Beautiful Racket Lyrics - Between Here And Gone - Mary Chapin Carpenter

So your day begins like this 

Wondering what might have been 

Old regrets and chances missed 

Borne away on some lambent wind 

Job's ok, so it doesn't inspire 

Thoughts of leaving it all behind 

You used to have dreams of settin' the world on fire 

All you want now is peace of mind 

And a beautiful racket, in whispers and roars 

The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars 

The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear 

And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear 

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You do your dreaming in traffic jams 

You do your running in shopping malls 

You do your breathing the best you can 

Between car pools and cell phone calls 

Who cares, you'll never live in Paris 

So what, you'll never travel by Lear 

How some of us learn what matters 

While others never get to hear 

Such a beautiful racket, in whispers and roars 

The bitter and sweet, between the truces and the wars 

The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear 

And all of the wisdom between a smile and a tear 

Hold on, hold on 

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So your day will end like this 

Turning slowly down your street 

Silent worlds of kitchens lit 

Front yards full of fallen leaves 

Trees are bare, the garden's done 

Another season gone to earth 

Before you blink a new one comes 

To remind you what the old one's worth 

And the beautiful racket, comes in whispers and roars 

The bitter and sweet, between the roses and the wars 

The noise and the quiet, the courage and the fear 

And the infinite wisdom when you hear 

Such a beautiful racket... such a beautiful racket... hold on... such a beautiful racket... hold on...