Livingston

Livingston - 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