I never had a brother or sister to live with, to share with, to fight with or to play with. . . yet I can identify with this story of longing and loneliness and loss, just from moving and relocating away from my friends, in my childhood. Mary Chapin's lyrics and storytelling interwoven through her wistful melody is heartbreaking and wonderful. I think this is one of most touching songs ever written.
She’s a beautiful person and a fantastic poet. I had the lyrics to this printed and framed and given to my older sister. I don’t think either of us has ever cried that hard. She’s my best friend and always will be.
When I see her in concert, I try to look around at the crowd during this song and see how deeply it's affecting people. You can almost see them going through their own family memories.
I got 2 brothers 1 sister 1 wife 1 son 1 daughter 3 grand daughters and a whole pile of loneliness I just can't shake. You just brought that all home to me Mary. Can't think why I shared it.
I love this song. Tears stream down my face every time I hear this. It reminds me of my sister leaving and my childhood friend, Carrie. Carpenter is one of the greats to me. I was lucky enough to see her live in Louisville a couple of years ago.
Beautiful all the way around-written, sang, and supported by a masterfully played piano. It helped me with the loss of a brother, sister, and father seperately over six years. (and im only 40). But im ok, and its because beauty like this music still exists
I remember exactly where I was… 500 years ago…eating sushi with my wife… when she told me that Glen Campbell was gone…. With food in my mouth , I stopped… my eyes welled… and I remembered all of his places in my life… Almost 35 years ago April 1 , 1989… our first dance was “ Just Because” MCC…. Glen Campbell didn’t write Phoenix, or Wichita or Gentle on my Mind…. But they absolutely are granite monuments … beautiful tender writings of authentic feelings and memories that we all have. Chapin is absolutely a diamond. HER words , HER voice, HER heart, showing us OUR souls. Almost never does the world get so lucky. The week that Ronald Reagan died, the world stopped… and we mourned the passing of a great…. But I wept for another….. he died that same week. And had Reagan not passed away the world would have stopped anyway. And I argue that we would have had ceremonies and news specials…. But none of that happened. Because Reagan passed away…. And you don’t even know about whom I refer. Georgia on my mind was the “ state song” of Georgie, even though years earlier he was banned FROM Georgia for refusing to perform in a segregated theater. HIS sound…. Absolute heaven. And we don’t remember him. Ray Charles I fear the same for Chapin. Only “ we” know her sound. ( although speaking with a flight attendant with Turkish Airlines, I told her of Chapin…. Now another fan… on the other side of the globe) Forty years later …. Chapin’s poetry …. still……. Illuminates and bares our souls… I hope that each and every one of us send to her another thank you. Just because.
@SOLDbyYOU - Thank you for your lovely post! So thought- and memory-provoking in its own way... And a 1000 thankyous to MCC for her songsmithing over so very many years! Greetings from Cape Town, RSA.🇿🇦
I am touched that I touched another… I wish that I could send my thank you directly to MCC…but both my career and my own beliefs prohibit my engaging in social media… If anyone could send to her my peaceful heart…. She and I were ships passing in the night…both actively playing music in the Washington DC area in the ‘70s and ‘80s… many of of those in “ her orbit” , were in mine… but our paths never crossed… I left that life to become an airline pilot, an “ expert” of a certain aircraft which put me in a position to teach military and NASA pilots…. And a senior college flight instructor…. the evening I was flying an airliner, descending into Branson MO…I realized how huge my mistake was…. We were delivering passengers in to Branson…. And I was beside myself…. Not because I was flying a four engine airliner…. But because I was going to see Glenn Campbell.. 1993… Admittedly I have had experiences that so many others never will… but in retrospect, number one.. I am fortunate to have a perfect wife… then…after teaching, playing beautiful songs with sincere hearts was ALWAYS… the universe giving life back to me. Shortly I expect to end this phase of my career… always nine time zones away…. And when I do finally land…. My friends are still waiting to play music with me. Warm smile, warm hearts, a warm hearth… and hugs without borders @@ursulamulder110
@SOLDbyYOU - Many thanks. But a tiny question: was 500 years meant to be 50 years or were you deliberately amplifying the time that has flown by, in a wink, so to speak?? 🤔
In college a creative writing teacher reminded us “ not to let the facts get in the way of a good story”…. Glenn Campbell passed away only a few years ago…. But that exact moment when my wife told me … is burned into my heart… it could have been yesterday… or 100 years ago… .. Just like in 1988…the exact millisecond when my cave man bachelor self protecting emotional armor slightly loosened and my heart realized that I could never fathom me not living with, protecting or loving my wife ( to be) . That was not an exaggeration… I was listening to a story on NPR… the writer explained that he picked up two middle aged hitch hikers as they traveled from New York to Florida…. But they were on one of the smaller highways..NOT Interstate 95… and when the writer asked “ why were they NOT traveling ( hitch hiking) on I95… the answer was “ it would be easier for us to find a place to stay on this smaller road”…. Which actually translated “ they were expecting to find food from a dumpster and shelter behind any building”…. My heart broke ..and I knew that I would NEVER allow that to happen to my Ann….. After dating for over four years…in that millisecond my heart was allowed to tell me….. I asked her to marry me just a few days after I spoke with her father. The above story is 100% true.
