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Artist: Mary Chapin Carpenter
Canonical path: /mary-chapin-carpenter/what-was-it-like
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What Was It Like
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What Was It Like
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What was it like
How did it feel
It's so hard to tell if it was real
I know I was there but with every day
It slips away
And I feel like a passing glance that you never gave a chance
Baby that's not right
What was it like
What did you say
What did I hear
When did it start to disappear
I know you were there
You know that too
What did we do
'Cause I feel like a big mistake that you managed to not quite make
And just walk away
What did you say
Guess I've waited long enough hoping it might be something
Other than what it was
You took something that felt so good
And crushed it because you could
One summer night
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What was it like
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Mary Chapin Carpenter performs "What Was It Like", and this lyric page sits inside the Mary Chapin Carpenter catalog on LyroVerse.
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