Jubilee (Album Version)-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:18.42]I can tell by the way you're walking, [00:21.86] [00:23.20]you don't want company [00:26.20] [00:27.64]I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on and [00:32.64]In your own good time you'll be [00:35.70] [00:37.39]Back where the sun can find you, [00:40.95] [00:41.95]under the wise wishing tree [00:45.20] [00:45.89]And with all of them made well lie [00:49.14]under the shade and call it a jubilee [00:53.92] [00:55.36]And I can tell by the way youre talking, [00:58.73] [00:59.98]that the past isn't letting you go [01:03.10] [01:04.54]There's only so long you can take it all on, [01:09.23]And then the wrong's gotta be on its own [01:12.42] [01:13.54]And when youre ready to leave it behind you, [01:18.10]Youll look back and all that you'll see [01:21.67] [01:22.98]Is the wreckage and rust that you left [01:26.23]in the dust on your way to the jubilee [01:31.29] [01:41.11]And I can tell by the way you're listening, [01:44.80] [01:45.86]That youre still expecting to hear [01:49.24] [01:50.67]Your name being called like a summons [01:54.05]to all who have failed to account [01:56.99]For their doubts and their fears, [01:59.43]They can't add up to to much without you [02:03.05] [02:03.99]And so if it were up to me [02:07.40] [02:08.16]I'd take hold of your hand [02:11.03]Saying come hear the band [02:13.47]play your song at the jubilee [02:18.16] [02:36.16]And I can tell by the way you're searching, [02:39.72] [02:40.34]For something you can't even name [02:44.38] [02:45.38]That you haven't been able to come to the table, [02:50.50]Simply glad that you came [02:53.44] [02:54.25]When you feel like this try to imagine [02:58.38] [02:59.00]that were all like frail boats on the sea [03:03.00] [03:03.63]Just scanning the night for [03:06.06]that great guiding light announcing the jubilee [03:12.69] [03:13.81]And I can tell by the way [03:15.56]you're standing with your eyes filling with tears [03:21.09] [03:22.15]That its habit alone that keeps you turning for home, [03:26.90]even though your home is right here [03:30.85] [03:31.53]Where the people who love you are gathered, [03:35.47] [03:36.53]under the wise wishing tree [03:39.84] [03:40.66]May we all be considered [03:43.40]then straight on delivered down to the jubilee [03:48.88] [03:50.07]Because to people who love you are waiting, [03:54.13]And they'll wait just as long as need be [03:57.76] [04:00.57]When we look back and say those were halcyon days [04:05.00]Were talking about jubilee