@@SOLDbyYOU It's a wonderful story even if it is true. Sometimes true stories are the best. Here's my true story. When I was 25 and my late husband was 29, he went to Wisconsin to visit his family for Xmas. He hitchhiked back to Southern Illinois where we both were living (and often saw Shawn Colvin at a bar called Merlin's. Back then she often performed with the Dixie Diesels.) and asked the driver to drop him outside town at my house. I didn't know who was knocking, but I was too sick (flu) to do anything but answer the door as I was---greasy hair, flushed from fever, and wearing red and white striped Dr. Dentons. (That's a onesie for those who are unfamiliar with Dr. Denton.) He later told me that the second he saw me like that he knew he needed to marry me. I think he believed I was a complete mess and needed him to marry me. This was not entirely incorrect as I wasn't taking very good care of myself. We had only known each other for 8 weeks, 4 of which he had spent in Wisconsin, so 4 weeks really. One week later we were married. Ah.....Hippie life (sigh). And we stayed married until death did us part, except for one brief spasm of divorce in the early 1980's, after which we had to get married again. And that story is also 100% true.
Makes me think about my baby sister. MCC is just so good. She reminds us that we all have so much in common when she sings the things that we all have in our hearts.
This is one of my favorite songs of hers. She's such a smart, smart, smart writer. Her songs are contemplative, not just mindless ditties. Mindless ditties have a purpose, too, but we need people like MCC to remind everyone that music is art. Her songs always take your heart places.
My husband and I had the privilege of one of her live performances (in the Washington, DC "area"). MCC is a Beautiful human; guitarist; pianist; woman; writer; songstress; and, Mom to her furry boy, Angus; I've appreciated her humanity, musical skills; and, her keeping me calm and grateful during the first COVID pandemic. I've enjoyed her music for years! 🎉
Such a beautiful song that so many of us can relate to. Think that's what draws many of us to MCC'S music; those lyrics express some of our own familiar experiences.
@sharonvyse - And this song-poem remains utterly universal and timeless - the mark of enduring ART. As we head into summer and you are experiencing fall/autumn, Sharon, I wish you well. I remain in absolute awe of MCC's wordsmithing! 💞
@sharonvyse - PS: I take it you will be attending the concert in Buffalo? Sigh. My late aunt and uncle lived in Hamilton for MANY years after emigrating from RSA in the '70s...I had the privilege of visiting them twice in your beautiful country. Again: ENJOY our gifted artist to the FULLEST! 🌻
Mary Chapin, if I should ever come into a situation of being depressive or even tired of life, I know that I will have to listen to your music and hear songs like this, these really show and tell the listener what makes life worthwile! Thanks for making music and writing and singing songs like these!!!!!!!!!!!
This song blows me away each time I watch this.I cant think of any performance as emotionally affecting as this.To write and perform a song such as this makes MCC in a class of her own among this generation of musicians
Our storm came from inside the house - nonstop anger. We'd retreat to our rooms, my sister and I. Sis had no idea that my problems with him long preceded those yellfests and I'm sure she never did find out. But as I grew she'd grab my two arms and swing me around and around under that birch tree under my window. She'd sit on my chest and tickle me til I cried from laughing. We'd walk through The World's Fair, her holding my hand - a thankful distance from those two, my big sis with her kid brother. After school there would be special meals, gravy on toast just for us two alone. Later she'd ask - I have a date, help me pick a dress. She never talked about the secrets I kept from her and everyone else. And when she married years later to that boy I helped her pick out dresses for ... she knew I was alone to fight. Ultimately it wasn't so bad ... I was old enough by then. There's a picture of me, a teenage boy with my head in my hands crying in the pew, during her wedding. She was my special gift from God. She's always been. I've always known you felt regret for leaving me behind ... don't, schwester. One of us was going to get out first. And I made my way in my own time.
