Mary Chapin Carpenter - Goodnight America Lyrics
I’m standing at a traffic light somewhere in West LAWaiting for the sign to change then I’ll be on my wayThe noise, the heat, the crush of cars just robs me of my nerveAnd someone yells and blasts their horn and pins me to the curbI’m a stranger hereNo one you would knowMy ship has not come inBut I keep hoping thoughAnd I keep looking pastThe sun that sets aboveSaying to myselfGoodnight AmericaAnd I’m driving into Houston on a rain slicked Texas roadLand so flat and sky so dark I say a prayer to floatShould all at once the Sanasito surge beyond it’s banksLike Noah reaching higher ground I’d offer up my thanksCause I’m a stranger hereNo one you would knowI’m just passing throughI am therefore I goThe moon rose in the eastBut now it's right aboveAs I say aloudGoodnight AmericaMidnight,It’s hard to see the stars out on a highway near AtlantaFull of strip malls and used carsFirst light,Just roll your window down And smell the salty air perfume of Charleston townI’m looking with a pilgrim’s eyes upon some promised landAnd dreaming with my heart outstretched as if it were my handAnd I’ll hit the cross Bronx just in time to beat the rush hour lockI’ve got no clue what time it is from this world’s busted clockI’m a stranger hereNo one you would knowI’m from somewhere elseWell isn’t everybody thoughI don’t know where I’ll beWhen the sun comes upUntil then, sweet dreamsGoodnight America
