OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [Actually in A; capo 2.] [I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written F/A F/A Am Am. It might in fact be Am Am F/A F/A. 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
C(9)/GC(9)/G I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger C(9)/GC(9)/G 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]
C(9)/GC(9)/G It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason C(9)/GC(9)/G 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
