What Does It Mean to Travel - Mary Chapin Carpenter

[00:19.78]From departure to arrival
[00:23.97]What does it mean to travel
[00:28.16]With your suitcase by the handle
[00:31.87]Holding everything you need
[00:36.64]Are you going or are you coming
[00:41.34]Walking slow or running
[00:45.58]Toward somebody or from something
[00:49.93]Trade your longing in for speed
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[00:55.72]And the freedom to be a stranger
[01:00.71]Is a bargain that’s ours alone
[01:04.85]Sometimes you just want to be someone else
[01:09.24]Unencumbered and unknown
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[01:20.65]And from taking off to landing
[01:24.66]You could feel your heart expanding
[01:28.89]You walked halfway down Manhattan
[01:33.23]Till you met the Brooklyn Bridge
[01:37.93]And in a 2 AM transmission
[01:42.66]From a high wire act position
[01:46.85]How the skyline behind you glistened
[01:50.70]As if someone pulled a switch
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[01:58.23]And I don’t want to be a stranger
[02:01.66]And I don’t want to be alone
[02:06.02]But sometimes I just want to be somewhere else
[02:10.35]Untethered and unknown
[02:15.51]When I am far from home
[02:56.74]From departure to arrival
[03:00.85]What does it mean to travel