Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Chasing What's Already Gone, artist - Mary Chapin Carpenter. Album song Ashes And Roses, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 31.12.2011
Record label: Concord, Rounder
Song language: English
Chasing What's Already Gone |
There’s a big white house on a leafy street |
On a summer’s day of 1963 |
Station wagons parked in the drive |
Dents in the fender and wood on the side |
There’s kids and dogs and instamatic cubes squinting hard in the sun |
Not just yet, but one day too |
They’ll be chasing what’s already gone |
You grow up tall and you grow up tough |
Trying to never admit not feeling good enough |
Until you find your passion and you find your way |
Just trying to make it unscathed through every day |
And it seems to happen nearly overnight |
Life shows you who you’ve become |
And there’s no more mystery in the fading light |
You’re just chasing what’s already gone |
Like the line that spells the far horizon |
Moving with you as fast as you can run |
Half your life you pay it no attention |
The rest you can’t stop wondering |
What you should have done |
Instead of chasing what’s already gone |
Saw my father in a dream last night |
He was smiling and saying «You're gonna be all right» |
And this morning I stared back at myself |
Feeling as empty as I’ve ever felt |
But I keep on going and I hope I’ve learned |
More of what’s right than what’s wrong |
It’s ashes and roses and time that burns |
When you’re chasing what’s already gone |
Ashes and roses and hearts that break |
I tried so hard to be strong |
But maybe my worries were not my first mistake |
I’m chasing what’s already gone |