A Lot Like Me Lyrics - Hometown Girl/state Of The Heart - Mary Chapin Carpenter

He was a long tall stranger from way down south 

where he'd left his life behind 

He had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck 

And Shenandoah eyes 

And I remember him sitting in that local bar 

where I earned my pay each night 

Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home half tight 

So the nights rolled by like headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar 

I kept his word of kindness close to me like a pick on my guitar 

And we talked about the singers and the songs we loved 

And the songs we'd most forgot 

In that rundown bar they'd make last call 

And I'd never want to stop 

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Chorus: Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams 

With my cowboy boots and my old six string 

hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars 

when I'd get him up at closing time 

for a couple of songs and a chance to shine 

like the star that he longed to be 

he looked a hell of a lot like me 

Well he'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free 

No fancy licks but he had him a gift for the kinds of songs he'd ding 

But you do what you can to be a satisfied man 

Just to have your piece of mind 

So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time 

So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar 

And to share a drink or two 

And we sit swapping tales of where we've been and what we'd rather do 

There's a wealth of dangers when you're talking to strangers 

And I meet them all the time 

But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those yes 

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Well maybe I'll quit when I've got me a kid and a place to call my own 

But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home 

It's a helluva way to live from day to day 

Not knowing where you're bound 

But the look in his eyes made me realize 

I was glad for the life I'd found 

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