[ti:Christmas Time In The City] [ar:Mary Chapin Carpenter] [al:Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Christmas Time In The City - Mary Chapin Carpenter [00:14.48]Well I walked to town in the pouring rain [00:17.79]Paid my fare and I rode that train [00:21.06]To the station under the avenue [00:24.42]Hit the air at the stroke of noon [00:28.00]At the cross streets where I staked my claim [00:31.34]I played in tune with the winter rain [00:35.00]Collecting dimes and dollar bills [00:38.14]While the noisy traffic played the fills [00:41.74]And its Christmas time in the city [00:45.54]When the air is filled with cheer [00:48.77]And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year [00:59.04]Well the vendors huddled and the taxis honked [01:02.41]As I played for change beneath the neon clock [01:05.73]Was dressed up looking like a Christmas tree [01:09.28]Blinking down on that busy street [01:12.78]When the crowd thinned out and the rain had quit [01:15.97]And my fingers felt cold and stiff [01:19.59]I took their money and I closed my case [01:23.00]And I headed back towards home again [01:26.57]And its Christmas time in the city [01:29.52]When the air is filled with cheer [01:33.24]And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year [02:01.14]As I walked back to the subway stairs [02:03.86]I had twenty eight dollars in change for fare [02:07.40]There was an old bag lady with an outstretched hand [02:10.91]And a small Salvation Army band [02:14.30]Playing Angels We Have Heard on High [02:17.84]The First Noel and O Holy Night [02:21.36]I folded up one dollar bill [02:24.54]And I tucked it down into the till [02:27.98]And its Christmas time in the city [02:31.27]When the air is filled with cheer [02:34.76]And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year [02:41.48]And its Christmas time in the city [02:45.12]When the air is filled with cheer [02:48.52]And the storefronts look this pretty only once a year [03:09.34]And its Christmas time in the city