Mary Chapin Carpenter - Halley Came to Jackson download song

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To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky, just as bright as a torch
to dream a little dream of a comet s charms
The neighbors had a party on their porch, as its tail stretched out like a stardust streak, it came from the east just as bright as a torch
they wondered where it s going and where it s been

Late one night when the wind was still, she saw it in the sky from her daddy s porch
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound, when halley came to jackson in 1910
the neighbors had a party on their porch
To dream a little dream of a comet s charms, when halley came to jackson in 1910

Just as bright as a torch, and it s not every night a comet comes around Mary, daddy rocked the baby
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound, the one and only time daddy saw it fly, to dream a little dream of a comet s charms
And it s not every night a comet comes around, mother said amen
As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak, late one night when the wind was still

To dream a little dream of a comet s charms, the neighbors had a party on their porch
The papers wrote about it every day for a week, she saw it in the sky from her daddy s porch, the papers wrote about it every day for a week
when halley came to jackson in nineteen ten
When halley came to visit in nineteen ten, mother said amen Jackson, so i bet your mother would ve said amen too

When halley came to jackson in 1910, to see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
it was almost eighty years since its last time through
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound, when halley came to visit in nineteen ten
daddy brought the baby to the window sill

and he made a little wish as she slept so sound
the neighbors had a party on their porch
It came from the east, mother said amen, now daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
The one and only time daddy saw it fly, the papers wrote about it every day for a week

Now daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms, it came from the east to, and it s not every night a comet comes around
In nineteen eighty-six that wish came round, the one and only time daddy saw it fly to, the neighbors had a party on their porch
To dream a little dream of a comet s charms, and he made a little wish as she slept so sound
she saw it in the sky from her daddy s porch

Just as bright as a torch, late one night when the wind was still, the papers wrote about it every day for a week
mother said amen
They wondered where it s going and where it s been, they wondered where it s going and where it s been, to see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
They wondered where it s going and where it s been, so i bet your mother would ve said amen too, so i bet your mother would ve said amen too

To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky, when halley came to jackson in 1910 Jackson, just as bright as a torch
They wondered where it s going and where it s been, late one night when the wind was still