Goodnight America Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

Im standing at a traffic light somewhere in West LA 

Waiting for the sign to change then Ill be on my way 

The noise, the heat, the crush of cars just robs me of my nerve 

And someone yells and blasts their horn and pins me to the curb 

Im a stranger here 

No one you would know 

My ship has not come in 

But I keep hoping though 

And I keep looking past 

The sun that sets above 

Saying to myself 

Goodnight America 

And Im driving into Houston on a rain slicked Texas road 

Land so flat and sky so dark I say a prayer to float 

Should all at once the Sanasito surge beyond its banks 

Like Noah reaching higher ground Id offer up my thanks 

Cause Im a stranger here 

No one you would know 

Im just passing through 

I am therefore I go 

The moon rose in the east 

But now it's right above 

As I say aloud 

Goodnight America 

Midnight, 

Its hard to see the stars out on a highway near Atlanta 

Full of strip malls and used cars 

First light, 

Just roll your window down 

And smell the salty air perfume of Charleston town 

Im looking with a pilgrims eyes upon some promised land 

And dreaming with my heart outstretched as if it were my hand 

And Ill hit the cross Bronx just in time to beat the rush hour lock 

Ive got no clue what time it is from this worlds busted clock 

Im a stranger here 

No one you would know 

Im from somewhere else 

Well isnt everybody though 

I dont know where Ill be 

When the sun comes up 

Until then, sweet dreams 

Goodnight America