House Of Cards* (Album Version)-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:02.78]Mary Chapin Carpenter - House Of Cards [00:08.66]I grew up in a house like this [00:11.60] [00:12.72]You knew the groan of every stair [00:14.90] [00:15.66]All the walls seemed to listen in [00:18.40] [00:19.16]All the years seemed to take up air [00:22.03] [00:22.90]And when you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard [00:28.28] [00:29.77]And in those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards [00:36.96] [00:42.15]And I grew up in a town like this [00:44.96] [00:46.02]You knew the names of every street [00:48.28] [00:49.09]On the surface it looked so safe [00:51.96] [00:52.77]But it was perilous underneath [00:55.53] [00:56.15]Thats the place where you shoved your doubts [00:59.15] [00:59.84]and hid your ugly scars [01:01.97] [01:03.27]God forbid if word got out about your house of cards [01:09.83] [01:12.33]And now I feel the wind about to blow [01:15.71] [01:16.27]Baby Im so scared [01:18.40] [01:19.28]Were repeating the past instead of letting it go [01:22.65] [01:23.27]And I dont want to go back there [01:27.90] [02:03.46]Now were standing here face to face [02:06.09] [02:06.89]Afraid to move or else [02:09.52] [02:10.27]I want to prop up this fragile place [02:13.21] [02:13.78]But I cant do it all by myself [02:16.71] [02:17.40]Cause when we dream its of the wind blowing cold and hard [02:23.33] [02:24.33]And when we wake up we still live in a house of cards [02:30.40] [02:31.34]When we dream its of the wind blowing cold and hard [02:37.02] [02:38.46]And when we wake up we still live in a house of cards