There have been many but do I dare say that this song stretches the boundaries of genius posturing? It takes me everywhere in my mind & awakens all. I realize just how precious life truly is & it took a song like no other than, Ms. Carpenter could write, eloquently conveyed & does it with desperate earnest! For me? Perfection, defined. Love & Light to you all out there in TH-cam Land and BeYoNd! 😉 💜 🍀 👻 🎶
Much as I love and need Linda Ronstadt or Karen Carpenter for my own good, Mary C C and her solemn, true words touch me more deeply : for me, she's the distaff voice and soul to Jackson Browne. Her words, delivered so sincerely, almost like my mama saying " G'night, Gary " : simple and so very real and important. Her words and voice, my need and appreciation.
if you love MCC, as i do and you are not familiar with carrie newcomer, you should check her out. three songs with similar vibes and themes to this are "the rooms my mother made" "up in the attic" and "my father's only son."
You're comparing two different things: Ronstadt and Carpenter were brilliant singers with voices unlike anyone else's. Beautiful tones, excellent pitch, emotive. As singers, no one can touch them. MCC is an excellent writer with a poetic lyric sense, not the singer the other two were, but very affective within the limits of her own voice, as we see here. Saw MCC sing this live once and it was a gorgeous moment.
Today is my Big Brother's Birthday...this is our song, our History; and it's as if Chapin was watching outside my bedroom window. Happy Birthday, Chris. I love you, thank you for taking care of me always.
Loved this song, way before I had children. Next year, my oldest daughter moves thousands of miles away to college. ...not sure how they will make it. This song is so special to me.
It's hard to say what my 'favorite' song of hers is... she has too many gems to pick from. However, for pure emotional resonance, this has always stuck with me, especially that line "It must have been one hell of a suitcase you packed..." So much meaning in such a simple turn of phrase, and it comes at the end of such a devastating journey. This is an amazing live performance, and her accompanist deserves a mention as well for following her so closely. Thank you for sharing.
It's past midnight here and I was just outside watching a wonderful thunderstorm pass through. That line "I can recall the smell of the rain" was in my head the whole time. Then I came inside, and here is this post on facebook.... Synchronicity! This might actually be the best song ever written. Thanks Mary! You are amazing! And your songs from home are so beautiful. XO
@vmguy1 - Amen to that!! Such poignant words and emotions, and universal, timeless sentiments and a whole lot more. I am SO grateful for ALL MCC's wonderful poetry and music. Greetings from Cape Town. 🇿🇦
@@ursulamulder110 Hello, Cape Town/Ursula Timeless is the word that caught my attention and convinced me to comment and return your greetings. This song is my childhood, and every moment was timeless--at least it felt that way. I'm thrilled to know that it touched so many people in such a personal way. It's as if everyone was there somehow while I was lying in the grass in the midwest, looking at the sky through tree branches.
I’ havve been a fan tor maybe. Three decades. I Forster eastward here at a small club in Northern Virginia.. At that time, I had a new love, and I wentsee Shawn Colvin. I recall it was SuperBowll night, but I couldn’t have cared less. I was transfixed by MCC. I’ve Ben in love with her for decades. Some of the finest moment of my life were seeing her at Wol Trap.
For 1skinnyguy, you may never have had a sibling to love or fight with but you have a heart big enough to feel and life will be yours to grasp and enjoy....make it good for yourself, for the Great Spirit is kind and speaks softly to everyone.
Wow Mary YOU Still Got it Girl ... Always Have Nobody But You You're In a Class All By Yourself Girl. Funny Looking Back She Always Had The Songs So Powerful Real Pulling My Heart Strings Helping Me Along With Her Wisdom Truth And One Of a Kind Dealing With Reality Of Life's Tough Issues Like Loss Of Mom Son Almost Getting Killed In Iraq & Then Girl I Was With For 7 Years Was Gonna Merry Calls & Dumps Me Out Of Nowhere 3 Days Latter Moves In With Guy Accross The Street Then Came Back Home Ended Up Alone & All My Work Accounts 30 Years About Blood Sweat Tears All Gone And Alone. Broke After Paying Off Finnal Expenses Mom & Sis Old Left Over Expenses Thank You Mary & GOD & For The Upload Posting Her. BLESS Y'all Prayers Peace Grace Angles Too 💚❤
Tears running down my face. She is exquisite - always, but this may be my favorite performance of hers of all time. The pianist is just stunning, too. Saw her last year sing with the New York Philharmonic - spectacular then, too. She is just sensational.
It was an incredible night with the NYPhilharmonic. One I won't forget. Hearing her wonderful songs with maybe the greatest orchestra in the world for accompaniment was extraordinary. No experience compares to that of a huge, live, brilliant orchestra. The notes literally wash over you. It's like swimming in the ocean - you emerge fully recharged and refreshed. I didn't want it to end.
