sudden gift of fate

Singer:mary chapin carpenter

some people need to know what to expect

need to keep control

need to keep one step

ahead of every chance

as if chance decides

who it's gonna pass

who it will reward

they don't understand

chances don't keep score

they just find us when we're there to find

and so this has to be

a sudden gift of fate

you're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate

it's not as if it comes down to your turn that someone somewhere feels you've earned

you just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate

some people have never been the lonely kind

never called a friend in the middle of the night

just to hear a voice say it's okay

and now i hear you speak each and every word

that i didn't think lonely people heard

you took a long night and turned it into day

and so this has to be

a sudden gift of fate

you're nothing less to me than a sudden gift of fate

its not as if it comes down to your turn that someone somewhere feels you've earned

you just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate

you can celebrate

gifts are never late

you just learn to wait for sudden gifts of fate