Mary Chapin Carpenter Sometimes Just The Sky Official Lyric Video

Official lyric video for Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Heroes And Heroines," from the new album "Sometimes Just The Sky" out now and available at bit.ly/SJTS_Store.
Sometimes Just The Sky 2018 Fall US Tour Dates
Tickets available at www.marychapin...
Oct 11 - Capitol Theatre - Clearwater, FL
Oct 12 - Amaturo Theater - Fort Lauderdale, FL
Oct 13 - Florida Theatre - Jacksonville, FL
Oct 14 - Plaza Live - Orlando, FL
Oct 16 - Lyric Theatre - Birmingham, AL
Oct 17 - The Heights Theatre - Houston, TX
Oct 18 - Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center - Midland, TX
Oct 19 - Majestic Theatre - Dallas, TX
Oct 20 - Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX
Oct 23 - The Lantern Tour @ City Winery - Nashville, TN
Oct 25 - FMU Performing Arts Center - Florence, SC
Oct 26 - Miller Theater - Augusta, GA
Oct 27 - The National - Richmond, VA
Oct 28 - Paramount Theatre - Charlottesville, VA
Oct 29 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA
Oct 30 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA
Nov 1 - The Keswick Theatre - Glenside, PA
Nov 2 - McCarter Theater - Princeton, NJ
Nov 3 - Somerville Theatre - Somerville, MA
Nov 7 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium - Providence, RI
Nov 8 - Infinity Hall - Norfolk, CT
Nov 9 -The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall - New York, NY
Nov 10 - The Appel Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall - New York, NY

[@stevegrooms1142]

I've been looking for answers to two questions, and now have answered one. I wasn't sure who had written "Sometimes Just the Sky," but confirmed my guess it was Mary-Chapin Carpenter herself. I've also wondered about the lovely photography showing up on her site, pictures that show the beauty of her home and immediate surroundings. I'm pretty sure the answer is the same: Mary herself probably took those photos. For all of it, Mary thank you.

[@Ma_Ba]

Enjoy her photography on instagram and to some degree on twitter also.

[@ludwigdietsch]

Mary Chapin's voice is like a good wine - the older, the better...

[@ludwigdietsch9131]

Mary Chapin, you are such a poet of the kind, that I love so much...😃🥰

[@FlyingRagilein]

That's my last video for today. It wont't get any better.

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Have you ever considered a book of your photographs captioned with some lyrics from your favorite songs? It’d be a winner!

[@tarekahmad2978]

Mary, your music is just so soulful, truly touches the soul, simply beautiful

[@Ma_Ba]

I am new to MCC. Someone shared a concert from home #BeMighty covid19 and I got into her you tube where I heard an interview about this song. She was inspired by an interview of Patti Smith who said that we can all be inspired by " sometimes just the sky." Lo and behold MCC was so inspired. I have always listened to Patti Smith and Joan Baez ; thanks to deep dive on you tube I see MCC connected to both of her sister artists . I am appreciating her even though I missed all these years. I am her age, but was not on the scene to catch her before. Newly grateful!

[@carolwallace6242]

Older fan...MCC takes up the torch from Joan Baez...yes, she is that good. Actually, a genius of a lyricist and plays guitar better than most. Then, she has "That Voice"...Grown over the years into the only outstanding Artist in Music...

[@Ma_Ba]

@@carolwallace6242 Since I posted that comment, Mary Chapin Carpenter had finale of pandemic Songs From Home AND sang to Joan Baez as Baez was honoree of Kennedy Center 2021. Interested in her future writings and her extensive catalog!

[@chrishood2793]

This is what country music should be.

[@zoespencersound]

And is ♡

[@raek8940]

Why does beautiful music make you cry?😢

[@samuelcantley5500]

If you lived it and experienced it you can write about it and you can sing it

[@davidparnell1893]

And I long for such perfection...God's confection...were you a concept never meant to be...a tease for lost souls like me...I reached for you in so many dreams...an enchantment beyond my means...and now I grow old...and still your angel voice consoles...

