Livingston Lyrics - The Things That We Are Made Of - Mary Chapin Carpenter

A change of clothes was all I carried 

there were three of us to do the driving 

the sky turned black outside of Laramie 

the rain poured down all over Wyoming 

took two long days and four full tanks of gas 

to get to Livingston 

In between the silences and the feeling grateful 

I had so much time for remembering 

late nights around someone's table 

something deeper about those gatherings 

more than once I've been far, far away 

and thinking about Livingston 

On the way back home I will stop awhile 

ease this truck onto the shoulder of the road 

it's a long straight line that goes for miles and miles 

and it's as lonely as a Great Plains Conoco 

I came to say goodbye and to hug you 

but I wasn't brave enough to say that 

so I said see you soon and I love you 

I think you understood me from way back 

from the very first time we ever sang our songs 

late one night in Livingston 

On the way back home I will stop awhile 

ease this truck onto the shoulder of the road 

it's a long straight line that goes for miles and miles 

and it's as empty as a Great Plains Conoco 

I see you standing tall and kind of squinting 

in a field outside White Sulphur Springs 

don't need a cowboy hat, just a '33 Gibson 

and a little more time to make it ring 

as the sun turns red and the sky turns treasure gold 

on the long way back to Livingston 

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