Chasing What's Already Gone-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:00.000] 作词 : CARPENTER, MARY [00:00.036] 作曲 : MARY CARPENTER [00:00.73]Mary Chapin Carpenter - Chasing Whats Already Gone [00:26.06]There's a big white house on a leafy street [00:29.23] [00:31.99]On a summer's day in 1963 [00:33.61] [00:38.61]A station wagon's parked in the drive [00:41.30] [00:44.80]With dents in the fender and wood on the side [00:47.48] [00:50.92]There's kids and dogs in instamatic hues [00:52.92] [00:53.55]Squinting hard in the sun [00:56.25] [00:57.06]Not just yet but one day too [00:59.12] [00:59.63]They'll be chasing what's already gone [01:01.56] [01:15.50]You grow up tall and you grow up tough [01:17.81] [01:21.37]Try to never admit not feeling good enough [01:23.81] [01:27.37]They tell you find your passion then you'll find your way [01:33.00] [01:33.56]I'm just trying to make it unscathed through every day [01:36.75] [01:39.68]And it seems to happen nearly over night [01:42.75]Life shows you who you've become [01:44.69] [01:45.87]When there's no more mystery in the fading light [01:49.12]You're just chasing what's already gone [01:51.75] [02:05.70]Like the line that spells the far horizon [02:10.53] [02:12.15]Moving with you as fast as you can run [02:16.77] [02:17.84]Half your life you pay it no attention [02:21.71]The rest you can't stop wondering [02:23.72] [02:25.03]What you should have done [02:26.59] [02:27.71]Instead of chasing what's already gone [02:29.65] [03:20.06]I saw my father in a dream last night [03:23.00] [03:25.74]He was smiling and saying you're gonna be alright [03:29.43] [03:31.99]And this morning I stared back at myself [03:34.81] [03:38.75]Feeling as empty as I've ever felt [03:41.43] [03:44.43]But I keep on going and I hope I've learned [03:47.93]More of what's right than what's wrong [03:50.62]It's ashes and roses and time that burns [03:53.56]When you're chasing what's already gone [03:55.93] [03:57.50]Ashes and roses and hearts that break [03:59.68]I tried so hard to be strong [04:01.81] [04:02.93]It may be my worst but not my first mistake [04:06.18] [04:07.50]Chasing what's already gone