[@sharonvyse3686]

Listening to each song on this album tonight brings me to one sure thing that you have hit home these past 14 months...we are all connected to one another even though we may not truly know one another..perhaps just being under one beautiful sky. Life is a gift...have known that years back at a young age of understanding massive stroke recovery and what it takes to learn to speak and walk again. Your lyrics and music some 30 + years have been there for so many of us. I hope we have quietly been in your corner all these years. Thank you MCC, for being You! 💪🇨🇦

[@carolwallace6242]

Amazingly you captured all those crazy feelings in one beautiful drop dead gorgeous song...the Sky too xo

[@ursulamulder110]

@Sharon Vyse Hi! And a big thank you for making me revisit this after reading your new comment in the thread of SFH Episode 62. The combination of lyrics, music, voice and most evocative video remains an absolute masterpiece, on SO MANY levels! Greetings from Cape Town. Stay safe. 😷

[@sharonvyse3686]

@@ursulamulder110 sure hope that you are finding comfort and solace in these amazing songs written and sung by such a gifted artist, 'our' Mary Chapin Carpenter . It has been an exhausting 2 yrs of covid and now we learn of a very difficult strain hitting your continent. Do stay safe Ursula as this year comes to a close! 🇨🇦 🍁

[@ursulamulder110]

@Sharon Vyse Hi there, Sharon. Thank you so much for your concern and for writing. I fear the mutations have already happened and/or spread further afield, too...😢 Having recognised and reported on it early, our scientists took quite the right step, but it caused a knee-jerk reaction of note internationally. Sad sad times, indeed, as many plans for long overdue family visits have to be cancelled. But it is First Advent Sunday, and that provides a bit of distraction! MCC's music, the DVD release, the news that the day book will enjoy a second print run - all that keeps inspiring me. I hope that MCC's shoulder is mending well. 🙏 Be blessed, and 'Stay Mighty'!! 😷😷😷 💪💪💪

[@sharonvyse3686]

@@ursulamulder110 yes, today I will light the first 🕯 of the 4 as well while many friends will light their first candle on the 🕎 . We are all so very connected as MCC professes. Quite the community she has joined us all to. Amazing what sharing some reflections can spark when the 🌎 is facing global hardship. Good to hear science has been ready for many variants since the spring/summer, but sad to see the knee-jerk reactions 'round the world when another variantis mentioned. Mass communications paints the worst picture to promote fear and worry. "No Fear" is a song I call up often along with her "Edge of The World" and play percussions along side with some African instruments I still keep in the house. We are blessed to have MCC'S reflections out in print soon with such eye-catching photos and a 34+ year career documented in pictoral format for sure!! Wonderful to check in on you and yes, photos from Instagram showed most of MCC's family home for their 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving fortunately and finally this year. Preparing some of the meal must have been good rehab for her injury and the soul. She just needed 2 hands to feature a bottle of their local VA winery's for their meal. 😉. Nice to see she was in the frame this year, as she is most always behind the camera. Looks like her little sis, Sophie may have been taking the shots this year. Wonderful to see how the kids are growing, and such beautiful smiles on them all. They are just good folk!! Here's to having faith in ourselves and others so that hope continues to foster in us all Ursula, as we bring 2021 to a close and look to another year filled with " the great unknown" yet to be written for us all. Take good care and enjoy the rest of your Sunday, November 28th. Stay mighty, and strong in heart, mind and soul wise woman that you are! From the azure of a still dark blue and snowy distance, nearly halfway round this shared globe, do take good care. Happy First Advent Sunday Ursula!! 😊 🗺 👌 🇨🇦 🍁

[@billzimmer6700]

BEST SONG WIRTER EVER THANX

[@monds5276]

Many years ago my late wife Carol and I heard you singing Passionate Kisses on Radio Clyde. I was painting the back bedroom while she drove our 3 kids on a day out to Troon. First thing she said when she came home was " I heard this great singer singing Passionate Kisses ". Remember also your first visit to Glasgow standing at the side before an encore saying to yourself "Please please please". Thanks for the wonderful memories and the insight into a life well lived .

