On and On it Goes

You can say that you'll never matter

Lose or win

The world won't care

and it's hard to bear

Such a lonely wind

But you can change a stranger's life

By letting yours begin

And on and on it goes

Chance is everywhere

Like the train you took

The rain that fell on the summer air

On and on it flies, like the time we've lost

It's either running out

Or covering all our dreams in dust...

Every night the TV shows

One more bad day's news

A world away from what I know

And what I do

But I could save a stranger's life

If I had a clue

And on and on it goes

Attention must be paid

Before it seems we're one soul short

And a second late...

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words & lyrics by Mary Chapin-Carpenter