Middle Ground Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

For years she's lived on her own 

In a corner of the city 

Twice a year she gets back home 

Playing catch-up with the family 

She tells her folks what they need to know 

Her mother says she's much too thin 

Her sisters ask about her beau 

Her dad inquires, how's business been 

She's thirty-three this time around 

She's always been real good at listening 

Her sense of humor never lets her down 

Except sometimes there's something missing 

Hey, middle ground 

A place between up and down 

She could be safe and sound 

Oh, to know middle ground 

For years she's been on her guard 

She's kind of tense around the shoulders 

She wonders why she works so hard 

She counts the days 'til they promote her 

She'll take a weekend now and then 

To stay in bed and watch the reruns 

She'll turn the phone off when guilt sets in 

But Sunday always kinda leaves her let down 

Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down 

She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground 

She gave her heart away one time, and says that she hasn't seen it since 

Love's a puzzle in her mind; the pieces match, but don't quite fit; hey... 

And these days run thick or thin 

It never rains, or else it's pouring 

All her single friends are men 

She thinks married girls are so damn boring 

Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down 

She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground 

Hey, middle ground; a place between up and down 

She could be safe and sound; oh, to know middle ground 

Oh, to know middle ground; oh, to know middle ground