Learning The World Lyrics - Ashes & Roses - Mary Chapin Carpenter

Grief rides quietly on the passenger side 

Unwanted company on a long, long drive 

It turns down the quiet songs and turns up the din 

It goes where you go, it's been where you've been 

And pushing your empty cart mile after mile 

Leaves you weeping in the wilderness 

Of the supermarket aisle 

And in the late night kitchen light it sits in a chair 

Watching you pretend that it's not really there 

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But it is, so it is and you ask 

Are you predator or friend 

The future or the past? 

It hands you your overcoat and opens the door 

You are learning the world again just as before 

But the first time was childhood 

And now you are grown 

Broken wide open, cut to the bone 

And all that you used to know is of no use at all 

The same eyes you've always had have you walking into walls 

And the same heart can't understand 

Why it's so hard to feel 

What used to be true 

What's now so unreal 

But it is, so it is and you say 

I wish I were the wind so that I could blow away 

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Grief sits silently on the edge of your bed 

It's closing your eyes, it's stroking your head 

The dear old companion is taking up air 

Watching you pretend that it's not really there