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Mary Chapin Carpenter - A Lot Like Me

He Was A Long Tall Stranger From Way Down South Where He'd Left His Life Behind He Had A Big Old Gibson And A Pickup Truck And Shenandoah Eyes And I Remember Him Sitting In That Local Bar Where I Earned My Pay Each Night Singing My Songs To Empty Chairs And Going Home Half Tight So The Nights Rolled By Like Headlights Shining On A Lonesome Strip Of Tar I Kept His Words Of Kindness Close To Me Like A Pick On My Guitar; And We Talked About The Singers And The Songs We Loved And The Songs We'd Most Forgot In That Run-down Bar They'd Make Last Call And I'd Never Want To Stop 'cause I Was Living On Nothing But A Young Girl's Dreams Hitching My Wagon To A Star, Dreaming Of Leaving Those Local Bars With My Cowboy Boots And My Old Six-string When I'd Get Him Up At Closing Time For A Couple Of Songs And A Chance To Shine Like The Star That He Longed To Be, He Looked A Helluva Lot Like Me No Fancy Licks, But He Had Him A Gift For The Kind Of Songs He'd Sing He'd Played A Lot Of Places Where The Only Wages Were Food And Beer For Free But You Do What You Can To Be A Satisfied Man, Just To Have Your Peace Of Mind So He Gave It All Up For A Government Job Where The Paychecks Come On Time So Now He Comes To The Bar To Hear Me Play Guitar And To Share A Drink Or Two And We Sit Swapping Tales Of Where We've Been And What We'd Rather Do But My Heart Knew Better Than My Head When I Looked Into Those Eyes There's A Wealth Of Danger When You're Talking To Strangers, And I Meet Them All The Time 'cause I Was Living On Nothing But A Young Girl's Dreams With My Cowboy Boots And My Old Six-string Hitching My Wagon To A Star, Dreaming Of Leaving Those Local Bars When I'd Get Him Up At Closing Time For A Couple Of Songs And A Chance To Shine Like The Star That He Longed To Be, He Looked A Hell Of A Lot Like Me It's A Hell Of A Way To Live From Day To Day Not Knowing Where You're Bound But Tonight There Ain't Nobody There Waiting Up For Me At Home Well, Maybe I'll Quit When I Got Me A Kid And A Place To Call My Own But The Look In His Eyes Made Me Realize I Was Glad For The Life I'd Found Hitching My Wagon To A Star, Dreaming Of Leaving Those Local Bars 'cause I Was Living On Nothing But A Young Girl's Dreams With My Cowboy Boots And My Old Six-string Like The Star That He'd Always Be, He Looked A Hell Of A Lot Like Me When I'd Get Him Up At Closing Time For A Couple Of Songs And A Chance To Shine Like The Star That He Longed To Be, He Looked A Hell Of A Lot Like Me


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