[@zoespencersound]

Thank you ... I am about to hear for the first time ♡

[@paulchannel5275]

Scots Wa Hae

[@Ma_Ba]

3/18/2020 to 3/21/2021 "Songs from Home" acoustic solo episodes by Mary Chapin Carpenter closing song choice was this same piece, "Sometimes Just the Sky." This is visually stunning and familiar from many photographs she has shared with people for the duration. It wasn't because of the bowed string orchestration, but "...filled up eyes..." indeed.

[@ursulamulder110]

@ Ma Ba And it is still the same response in me... What an absolute blessing those SFH were and ARE! THANK you, MCC! Forever indebted and Grateful. 💜🇿🇦

[@davidturner4086]

This song is so amazing. It's helped me through the pandemic as well as others, but this is just damn flawless.

[@birgitkeber9217]

Beautiful Voice, beautiful Woman💚🙏🌻

[@scottschell6175]

Your words are just as beautiful as the pictures.

[@Ma_Ba]

0:27 Mary Chapin Carpenter gives us a framed visual echo or nod in her 2020 #BeMighty concerts from home when she dresses the table with flowers and shares this room and view again. So generous to let us in. I think she enjoys a visual aesthetic. (It is maybe by the June 2020 songs from home.)

[@ursulamulder110]

@Ma Ba Hello hello! I think a similar flower pic announced Episode 21, late May 2020, song: 'No Fear'. With the glorious sunset outside the porch... 💞

[@Ma_Ba]

@@ursulamulder110 Ulla! Thank you for lighting the way back to this gorgeous lyric video! I followed notification of your comment here, so I watched before reading the comments. I was having the same thoughts, but didn't remember I had commented here, but thought you had. Deja vu (all over again!). My heart swells, my eyes fill by 3 minutes in. Good medicine. Good kind of satisfying sadness. Helpful to revisit and turn things over in admiration. A letting go process. Ulla, there's an audio archive (that may have a video too) with a handful of interviews and some songs on the site of retired NPR host interviewer The Diane Rehm Show. (She knew Chapin's parent(s).) I may delete the following in a week: Wednesday, I heard echoes of "concerts are coming back" from 2 other performers that made me balk with anxiety on the one hand, but curiosity overtook me. I checked Tangle wood, which seemed rescheduled from 2020 and then suspended until more definitive information on protocols 2021. Then I checked Wolf Trap. Not the same approach. There were still cancelled concerts in June. But then July started showing concerts from 2020 rescheduled to these 2021 calendars. Mary Chapin Carpenter was Aug 28, 2021 rescheduled from another day of Aug 2020. The tickets tab was blotto yesterday, but said starting at $30, but today tab was less visible and the words were gone. The concert ticketholders of 2020 will use their tickets. Hopefully, MCC will be fully vaccinated by then, but I do not know if that is ample time for the audience to be fully immunized. (Wildly trying to find an appmt myself and in a pipe dream, I checked getting there by $36, but covid on a 5 hr bus, argh.)

[@uthinkaboutthat]

When I sing it, I tend to say “wear my heart upon my sleeve” (like the lyric scrolling above) but I hear Mary Chapin singing, “wear my heart out on my sleeve just like a battle scar.”

[@deborahmager-strah2080]

Amazing song......it brings out so much emotion. guh.... thank you Mary.

[@carolwallace6242]

No one musician singer ever like her .. No one even comes close as a lyricist xo

[@asignmaker]

Echos from my life, we all love our personal freedoms and then comes a long a singer that sings, freedom doesn't always mean alone with words that echo through timely waves of love. Thank You ( I love Songs from home dearly) stay Safe!!!!

[@elizabethburn2162]

This song to me is a summation of MCC’s career. It would have been a wonder to have a video showing this specific style of recording and to see this special musician showing that side of her creative performances. What a gift she is to the world and I am just thankful for having the grace to be one who has followed her.