Just found this. Thank you so much, Chris for yet another beautiful picture and song of/from our MCC. I've been listening to this song and CD From the very very beginning of my MCC years. This song makes me cry. I never knew it was about her sister ......... I love you so much, my MCC
im a songwriter. the essence is going back into the memory retrieving it and peeking into lens and transcribing the worth and the sense of it where you are at the moment you are "there".
I have watched all the family I grew up with pass on. That is parents, step parents, brothers and a sister all gone. This was all by 45 years old. I listen to this and I'm once again playing in the Oklahoma sunshine. I almost let these losses ruin me, but music like this pulls me through. Thank you Mary and whomever posted this.
One of my favorites from nearly 20 years ago. Now I have a Sr. in HS, her her little sister, a Sophomore. Will be going up to visit UW in Seattle soon, and want to take them to your concert, hoping you'll sing this song for them. It is going to be a long drive next year, from FL to WA... Lots of crying.
Michael Adams - wow, don't how your daughter wound up at the UW. Hope she is still there and is enjoying it. It's a fantastic school and an incredible campus. Can be a bit intimidating, however. I graduated many years ago and still live in Seattle. And now I have a college age daughter a couple thousand miles away in St. Louis. Thank god for face time. I find MCC hauntingly beautiful. Used to listen to hear on long drives. Keeps your mind occupied with all the memories that come flooding in with her songs.
This has to touch everybody. Classic mary Chapin. Can't say enough. Someone pass it on to her web site i just got this tablet haven't figured out how to do that yet
amazing performance...by MCC and pianist as well..you can tell they've been playing together for a long time, the way they flow together so effortlessly. Thanks for uploading!
Enormously considerate in her performances, Ms. Carpenter sweeps us away with all her gentility, only to flatten us with the power of her thoughts, wrapped up in chords, in the next bar ! Wow !
One of the most underrated American songwriters.
I think you could almost make a movie from these lyrics, they create such a vivid mental image.
Truly the best, amazing voice and words Bless her. ❤
some of the most exquisite lyrics ever written
I never had a brother or sister to live with, to share with, to fight with or to play with. . . yet I can identify with this story of longing and loneliness and loss, just from moving and relocating away from my friends, in my childhood. Mary Chapin's lyrics and storytelling interwoven through her wistful melody is heartbreaking and wonderful. I think this is one of most touching songs ever written.
One of the greatest female singers & poets....ever!!!!
A true poet. Thank you.
She is a treasure with her poetic lyrics and affecting music. This version always brings tears to my eyes for what wasn't but what could have been...
You OK?
She's amazing
This song really affected me. I cry almost every time I hear it. I looked up to my big sister(s) and my parents fought a lot!
She’s a beautiful person and a fantastic poet. I had the lyrics to this printed and framed and given to my older sister. I don’t think either of us has ever cried that hard. She’s my best friend and always will be.
First time to hear this song, bowled me over, sheer poetry !
What a treat you've discovered. Try her song Come On Come On from the same concert. Similar vibe; different slice of life.
@@JerisEve - C’mon C’mon is powerfully written and could, if properly harnessed, probably change timelines.
Beyond words! The feelings that this brings up bring me to tears! Still taking a few deep breathes in to recover. ❤
When I see her in concert, I try to look around at the crowd during this song and see how deeply it's affecting people. You can almost see them going through their own family memories.
I feel this song so deeply. Mary puts into words something that’s very painful to express.
I got 2 brothers 1 sister 1 wife 1 son 1 daughter 3 grand daughters and a whole pile of loneliness I just can't shake. You just brought that all home to me Mary. Can't think why I shared it.
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I am so happy she has been elected to the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame. Such talent does not go unrecognized, Just beautiful.
I love this song. Tears stream down my face every time I hear this. It reminds me of my sister leaving and my childhood friend, Carrie. Carpenter is one of the greats to me. I was lucky enough to see her live in Louisville a couple of years ago.
+Tiffany Smith I don't even have siblings, and this song makes me cry!
SO. BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'm weepy.
Simply Devastating!
This has given me so much comfort over 14 years THANK YOU Mary
I really like her songs. Never heard this one. It's a very nice song.
The innocence of childhood and the reality of being an adult
I wish I could meet a woman as deep, as thoughtful, as beautiful, as Mary Chapin. Wow! What a gem! She is extra special in this performance.
Beautiful all the way around-written, sang, and supported by a masterfully played piano. It helped me with the loss of a brother, sister, and father seperately over six years. (and im only 40). But im ok, and its because beauty like this music still exists
Mary CC is one of the finest singer songwriters ever...musical poetry perfection.
one of my top ten tear jerkers.
