Stones in the Road chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Intro 1
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When we were young we pledged
Verse 1
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allegiance
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Every morning of our lives
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The classroom rang with
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children's voices
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Under teacher's watchful eye
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We learned about the world around us
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At our desks and at dinner time
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Reminded of the starving children
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We cleaned our plates with
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guilty minds
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Verse 2
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And the stones in the road
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Shone like diamonds in the dust
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And then a voice called to us
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To make our way back home
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When I was ten my father held me
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On his shoulders above the crowd
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To see a train draped in mourning
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Pass slowly through our town
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His widow kneeled with all their children
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At the sacred burial ground
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And the TV glowed that long hot summer
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With all the cities burning down
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And the stones in the road
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Flew out beneath our bicycle tires
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Worlds removed from all those fires
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As we raced each other home
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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And now we drink our
coffee on the run
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We climb that ladder rung by rung
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We are the daughters and the sons
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And here's the line that's missing
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The starving children have been replaced
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By souls out on the street
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We give a dollar when we pass
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And hope our eyes don't meet
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We pencil in we cancel out
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We crave the corner suite
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We kiss your ass,
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we make you hold
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We doctor the receipt
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And the stones in the road
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They fly out from be neath our wheels
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Another day, another deal
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Before we get back home
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Stones in the road
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Leave a mark whence they came
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A thousands points of
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light or shame
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Baby, I don't know
Outro 1
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Stones in the Road
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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