What Does It Mean to Travel-Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:19.78]From departure to arrival [00:23.97]What does it mean to travel [00:28.16]With your suitcase by the handle [00:31.87]Holding everything you need [00:36.64]Are you going or are you coming [00:41.34]Walking slow or running [00:45.58]Toward somebody or from something [00:49.93]Trade your longing in for speed [00:52.42] [00:55.72]And the freedom to be a stranger [01:00.71]Is a bargain that’s ours alone [01:04.85]Sometimes you just want to be someone else [01:09.24]Unencumbered and unknown [01:17.46] [01:20.65]And from taking off to landing [01:24.66]You could feel your heart expanding [01:28.89]You walked halfway down Manhattan [01:33.23]Till you met the Brooklyn Bridge [01:37.93]And in a 2 AM transmission [01:42.66]From a high wire act position [01:46.85]How the skyline behind you glistened [01:50.70]As if someone pulled a switch [01:54.38] [01:58.23]And I don’t want to be a stranger [02:01.66]And I don’t want to be alone [02:06.02]But sometimes I just want to be somewhere else [02:10.35]Untethered and unknown [02:15.51]When I am far from home [02:56.74]From departure to arrival [03:00.85]What does it mean to travel