Carpenter Mary-Chapin - A Lot Like Me - Sözleri

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


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 helluva lot like me





He'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free


No fancy licks, but he had him a gift for the kind of songs he'd sing


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


There's a wealth of danger when you're talking to strangers, and I meet them all the time


But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes





'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





Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid and a place to call my own


But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home


It's a hell of a way to live from day to day not knowing where you're bound


But the look in his eyes made me realize I was glad for the life I'd found





'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


Like the star that he'd always be, he looked a hell of a lot like me






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