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Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Canonical path: /mary-chapin-carpenter/swept-away
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Swept Away
Read Swept Away lyrics by Mary Chapin Carpenter on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Swept Away
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I am waiting with a ticket with a carry-on
People everywhere on their way, at a run
Then I see you from a distance
Light years later at fate's insistence
Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams
Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are
Swept away, swept away, swept away
You are standing by the pay phones, by the stairs
I walk straight into your arms and you hold me there
I am falling slowly backwards
Right into your famous last words
Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams
Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are
Swept away, swept away, swept away
All this ancient history, every unsolved mystery
Years I've carried with me, vanish when you kiss me
Old wounds, sad scenes, love lost, bad dreams
Heartache, old scars, old walls, these are
Swept away, swept away, swept away
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Mary Chapin Carpenter performs "Swept Away", and this lyric page sits inside the Mary Chapin Carpenter catalog on LyroVerse.
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