Mrs. Hemingway Lyrics - Songs From The Movie - Mary Chapin Carpenter

We packed up our books and our dishes 

Our dreams and your worsted wool suits 

We sailed on the 8th of December 

Farewell old Hudson River 

Here comes the sea 

And love was as new and as bright and as true 

When I loved you and you loved me 

Two steamer trunks in the carriage 

Safe arrival we cabled back home 

It was just a few days before Christmas 

We filled our stockings with wishes 

And walked for hours 

Arm and arm through the rain, to the glassed-in cafe 

That held us like hot house flowers 

Living in Paris, in attics and garrets 

Where the coal merchants climb every stair 

The dance hall next door is filled with sailors and whores 

And the music floats up through the air 

There's Sancerre and oysters, cathedrals and cloisters 

And time with its unerring aim 

For now we can say we were lucky most days 

And throw a rose into the Seine 

Love is the greatest deceiver 

It hollows you out like a drum 

And suddenly nothing is certain 

As if all the clouds closed the curtains 

And blocked the sun 

And friends now are strangers in this city of dangers 

As cold and as cruel as they come 

Sometimes I look at old pictures 

And smile at how happy we were 

How easy it was to be hungry 

It wasn't for fame or for money 

It was for love 

Now my copper hair's grey as the stone on the quay 

In the city where magic was 

Living in Paris, in attics and garrets 

Where the coal merchants climb every stair 

The dance hall next door is filled with sailors and whores 

And the music floats up through the air 

There's Sancerre and oysters, and Notre Dame's cloisters 

And time with its unerring aim 

And now we can say we were lucky most days 

And throw a rose into the Seine 

And now I can say I was lucky most days 

And throw a rose into the Seine 

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