[@Ponygirl1979]

Im a musician you are correct

[@lindawellner5415]

I feel your feelings and want to meet other than distant concert tickets and heart felt ..need touch

[@reginalee4461]

Her voice is flawless!!

[@carolwallace6242]

Arrrggh beautiful and sad all at once...perfection

[@davidparnell1893]

Such expression of the love of life...the beauty of this world so calmly articulated with lyrics that cast another "Mary Chapin Carpenter spell" of deep introspection and wonder of this life and this world...and every song a gift of her wisdom and her soul...the grace and kindness of an angel !! The thoughtful lure of a selkie...or a siren with an afterthought, "Was it a song or a dream ?!"

[@paultroyer3693]

Woow .. So Beautiful ... Music Voice & Lady ...Been Huge Fan For So Long Can't Remember .. Guess Since The 80's .. Always Gets Inside My Heart Soul Bringing Emotional Stirring ... As Only You Can .. Thank YOU For That .. And For Being.. " YOU ". ..GOD BLESS YOU YOURS 😃

[@susanwood3413]

Morning, noon, night, any day, any weather, any season. Thank you for reminding us we always have sky.

[@karenrouth2056]

Stunningly beautiful... everything... thank you Mary xx

[@aldocomelli]

This video and this music is a therapy for the soul! Very beautifull. Thanks so much...

[@HenryVandenburgh]

Nice- I've loved her since You Ain't Goin Nowhere.

[@mbwalsh2106]

This song is amazing. I hope she made a fortune

[@wjcorrinne4052]

Just love her singing these soft thought provoking soothing lyrics and melodies. I could listen to her for hours. Her concert in Wis. last July , too short. I liked to hear her sing all these soft beautiful song in a concert in a small intricate venue. Just Mary and the audience and peace.

[@dtucker4463]

God Almighty ... and I aint even religious

[@billzimmer6700]

how beautiful & perfect

[@ramseydaugherty6642]

I remember listening to Mary in the early 90's as a very young man, I'm so glad I found this forgotten gem. Great lyrics, great instruments, Great song Mary!

[@happypeople8358]

Same with me! I somehow was brought to viewing these videos and was so thrilled that I did. During these hard times, this added a tear of happiness again. Such beautiful music and touching. I just love it.

[@j.franklin4999]

Same here. I liked her music then and thought that she was great. And she looked like she had a lot of fun doing it as well. Life got in the way and I have just recently re-discovered her. She is one of the best Singer/Song Writers out there. Period.

[@cathyradmanich9859]

Awesome video! Thank you for sharing your artistry in music and photos/videos from your farm and travels. Nobody better than Miss Chapin. ♡

[@nancysmith5818]

Mary, I love your music.....

[@sandrayannone8474]

You are amazing, and I thank you for your voice that has been part of my soundtrack for years since I first saw you play at the Newport Folk Festival in the late 80s. With gratitude.

[@rebeccavaughan3615]

Beautiful song

[@carolwallace6242]

I love the way you look at life, and write those words, those amazing lyrics, the way you look and sing...

[@Sherbear60]

I love this song so much! It says what's in my heart!

[@lgmayes2932]

Beautiful video from a beautiful songwriter and beautiful singer...please come back to Knoxville TN..

[@MarqueeMarkVI]

Fascinating…but melancholy. Wish I could see / listen to a live performance.

[@slyeung6562]

Thanks so much for your beautiful music ! You are amazing.

[@asignmaker]

Beautiful rarely this Rocker likes the easy to listen to music. The lines in this are like lines from my diary I haven't bought yet. Love it!!!!❤️

[@karlagreen6310]

Hey guys! I fell in love with Mary as a person during COVID. I tried to give you all a ❤️ then, as my support. I hope you, as well as Mary,Are doing well. ..Much love you are all well. ..We went it ...TOGETHER. Thank you, and I ❤️ you. Thank you Mary.

[@TheMisterGuy]

Loved her music for so long...

[@islataylor9804]

This song is angelic

[@laurencedauplay8166]

Such an accomplished artist, beautiful a song!

