New Years Day-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:26.13]We are sitting at a table in a bar in Baltimore [00:32.06]It's the last night of December [00:33.99]And the room is nearly full [00:37.49] [00:38.80]And the front door pulls a draft in every time it opens wide [00:43.86] [00:44.61]And you are telling me a story [00:48.18]From another time and life [00:50.13] [00:57.57]And the waitress brings our order [01:00.39]And we're tucked in mighty close [01:02.50] [01:03.51]And I feel like we belong among [01:07.19]The living and these ghosts [01:09.26] [01:10.32]And I know that I am dreaming [01:13.45]As I memorize each part [01:15.19] [01:16.44]In the telling lies a reverie [01:18.38] [01:19.50]In the details lie the heart [01:21.44] [01:22.50]Like the folds of summer dresses [01:24.82] [01:25.82]Like the scent upon my wrist [01:28.26] [01:29.07]Like the way you played guitar [01:31.51]Like a boxer punches with his fist [01:33.44] [01:35.70]And taken or just lost to me [01:38.57]It's better now to say [01:40.69] [01:42.88]I dwell in possibility [01:47.57]On New Year's Day [01:48.75] [02:02.38]There's a jukebox or a bandstand [02:05.26]And we're on another round [02:06.94] [02:08.51]And the night's just getting started [02:11.01]Or the night's just winding down [02:13.26] [02:14.94]And your stories are not clouded yet by the ale [02:18.26]Or by the gin [02:20.57]They just make me feel as if I've known you [02:23.57] [02:25.32]All my life again [02:27.13]Like the folds of summer dresses [02:29.57] [02:30.26]Like the scent upon my wrist [02:32.07] [02:33.63]Like the way you played guitar [02:35.51] [02:36.39]Like a boxer punches with his fist [02:38.88] [02:40.39]And taken or just lost to me [02:43.57]It's better now to say [02:47.88]I dwell in possibility [02:49.45] [02:51.45]On New Year's Day [02:53.20] [03:27.99]And this is what it looked like [03:30.23]When we started walking home [03:33.61]The night sky bleached to silver [03:37.11]Against the city's bones [03:38.74] [03:40.23]In dreams or in our waking [03:42.05] [03:42.92]It's just enough to say [03:44.74] [03:46.49]Love and grace and endless flowers [03:48.11] [03:49.30]Be ours on New Year's Day [03:50.92] [03:52.42]And the folds of summer dresses [03:53.99] [03:55.49]And the bangles on my wrist [03:59.05]And the way you played guitar [04:01.24]Like a boxer punches with his fist [04:05.24]And taken or just lost to us [04:08.36]It's better now to say [04:09.99] [04:13.11]We dwell in possibility [04:15.36] [04:16.17]On New Year's Day