This is my kind of music--as only she can do it.
Seven minutes of real composing, no 30 seconds of one verse repeated over and over.
This is my favorite song by her...just beautiful :)
Beautiful song ❤
Mary, you hit the nail every time i hear this. You touch my soul
I listen to her music as much as any on my collection. She soothes me.
I remember exactly where I was… 500 years ago…eating sushi with my wife… when she told me that Glen Campbell was gone…. With food in my mouth , I stopped… my eyes welled… and I remembered all of his places in my life…
Almost 35 years ago April 1 , 1989… our first dance was “ Just Because” MCC….
Glen Campbell didn’t write Phoenix, or Wichita or Gentle on my Mind…. But they absolutely are granite monuments … beautiful tender writings of authentic feelings and memories that we all have.
Chapin is absolutely a diamond. HER words , HER voice, HER heart, showing us OUR souls.
Almost never does the world get so lucky.
The week that Ronald Reagan died, the world stopped… and we mourned the passing of a great…. But I wept for another….. he died that same week. And had Reagan not passed away the world would have stopped anyway. And I argue that we would have had ceremonies and news specials…. But none of that happened. Because Reagan passed away…. And you don’t even know about whom I refer.
Georgia on my mind was the “ state song” of Georgie, even though years earlier he was banned FROM Georgia for refusing to perform in a segregated theater.
HIS sound…. Absolute heaven. And we don’t remember him.
Ray Charles
I fear the same for Chapin.
Only “ we” know her sound. ( although speaking with a flight attendant with Turkish Airlines, I told her of Chapin…. Now another fan… on the other side of the globe)
Forty years later …. Chapin’s poetry …. still……. Illuminates and bares our souls…
I hope that each and every one of us send to her another thank you.
Just because.
@SOLDbyYOU - Thank you for your lovely post!
So thought- and memory-provoking in its own way...
And a 1000 thankyous to MCC for her songsmithing over so very many years!
Greetings from Cape Town, RSA.🇿🇦
I am touched that I touched another… I wish that I could send my thank you directly to MCC…but both my career and my own beliefs prohibit my engaging in social media…
If anyone could send to her my peaceful heart….
She and I were ships passing in the night…both actively playing music in the Washington DC area in the ‘70s and ‘80s… many of of those in “ her orbit” , were in mine… but our paths never crossed…
I left that life to become an airline pilot, an “ expert” of a certain aircraft which put me in a position to teach military and NASA pilots…. And a senior college flight instructor…. the evening I was flying an airliner, descending into Branson MO…I realized how huge my mistake was…. We were delivering passengers in to Branson…. And I was beside myself…. Not because I was flying a four engine airliner…. But because I was going to see Glenn Campbell.. 1993…
Admittedly I have had experiences that so many others never will… but in retrospect, number one.. I am fortunate to have a perfect wife… then…after teaching, playing beautiful songs with sincere hearts was ALWAYS… the universe giving life back to me. Shortly I expect to end this phase of my career… always nine time zones away…. And when I do finally land…. My friends are still waiting to play music with me. Warm smile, warm hearts, a warm hearth… and hugs without borders
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@SOLDbyYOU - Many thanks. But a tiny question: was 500 years meant to be 50 years or were you deliberately amplifying the time that has flown by, in a wink, so to speak??
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In college a creative writing teacher reminded us “ not to let the facts get in the way of a good story”…. Glenn Campbell passed away only a few years ago…. But that exact moment when my wife told me … is burned into my heart… it could have been yesterday… or 100 years ago… ..
Just like in 1988…the exact millisecond when my cave man bachelor self protecting emotional armor slightly loosened and my heart realized that I could never fathom me not living with, protecting or loving my wife ( to be) . That was not an exaggeration… I was listening to a story on NPR… the writer explained that he picked up two middle aged hitch hikers as they traveled from New York to Florida…. But they were on one of the smaller highways..NOT Interstate 95… and when the writer asked “ why were they NOT traveling ( hitch hiking) on I95… the answer was “ it would be easier for us to find a place to stay on this smaller road”…. Which actually translated “ they were expecting to find food from a dumpster and shelter behind any building”…. My heart broke ..and I knew that I would NEVER allow that to happen to my Ann….. After dating for over four years…in that millisecond my heart was allowed to tell me….. I asked her to marry me just a few days after I spoke with her father.
The above story is 100% true.
