OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written
. It might in fact be /. Frankly, it
sounds okay either way. See which sounds best for you.]
[intro]
Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction
No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt
Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection
Now I only hear the noise of what I am without
/ (9)/
I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger
/ (9)/
On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers
By the time I turn away, I feel it once again
I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in
[instrumental]
Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces
And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away
I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places
But nothing even like it ever came my way
And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me
I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me
I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in
Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in
[instrumental]
/ (9)/
It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason
/ (9)/
Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season
Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins
It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in
(?)
It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything
Standing on the borderline, outside looking in
[instrumental; repeat and fade]