[Verse 1: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
Is it a trick of the light or some sleight of hand?
Yesterday is in the rear view—you don't understand
How fast it all goes—need to catch your breath
Time is just a bandit tryin' to steal what's left

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
I'll keep if for you—can you keep it for me?
Carryin' each other, we can carry

[Verse 2: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
Got my reasons for bein' all around this place
Books, dogs, and coffee, and a day full of rain
And when the clouds clear out, got a night full of stars
Learning what to keep and what to let go of

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, & Karine Polwart]
I'll teach it to you, you can teach it to me
Carryin' each other, we can carry

[Verse 3: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter]
Acorns in the fall, old camp blankets
Wood smoke in my clothing, maples that I planted
Irises in summer and a heart that catches
The screen door that's always missing its latchеs
[Verse 4: Mary Chapin Carpenter]
All the flights of the starlings that appear in thе evening
In the din of congregation, I'll take more that I'm leaving
But not the bitter or broken, not the scars or the shame
I'll leave the windows wide open, you can do the same

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, & Karine Polwart]
I'm bringing it to you, you can bring it to me
Carryin' each other, we can carry

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart, Mary Chapin Carpenter]
The noise that filled the kitchen on some New Year's Eve
Forgotten resolutions that I never believed in
The silence in the hall at the end of the day
That says we're alone but doesn't feel that way

[Verse 6: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, & Karine Polwart]
I want to carry a life that doesn't do what it's told
All the places and the songs and the stories we hold
And wishes thrown like brides throw their roses
Dreams I kept for no good reason and a heart that never closes

[Refrain: Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, & Karine Polwart]
I'll carry it for you, you can carry it for me
Carryin' each other, we can carry
I'll carry it for you—can you carry it for me?
Carryin' each other, we can carry
I'll carry it for you, you can carry it for me
Carryin' each other, we can carry
[Instrumental Outro]