@@SOLDbyYOU It's a wonderful story even if it is true. Sometimes true stories are the best. Here's my true story. When I was 25 and my late husband was 29, he went to Wisconsin to visit his family for Xmas. He hitchhiked back to Southern Illinois where we both were living (and often saw Shawn Colvin at a bar called Merlin's. Back then she often performed with the Dixie Diesels.) and asked the driver to drop him outside town at my house. I didn't know who was knocking, but I was too sick (flu) to do anything but answer the door as I was---greasy hair, flushed from fever, and wearing red and white striped Dr. Dentons. (That's a onesie for those who are unfamiliar with Dr. Denton.) He later told me that the second he saw me like that he knew he needed to marry me. I think he believed I was a complete mess and needed him to marry me. This was not entirely incorrect as I wasn't taking very good care of myself. We had only known each other for 8 weeks, 4 of which he had spent in Wisconsin, so 4 weeks really. One week later we were married. Ah.....Hippie life (sigh). And we stayed married until death did us part, except for one brief spasm of divorce in the early 1980's, after which we had to get married again. And that story is also 100% true.
Makes me think about my baby sister. MCC is just so good. She reminds us that we all have so much in common when she sings the things that we all have in our hearts.
This is one of my favorite songs of hers. She's such a smart, smart, smart writer. Her songs are contemplative, not just mindless ditties. Mindless ditties have a purpose, too, but we need people like MCC to remind everyone that music is art. Her songs always take your heart places.
It's like a mini musical x
She’s incredible.
❤She Can Open Portals of the Heart One Can Walk Through.❤
My husband and I had the privilege of one of her live performances (in the Washington, DC "area").
MCC is a Beautiful human; guitarist; pianist; woman; writer; songstress; and, Mom to her furry boy, Angus;
I've appreciated her humanity, musical skills; and, her keeping me calm and grateful during the first COVID pandemic.
I've enjoyed her music for years! 🎉
I ❤ Your comments. (Especially your last sentence!)
Peace, from Silver Spring, Maryland
This song has dampened my cheeks on many occasions. A beautiful sadness .
Beautiful and emotional. 50% of these views are just me. Never gets old.
So powerful. This song gives me a vivid image of my wife's relationship with her older sister and her parents divorce when she was nine.
Such a beautiful song that so many of us can relate to. Think that's what draws many of us to MCC'S music; those lyrics express some of our own familiar experiences.
@sharonvyse - And this song-poem remains utterly universal and timeless - the mark of enduring ART.
As we head into summer and you are experiencing fall/autumn, Sharon, I wish you well. I remain in absolute awe of MCC's wordsmithing! 💞
@@ursulamulder110 yes, so true. she is quite the gift . Heading today to hear her and Shawn Colvin in upstate NY USA. Hope you are keeping well.
@sharonvyse - WOW! That is simply wonderful. Travel safely and enjoy each note, each word, each inspiration...
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@sharonvyse - PS: I take it you will be attending the concert in Buffalo?
Sigh. My late aunt and uncle lived in Hamilton for MANY years after emigrating from RSA in the '70s...I had the privilege of visiting them twice in your beautiful country. Again: ENJOY our gifted artist to the FULLEST! 🌻
@@ursulamulder110 an absolutely wonderful performance by these two dear folks who have been friends for 36 yrs.
OMG I love Mary....such a soulful artist!
America's greatest living poet.
One of my all-time favorites,
I've seen her in concert a few times. Always excellent. I feel like I'm watching a movie or reading a book when I hear her songs.
Mary Chapin, if I should ever come into a situation of being depressive or even tired of life, I know that I will have to listen to your music and hear songs like this, these really show and tell the listener what makes life worthwile! Thanks for making music and writing and singing songs like these!!!!!!!!!!!
This is who everyone hoped Taylor Swift would become.
This song blows me away each time I watch this.I cant think of any performance as emotionally affecting as this.To write and perform a song such as this makes MCC in a class of her own among this generation of musicians
Absolutely beautiful... This song ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes. Reminds me so much of my childhood and my sisters.
overwhelmingly beautiful...
Our storm came from inside the house - nonstop anger. We'd retreat to our rooms, my sister and I. Sis had no idea that my problems with him long preceded those yellfests and I'm sure she never did find out.
But as I grew she'd grab my two arms and swing me around and around under that birch tree under my window. She'd sit on my chest and tickle me til I cried from laughing. We'd walk through The World's Fair, her holding my hand - a thankful distance from those two, my big sis with her kid brother. After school there would be special meals, gravy on toast just for us two alone.
Later she'd ask - I have a date, help me pick a dress. She never talked about the secrets I kept from her and everyone else.
