    and I don't want to be a stranger
    and I don't want to be alone
    but sometimes I just want to be somewhere else
    untethered and unknown
    when I am far from home

    From departure to arrival
    what does it mean to travel

  4. N.... P....

    One of my favorites MCC, so underrated.....she should have received wider acclaim and attention....love her voice....great character to it...

  5. E.... D....

    One of the greatest songwriters of all time. Nobody paints a picture with lyrics like she does.

  6. S.... A....

    Beautiful song, beautiful lady.

  7. C.... i....

    Wonderful song. I heard it's a metaphor for life, but we've been traveling for five years and can really relate.

  8. L.... W....

    MCC just gets better and better.

  9. W.... F....

    beautiful !!