Mary Chapin Carpenter: “Grand Central Station” + “Goodnight America” from Between Here And Gone; Martina McBride: “Good Bye” from Emotion

Martina McBride sings
“I remember where I was when the word came about you/
It was a day much like today, the sky was bright and wide and blue….
Today my heart is big and sore, it’s trying to push right through my skin/
Won’t see you anymore...I guess that’s finally sinking in.”

Mary Chapin Carpenter's "Goodnight America" felt especially poignant to me during the Bush years; I wondered if my America was ever coming back. Sadly, I'm still wondering.

Judy Epstein