And when she married years later to that boy I helped her pick out dresses for ... she knew I was alone to fight. Ultimately it wasn't so bad ... I was old enough by then. There's a picture of me, a teenage boy with my head in my hands crying in the pew, during her wedding.
She was my special gift from God. She's always been. I've always known you felt regret for leaving me behind ... don't, schwester. One of us was going to get out first. And I made my way in my own time.
A beautiful & obviously heartfelt comment...thank you for sharing your story; it's what makes MCC so special and amazing for us all.
You write the way Chapin does. I felt every word of your story/comment. Thank you for sharing it.
Here is REAL talent y'all ! Notice how quiet the audience is? Could have heard a pin drop!
There have been many but do I dare say that this song stretches the boundaries of genius posturing? It takes me everywhere in my mind & awakens all. I realize just how precious life truly is & it took a song like no other than, Ms. Carpenter could write, eloquently conveyed & does it with desperate earnest! For me? Perfection, defined. Love & Light to you all out there in TH-cam Land and BeYoNd! 😉 💜 🍀 👻 🎶
Love her music. She's a real poet.
Beautiful, both song and voice.
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard with the worst closed captions I've ever seen.
beautiful person who writes such beautiful songs
Much as I love and need Linda Ronstadt or Karen Carpenter for my own good, Mary C C and her solemn, true words touch me more deeply : for me, she's the distaff voice and soul to Jackson Browne. Her words, delivered so sincerely, almost like my mama saying " G'night, Gary " : simple and so very real and important. Her words and voice, my need and appreciation.
if you love MCC, as i do and you are not familiar with carrie newcomer, you should check her out. three songs with similar vibes and themes to this are "the rooms my mother made" "up in the attic" and "my father's only son."
yes. she is wonderful.
You're comparing two different things: Ronstadt and Carpenter were brilliant singers with voices unlike anyone else's. Beautiful tones, excellent pitch, emotive. As singers, no one can touch them. MCC is an excellent writer with a poetic lyric sense, not the singer the other two were, but very affective within the limits of her own voice, as we see here. Saw MCC sing this live once and it was a gorgeous moment.
Exquisite accompanist and accompaniment.
Gosh MCC, I adore this song so much! It also reminds me of my oldest sister and brings tears to my eyes reliving a simpler , happy time. Thank you!
Wonderful!
I am nearly 60 and it makes me miss my younger sister so much growing up together in Maine in the 60s. We were best friends and without worry.
She has the most amazing voice. I've loved her stuff for years and she always gives me chills.
Heart rending, but in truthfulness beyond words.
Today is my Big Brother's Birthday...this is our song, our History; and it's as if Chapin was watching outside my bedroom window. Happy Birthday, Chris. I love you, thank you for taking care of me always.
She is such a beautiful soul
Loved this song, way before I had children. Next year, my oldest daughter moves thousands of miles away to college. ...not sure how they will make it. This song is so special to me.
It's hard to say what my 'favorite' song of hers is... she has too many gems to pick from. However, for pure emotional resonance, this has always stuck with me, especially that line "It must have been one hell of a suitcase you packed..." So much meaning in such a simple turn of phrase, and it comes at the end of such a devastating journey. This is an amazing live performance, and her accompanist deserves a mention as well for following her so closely. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Carey, that's my favorite Chapin song, it's beautiful and she sings it beautifully.
It's past midnight here and I was just outside watching a wonderful thunderstorm pass through. That line "I can recall the smell of the rain" was in my head the whole time. Then I came inside, and here is this post on facebook.... Synchronicity! This might actually be the best song ever written. Thanks Mary! You are amazing! And your songs from home are so beautiful. XO
@vmguy1 - Amen to that!!
Such poignant words and emotions, and universal, timeless sentiments and a whole lot more. I am SO grateful for ALL MCC's wonderful poetry and music. Greetings from Cape Town. 🇿🇦
@@ursulamulder110 Hello, Cape Town/Ursula Timeless is the word that caught my attention and convinced me to comment and return your greetings. This song is my childhood, and every moment was timeless--at least it felt that way. I'm thrilled to know that it touched so many people in such a personal way. It's as if everyone was there somehow while I was lying in the grass in the midwest, looking at the sky through tree branches.
Awesome! Been a fan always.
Happy 60th, MCC💜🍾🎂🌈🌹
Thank you Mary🙏🏼. I have dedicated this song to my 4 older brothers😢💝
Wonderful!!!!
I’ havve been a fan tor maybe. Three decades. I Forster eastward here at a small club in Northern Virginia.. At that time, I had a new love, and I wentsee Shawn Colvin. I recall it was SuperBowll night, but I couldn’t have cared less.
