Mary Chapin Carpenter - Ideas Are Like Stars Lyrics
Today Joseph is sitting alone, with occasional nods to the waitress
She tops off his cup while she's snapping her gum, making her rounds on the lunch shift
Counting out coins, he leaves them arranged, in neat lines and circles and arcs
She just stares at the tip that spells out her name and ideas are like stars
The sepia tones of a lost afternoon cradled a curio storefront
And inside the air was thick with the past, as the dust settled onto his heart
And here for a moment is every place in the world and ideas are like stars
They fall from the sky, they run round your head
They litter your sleep as they beckon
They'd teach you to fly without wires or thread
They promise if only you'd let them
For the language of longing never had words, so how did you speak from your heart
Tonight Joseph stood out in the yard, as Debussy played from the kitchen
Celestial companions `til mornings first lark, shone overhead and he listened
And who was that shadow there by the gate, who was that there standing guard
It was only loneliness, and loneliness waits, and ideas are like stars
Ideas are like stars
Other Lyrics by Artist
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- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Bright Morning Star
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Why Shouldn't We
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Here I Am
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Closer And Closer Apart
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - On With The Song
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Leaving Song
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Houston
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Your Life Story
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - On And On It Goes
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Once In Royal David's City
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Hot Buttered Rum
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Christmas Carol
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Bells Are Ringing
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Thanksgiving Song
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Longest Night Of The Year
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Candlelight Carol
- Mary Chapin Carpenter - Christmas Time In The City
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Mary Chapin Carpenter Ideas Are Like Stars Comments
what a poignant song by a great artist
Love this song....you can hear her heart in this...Beautiful...
Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote all our lives into songs and made them into something we can hold, and like a gem’s facets; we see into places that are light and air, or deep and water, where no one can see it’s us unless we tell.
Thank you for sharing what a lot of us can’t find the are best words to tell some things.
What a wonderful song by a wonderful artist and poet. Delighted this is included on Songs from the Movie album.
Today Joseph is sitting alone, with occasional nods to the waitress
She tops off his cup while she's snapping her gum, making her rounds on the lunch shift
Counting out coins, he leaves them arranged, in neat lines and circles and arcs
She just stares at the tip that spells out her name and ideas are like stars
And yesterday pedaling down 4th Avenue, between the stalls and the bookshops
The sepia tones of a lost afternoon cradled a curio storefront
And inside the air was thick with the past, as the dust settled onto his heart
And here for a moment is every place in the world and ideas are like stars
They fall from the sky, they run round your head
They litter your sleep as they beckon
They'd teach you to fly without wires or thread
They promise if only you'd let them
For the language of longing never had words, so how did you speak from your heart
Yet here is a box that swears it has heard that ideas are like stars
Tonight Joseph stood out in the yard, as Debussy played from the kitchen
Celestial companions `til mornings first lark shone overhead and he listened
And who was that shadow there by the gate, who was that there standing guard
It was only loneliness, and loneliness waits, and ideas are like stars
Ideas are like stars