Between the Dirt and the Stars
Mary Chapin Carpenter * Track #11 On The Dirt and the Stars
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Album The Dirt and the Stars
- #1Farther Along and Further In
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- #2It’s OK To Be Sad
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- #3All Broken Hearts Break Differently
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- #4Old D-35
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- #5American Stooge
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- #6Where the Beauty Is
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- #7Nocturne
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- #8Secret Keepers
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- #9Asking For a Friend
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- #10Everybody’s Got Something
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- #11Between the Dirt and the Stars
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- #12Traveler’s Prayer
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Between the Dirt and the Stars by Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Mary Chapin CarpenterProduced by
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Mary Chapin CarpenterAbout
“Between the Dirt and Stars” was the first single released from Mary Chapin Carpenter’s sixteenth studio album, The Dirt and the Stars. The contemplative roots-rock number explores one of Carpenter’s favorite lyrical themes: the way heartache from the past informs the present. The song’s chorus inte...
Between the Dirt and the Stars Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Try to conjure up a night
Of jessamine upon the air
I'm seventeen and in a car
Ready to ride anywhere
This summer night sticks to my skin
And the beer's gone to my head
My arm hangs out the window
And I can't hear what you just said
[Chorus]
Over the radio
Wild, wild horses
Everything you'll ever know
Is in the choruses
[Verse 2]
Everything that made you whole
Everything that broke your heart
Whatever called you by your soul
And piece by piece took you apart
Every spark you ever chased
All the faith love robbed you of
Every light the dark erased
Every cause that gave you up
[Chorus]
Turn on the radio
Wild, wild horses
Everywhere we'd ever go
Is in the choruses
[Bridge]
Standing on the porch tonight
All I hear is a distant car
Watching the fading light
Between the dirt and the stars
Between the rough and smooth
And the easy and the hard
The lonely sound of loneliness
That's shaped just like my heart
[Verse 3]
Years will pass before we turn
To face the place where we come from
Years will pass before we learn
What time denies to everyone
If we're lucky ghosts and prayers
Are company, not enemies
I time travel straight back there
When you were singing back to me
[Chorus]
Along with the radio
Wild, wild horses
Everything we'll ever know
Is in the choruses
Over the radio
Wild, wild horses
Everywhere we'll ever go
Is in the choruses
Between the Dirt and the Stars Q&A
Who wrote Between the Dirt and the Stars's ?
Between the Dirt and the Stars was written by Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Who produced Between the Dirt and the Stars's ?
Between the Dirt and the Stars was produced by Ethan Johns.
When did Mary Chapin Carpenter release Between the Dirt and the Stars?
Mary Chapin Carpenter released Between the Dirt and the Stars on Thu Jun 11 2020.
What did Mary Chapin Carpenter say about "Between the Dirt and the Stars"?
On her website, Carpenter discussed the origins of the song:
I was 17 years old; it was the summer that I had graduated from high school. It was one of those moments you remember, being with your friends, with a gauzy nostalgia, because you’re young, without responsibility, without any sense of lim...