A Heart That Never Closes

Is it a trick of the light or some sleight of hand?

Yesterday is in the rear view—you don't understand

How fast it all goes—need to catch your breath

Time is just a bandit tryin' to steal what's left

I'll keep it for you—can you keep it for me?

Carryin' each other, we can carry

Got my reasons for bein' all around this place

Books, dogs, and coffee, and a day full of rain

And when the clouds clear out, got a night full of stars

Learning what to keep and what to let go of

I'll teach it to you, you can teach it to me

Carryin' each other, we can carry

Acorns in the fall, old camp blankets

Wood smoke in my clothing, maples that I planted

Irises in summer and a heart that catches

The screen door that's always missing its latchеs[Verse 4: Mary Chapin Carpenter]

All the flights of the starlings that appear in thе evening

In the din of congregation, I'll take more than I'm leaving

But not the bitter or broken, not the scars or the shame

I'll leave the windows wide open, you can do the same

I'm bringing it to you, you can bring it to me

Carryin' each other, we can carry

The noise that filled the kitchen on some New Year's Eve

Forgotten resolutions that I never believed in

The silence in the hall at the end of the day

That says we're alone but doesn't feel that way

I want to carry a life that doesn't do what it's told

All the places and the songs and the stories we hold

And wishes thrown like brides throw their roses

Dreams I kept for no good reason

and a heart that never closes

I'll carry it for you, you can carry it for me

Carryin' each other, we can carry

I'll carry it for you—can you carry it for me?

Carryin' each other, we can carry

I'll carry it for you, you can carry it for me

Carryin' each other, we can carry[Instrumental Outro]