Outside Looking In
Mary Chapin CarpenterVersion1
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Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction
No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt
Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection
Now I only hear the noise of what I am without
I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger
On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers
By the time I turn away, I feel it once again
I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in
Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces
And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away
I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places
But nothing even like it ever came my way
And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me
I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me
I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in
Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in
It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason
Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season
Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins
It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in
It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything
Standing on the borderline, outside looking in
repeat and fade]
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Readable chord sheet for Outside Looking In by Mary Chapin Carpenter
[G] [F] [Am] [Am] [G] [F] [Am] [Am] Every[G]where I see the [D/F#]signs, [C/E]pointing one direc[C]tion No more [G]twists or crooked [D/F#]turns, [C/E]leaving room for d[C]oubt Where I [G]used to take the [D/F#]time for [C/E]quiet and reflec[C]tion Now I [G]only hear the [D/F#]noise of [C/E]what I am with[C]out I see them [G]walking hand in h[G]and, and my [C]eyes just [G]want to linger[C] [G] On those [G]golden wedding b[G]ands, [C]wrapped ar[G]ound their finger[C]s [G] By the [F/A]time I turn a[F/A]way, I [Am]feel it once ag[Am]ain I'm back in th[G]is familiar place[D/F#], outsi[Am7]de looking in [C] [G] [D/F#] [Am7] [C] Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places But nothing even like it ever came my way And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in [G] [F] [Am] [Am] [G] [F] [Am] [Am] It's the [G]hardest kind of [G]need that [C]never know[G]s a reason [C] [G] Are we [G]such a lonely [G]breed, or just [C]born in a [G]lonely season [C] [G] Baby, [F/A]it's all in the ey[F/A]es, it's where the [Am]reckoning beg[Am]ins It's where we [F/A]linger like a s[F/A]igh, it's where we [Am]long to be pulled [Am]in It's where we [F/A]learn to say good[F/A]bye without[Am] saying anyth[Am]ing Standing o[G]n the borderline,[D/F#] outside lo[Am7]oking in [C] [G] [D/F#] [Am7] [C] [G] [D/F#] [Am7] [C] repeat and fade]