I was transfixed by MCC. I’ve Ben in love with her for decades. Some of the finest moment of my life were seeing her at Wol Trap.
very good song
It touches me deeply and reminds me of my wonderful sister Helen Whaley! She was and is the best sister I could have ever hoped for!
This is a beautiful masterpiece that optimizes the love of sisters… blessed be..peace
One of my favorites. However, makes me teary every time. Makes me appreciate having my sister's near.
For 1skinnyguy, you may never have had a sibling to love or fight with but you have a heart big enough to feel and life will be yours to grasp and enjoy....make it good for yourself, for the Great Spirit is kind and speaks softly to everyone.
Wow Mary YOU Still Got it Girl ... Always Have Nobody But You You're In a Class All By Yourself Girl. Funny Looking Back She Always Had The Songs So Powerful Real Pulling My Heart Strings Helping Me Along With Her Wisdom Truth And One Of a Kind Dealing With Reality Of Life's Tough Issues Like Loss Of Mom Son Almost Getting Killed In Iraq & Then Girl I Was With For 7 Years Was Gonna Merry Calls & Dumps Me Out Of Nowhere 3 Days Latter Moves In With Guy Accross The Street Then Came Back Home Ended Up Alone & All My Work Accounts 30 Years About Blood Sweat Tears All Gone And Alone. Broke After Paying Off Finnal Expenses Mom & Sis Old Left Over Expenses Thank You Mary & GOD & For The Upload Posting Her. BLESS Y'all Prayers Peace Grace Angles Too 💚❤
Tears running down my face. She is exquisite - always, but this may be my favorite performance of hers of all time. The pianist is just stunning, too. Saw her last year sing with the New York Philharmonic - spectacular then, too.
She is just sensational.
It was an incredible night with the NYPhilharmonic. One I won't forget. Hearing her wonderful songs with maybe the greatest orchestra in the world for accompaniment was extraordinary. No experience compares to that of a huge, live, brilliant orchestra. The notes literally wash over you. It's like swimming in the ocean - you emerge fully recharged and refreshed. I didn't want it to end.
Great song, great singer!
Just found this. Thank you so much, Chris for yet another beautiful picture and song of/from our MCC. I've been listening to this song and CD From the very very beginning of my MCC years. This song makes me cry. I never knew it was about her sister ......... I love you so much, my MCC
For Patricia Ann. I love you Sis.
im a songwriter. the essence is going back into the memory retrieving it and peeking into lens and transcribing the worth and the sense of it where you are at the moment you are "there".
To the sisters and bonds in this world that never will break. Love you Sistress
I have watched all the family I grew up with pass on. That is parents, step parents, brothers and a sister all gone. This was all by 45 years old. I listen to this and I'm once again playing in the Oklahoma sunshine. I almost let these losses ruin me, but music like this pulls me through. Thank you Mary and whomever posted this.
Gorgeous.
Love you.
One of my favorites from nearly 20 years ago. Now I have a Sr. in HS, her her little sister, a Sophomore. Will be going up to visit UW in Seattle soon, and want to take them to your concert, hoping you'll sing this song for them. It is going to be a long drive next year, from FL to WA... Lots of crying.
Michael Adams - wow, don't how your daughter wound up at the UW. Hope she is still there and is enjoying it. It's a fantastic school and an incredible campus. Can be a bit intimidating, however. I graduated many years ago and still live in Seattle. And now I have a college age daughter a couple thousand miles away in St. Louis. Thank god for face time. I find MCC hauntingly beautiful. Used to listen to hear on long drives. Keeps your mind occupied with all the memories that come flooding in with her songs.
...beautiful.
love you mary from a fellow songwriter
Talent on loan from GOD ❤️
This has to touch everybody. Classic mary Chapin. Can't say enough. Someone pass it on to her web site i just got this tablet haven't figured out how to do that yet
amazing performance...by MCC and pianist as well..you can tell they've been playing together for a long time, the way they flow together so effortlessly. Thanks for uploading!
Jon Carroll - original member of the Starland Vocal Band.
This song relates to my brother as he went away to college
My brother going into the Navy
Yes, till just one minute ago, I always thought it was a bout a girl and her older brother. Seems more poignant, and even plausible that way.
Enormously considerate in her performances, Ms. Carpenter sweeps us away with all her gentility, only to flatten us with the power of her thoughts, wrapped up in chords, in the next bar ! Wow !
This song describes my older sister and my lives! It's exactly how it happened! 😢
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Me and My Beloved Big Brother...NAILED IT RIGHT HERE !
In my humble opinion, the best female singer/songwriter around. I love her more than Gladys Knight.