[@MrNoYrrac]

I'm going to add a new space and fill it as best as I can... Want to thank you Mary.... yesterday I had a sort of healing process ... A journey through my inner life and you were with me while driving... Wish you all the best ....be well dear Lady...🙏❤️✨🍀

[@ItsMe-ik8vj]

Hi Mary, 47 secs in, I think noticed Pulteney Bridge in Bath. Loved the concert you did for us there - thanks for the great songs.

[@MadDawg60]

Have been a fan for longer than I can remember. Thanks for this. I feel it and know that it IS Sometimes Just The Sky!

[@cathyparker8565]

Thank you.. love your music

[@gp1971]

I just subbed up Mary! I want my heart! Lol! Been listening to u sense the beginning. God bless u sister. For real.

[@LindyLooo99]

This is awesome! All the photos from your Instagram account! Good job! Love hearing this!

[@timmurphy5321]

Beautiful voice!

[@reliablebow]

Sometimes..... A gorgeous song

[@lindawellner5415]

Heart wide open, naked to the eye

[@robertholmes8835]

Question? Is Mary related to Karen Carpenter or Harry Chapin? Just curious, she is such the song writer and her voice is so pure. Reminds me of both. Maybe just coincidence!

[@secretlifeist]

Mary this is beautiful thank you God bless you ❤️❤️❤️

[@scottschell6175]

The world has distracted me... it is so nice to find your music again!

[@Ok-Mardy]

Deep and striking!

[@davidvoorheis5050]

I can feel my soul again at peice

[@hannesheller3162]

I love this....👍🍀♥️

[@deborahtubb8712]

Beautiful song because the sky is a never-ending pictures that continue to change forever!

[@unconversantcallowincandes1540]

I'm just now catching up, What a beautiful song, it melts me and makes me burn for more rain. Thank you so much ps: I am so sorry for white kitty loss, my deepest condolences, but she loved the way you loved her and believe you got a chance in 2022, otherwise wait till 2026. Dirt and Stars is captivating collection

[@xilianzhang5568]

Greetings Mary, from Dalian, China

[@jacquelinefostar5619]

Beautiful

[@melodyintime]

Thank you..

[@sergiorighetto4250]

love...

[@misfitoutcast1769]

It says in the description that the name of the song is heroes and heroines. It's clearly sometimes just the sky. I may be reading it wrong, but I don't think I am. The title is correct, just not the description. If I am wrong, I'm sure someone or 20 if you will let me know. Be kind about it.

[@ursulamulder110]

@ Misfit Outcast Thanks for raising that... It is DEFINITELY 'Sometimes Just the Sky'...but I don't know - off the top of my head - on which album the song was first featured? 'Heroes and Heroines' was - as far as I know - an early song by MCC? Really not sure, and have not delved into the issue sufficiently. But 'well spotted' to you! Greetings from Cape Town, RSA. 💜🇿🇦

[@guybeme]

beautiful

[@carolwallace6242]

Your Photography is breathtaking...

[@carolwallace6242]

Meaning MCC photography is breathtaking 👍🏻❤

[@johnbutcher1710]

just brilliant looking for the skys over new forest folk festival later ...

[@samuelcantley5500]

When you write a song does it have to be a true life song that happened to you or can it be a story writing song that could happen or has happened to someone which is the right way right now song

[@putdur6627]

Lagu nostalgia

[@bernicewalsh3432]

Amazing song. Absolutely love it. ❤

[@TellTruthWV]

🙏🏻❤️

[@carolwallace6242]

The best of all...

[@anniescolourfullife]

Beautiful 😍 👍

[@jozseflaszlo6222]

Peace freedom songs

[@middleearth8809]

This song sounds straight out of a Waterboys album. The intro, the arrangement, is pure Waterboys.

[@marshamacmartin4769]

Does anyone know the guitar tuning? Tx in advance

[@valleyechos2350]

💞🎐🌀🌾

[@johnellington1932]

Today Jesus can help. Not next week. Hello world.