Between Here And Gone - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Tonight the moon came up, it was nearly full

Way down here on earth, I could feel it’s pull

The weight of gravity or just the lure of light

Made me want to leave my only home tonight

Now I’m just wondering how we know where we belong

Is it in a photograph or a dashboard poet’s song?

Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong

Should I find myself between here and gone?

Now I could grab my keys, peel out in my truck

With every saint on board bringing me their luck

An' I could drive too fast like a midnight thief

As if there was a way to outrun the grief

Now I’m just wondering how we know where we belong

Is it in a photograph or a dashboard poet’s song?

Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong

Should I find myself between here and gone?

Up above me, wayward angels

A blur of wings and grace

One for courage, one for safety

One for just in case

I thought a light went out but now the candle shines

I thought my tears wouldn’t stop then I dried my eyes

And after all of this, the truth that holds me here

Is that this emptiness is something not to fear

Now I’m just wondering how we know where we belong

Is it in a photograph or a dashboard poet’s song?

Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong

Should I find myself between here and gone?

Now I’m just wondering how we know where we belong

Is it in a photograph or a dashboard poet’s song?

Will I have missed my chance to right some ancient wrong

Should I find myself between here and gone?