The Dreaming Road Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

The stars are out tonight, the breeze is warm and light 

As I'm walking right back to you 

Along the dreaming road, the only way to go 

When I'm travelling by our code that north is true 

Once upon a time these same bright stars did shine 

Down the center line leading here 

Nearly thirty years ago, now the map is stained and old 

But on the dreaming road the coast is clear 

I loved you more than life and I guess that's why I died 

When you would not love me back I couldn't survive 

And so the girl I was turned into someone else 

Keeping to myself and from the light 

I wasn't odd or strange, just quietly rearranged 

Sometimes the biggest change stays out of sight 

So without plot or clue I ran away from you 

I was twenty-two and drunk in Amsterdam 

Got robbed in Paris, France, got home on one last chance 

And without a backward glance I began again 

And the days just kept on rolling and I just kept on going 

Without a thought of ever slowing down 

I made this long road mine but it was not the dreaming kind 

Too many lost souls trying to get found 

But beneath this ancient sky, one night we did collide 

And the hole I thought was scaled opened wide 

I tried so hard again not to fall back in 

But you had me then by the throat 

And a strange futility came washing over me 

Almost peacefully I felt the rope 

A million miles goes by in the blink of an eye 

And so I cannot try to slow time down 

And years are made of sand slipping through my hands 

Even faster than the speed of sound 

The stars are out tonight, the breeze is soft and light 

As I'm walking right back to you 

With nothing left to hide, the tears have all been cried 

And the girl who died is walking too 

Down the dreaming road, where the light is always gold 

The air is never cold and always fine 

And north is always true and you are always you 

And I'm that girl you knew once upon a time