Goodnight America Lyrics - Mary Chapin Carpenter

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I`m standing at a traffic light somewhere in West LA
Waiting for the sign to change then I`ll be on my way
The noise, the heat, the crush of cars just robs me of my nerve
And someone yells and blasts their horn and pins me to the curb

I`m a stranger here
No one you would know
My ship has not come in
But I keep hoping though

And I keep looking past
The sun that sets above
Saying to myself
Goodnight America

And I`m driving into Houston on a rain slicked Texas road
Land so flat and sky so dark I say a prayer to float
Should all at once the Sanasito surge beyond it`s banks
Like Noah reaching higher ground I`d offer up my thanks

Cause I`m a stranger here
No one you would know
I`m just passing through
I am therefore I go

The moon rose in the east
But now it's right above
As I say aloud
Goodnight America

Midnight,
It`s hard to see the stars out on a highway near Atlanta
Full of strip malls and used cars

First light,
Just roll your window down
And smell the salty air perfume of Charleston town

I`m looking with a pilgrim`s eyes upon some promised land
And dreaming with my heart outstretched as if it were my hand
And I`ll hit the cross Bronx just in time to beat the rush hour lock
I`ve got no clue what time it is from this world`s busted clock

I`m a stranger here
No one you would know
I`m from somewhere else
Well isn`t everybody though

I don`t know where I`ll be
When the sun comes up
Until then, sweet dreams
Goodnight America

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