[00:00.00]Mary Chapin Carpenter - The Swords We Carried
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[00:12.80]Back when I believed in luck
[00:16.11]And stones and crosses
[00:19.39]I''d put a coin found on the street
[00:22.04]Towards cosmic losses
[00:25.74]And passing graveyards in a car
[00:29.10]Tracing every falling star
[00:32.33]Luck was never very far from childhood causes
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[00:38.77]And pennies kissed with wishes arced into the fountains
[00:45.20]And time was said to heal all pain
[00:48.66]And hope move mountains
[00:51.00]And all that could befall a heart
[00:54.74]Or break this perfect life apart
[00:58.00]The swords we carried could not do a thing about them
[01:04.82]Away I am going, away I am gone
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[01:20.71]Ghosts and angels are but memories and visions
[01:27.05]And revenants are out there taking up positions
[01:33.37]But back when I believed in you
[01:36.90]You''d raise the sun and set the moon
[01:40.28]How could I help but love you holy as religion
[01:47.47]Away you are going, away you are gone
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[02:02.74]But back when I believed in luck and words as spoken
[02:09.09]I found a lie could break and split the world clean open
[02:15.51]And grief became my company
[02:19.20]Pain so deep I could not breathe
[02:22.56]All betrayal is like dying in slow motion
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[02:54.92]Is it luck that makes us shout or makes us whisper
[03:01.43]Is it luck that makes us wise or turns us bitter
[03:07.93]With our maps that point true north
[03:11.10]With our vows we sally forth
[03:14.43]The swords we carried can''t protect us from each other
[03:21.57]Away we are going
[03:28.08]Away we are gone
[03:34.35]Away we are going
[03:40.96]Away we are gone
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