What Does It Mean To Travel
MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER · The Things That We Are Made Of 2016 · Track 03 of 13
Written by Mary Chapin Carpenter
From departure to arrival what does it mean to travel With your suitcase by the handle holding everything you need
Are you going or are you coming walking slow or running Toward somebody or from something trade your longing in for speed
and the freedom to be a stranger is a bargain that's ours alone sometimes you just want to be someone else unencumbered and unknown
From departure to arrival what does it mean to travel And from taking off to landing you could feel your heart expanding You walked halfway down Manhattan till you met the Brooklyn Bridge
and in a 2 AM transmission from a high wire act position how the skyline behind you glistened as if someone pulled a switch and I don't want to be a stranger and I don't want to be alone but sometimes I just want to be somewhere else untethered and unknown when I am far from home
From departure to arrival what does it mean to travel