Goodnight America Lyrics - Between Here And Gone - Mary Chapin Carpenter

I'm standing at a traffic light somewhere in west L.A. 

Waiting for the sign to change then I'll be on my way 

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

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

I'm 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 

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And I am 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 San Jacinto surge beyond its banks 

Like Noah reaching higher ground I'd offer up my thanks 

'Cause I'm a stranger here, no one you would know 

I'm 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, it's 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. 

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I'm looking with a pilgrim's eyes upon some promised land 

I'm dreaming with my heart outstretched as if it were my hand 

And I'll hit the Cross Bronx just in time to beat the rush hour lock 

But got no clue what time it is from this world's busted clock 

I'm a stranger here, no one you would know 

I'm from somewhere else, well isn't everybody though 

I don't know where I'll be when the sun comes up 

But till then sweet dreams, goodnight America