Mary Chapin Carpenter - Ideas Are Like Stars Lyrics
(mary chapin carpenter)Today joseph is sitting alone, with occasional nods to the waitressShe tops off his cup while shes snapping her gum, making her rounds on the lunch shiftCounting out coins, he leaves them arranged, in neat lines and circles and arcsShe just stares at the tip that spells out her name and ideas are like starsAnd yesterday pedaling down 4th avenue, between the stalls and the bookshopsThe sepia tones of a lost afternoon cradled a curio storefrontAnd inside the air was thick with the past, as the dust settled onto his heartAnd here for a moment is every place in the world and ideas are like starsThey fall from the sky, they run round your headThey litter your sleep as they beckonTheyd teach you to fly without wires or threadThey promise if only youd let themFor the language of longing never had words, so how did you speak from your heartYet here is a box that swears it has heard that ideas are like starsTonight joseph stood out in the yard, as debussy played from the kitchenCelestial companions `til mornings first lark, shone overhead and he listenedAnd who was that shadow there by the gate, who was that there standing guardIt was only loneliness, and loneliness waits, and ideas are like starsIdeas are like stars
