Carpenter, Mary Chapin - I Take My Chances Lyrics

Words to live by. MCC is one of the finest lyricists today. Wow!

the greatest wordsmith & vocalist of our time. thank you mary

ME, I'm here by accident, Love these songs!!!

Who is hear in 2019?

got rid of some family which are selfish and unreliable

This is the theme song of my life.

Absolutely!

Plural.

My favorite song of all time. Used to sing it in the bars during my drinking days. It takes on new meaning now that I don't live that life anymore.

Walker.

Bye bye nigga lover kevin bishop

Fat marry or mary burk ewww

Meredith take your chance and play with that gypsie soul.

Forgiveness doesn't come with a debt.

Marychapen. Carpenter. wat. a. great. n. good. looking. woman
this. girl. knows. how. too. sing. a. song

I take my chances and take a leap of faith and pray i land on my feet,,,,

Such a great talent!

Mary chapenn. Carpenter. 1. gorgeous. female. singer. n. hell. of. a. singer

Mary chapen. Carpenter. the. best. female. country. singer. of. all. time

I am not a country western fan but i do like MCC

Cut the deck in half I'll play from either side

She is fantastic 10

nothing ventured.....nothing gained

POSINEGI <3

Mary chapin, I miss hearing your music.

She is biger than star

This is my go to "Go for it anyway song"

I'll Take My Chances


I took a walk in the rain one day
On the wrong side of the tracks
I stood on the rail 'til I saw that train
Just to see how my heart would react
Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate
And for them I can not disagree
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe
I say fate should not tempt me
I take my chances
I don't mind working without a net
I take my chances
I take my chances ev'ry chance I get
I sat alone in the dark one night
Tuning in by remote
I found a preacher who spoke of the light
But there was brimstone in his throat
He'd show me the way according to him
In return for my personal check
I flipped my channel back to CNN
And I lit another cigarette
I take my chances
Yes, forgiveness doesn't come with a debt
I take my chances
I take my chances ev'ry chance I get
I've crossed lines of words and wire
And both have cut me deep
I've been frozen out and I've been on fire
And the tears are mine to weep
But I can cry until I laugh
Or laugh until I cry
So cut the deck right in half
I'll play from either side
I take my chances
I pay my dollar and I place my bet
I take my chances
I take my chances ev'ry chance I get
I take my chances
Yeah, I don't cling to remorse or regret
I take my chances
I take my chances ev'ry chance I get
I take my chances
I take my chances
Songwriters: Don Schlitz

I admire you.haha

a chance begins as one walks out their front door,.

Love her music

I don't cling to remorse or regret. Yasss Mary them faith words yasssss!

I still love you Mary

nice bet

such natural beauty!

One of the many great songs off of the Come On, Come On album. Looking back, it's simply amazing that this album, released in the summer of 1992, was still spinning off hit singles in the summer of 1994! This was actually the seventh and final single, I believe. That an artist like MCC could have such success with one album is one of the reasons I love and miss 90's country.

BORING #BORING

Personal anthem- twenty years running while everyone asks me: "What the **** are you doing with your life this time?"

Plus------> I saw her in concert with Martina McBride :) :)

Yup...giggles. 😄😄😄

Yessss, I'll take mine as well🤫

deep 'country' music doesnt happen nowadays

or deep pop music

Christy Spencer yeah old yucky I'd be rich trash happen

Good music right there.

great singer and songwriter! Puts it right to the heart.

Some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate,
And for them I cannot disagree.
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe,
I say fate should not tempt me.

great voice, great song

I missed her at the Ark in Ann Arbor a couple of months ago. That'll never happen again.

Beautiful****+*

Fantastic lady with a voice of gold. She is such a natural!!!

So excited to be seeing her tonight in Hartford!!! Woo-hoo!!

My wake up song in college

me rappelle Georges Long, RTL vendredi soir ,les années 90

This really is a hell of a song! The lyrics are striking, simple, and wise, and there's a few rippin' solos thrown in to round it out. Thanks, Ms Mary! A great song for the age of the internet

I don't mind working without a net! Well no shit!!! I take my chances wetther I like it or not!

I listen to Mary's music when I need to make sense out of this crazy life. Music and the lyric is our best therapy,,,, just sayin.

Kelly, Takes her chances !!!

Mary Chapin Carpenter! Oh my Lord this chick can sing

and she's sexy hot too!!!

A great talent. Hope shes not done yet with song writing. Her songs are full of great sense.

this good woman knows how evil the bush family is.hellifre is not christianity.

Obamas are much worse.

There's always one who just HAS to introduce a political note to a song which the rest of us are enjoying! Get back under your bridge....

Saw her last night in Riverside. Fantastic! I Take My Chances rocked!

and I at the Festy in the Shenandoah Mts just this past weekend. Then she sang with the Infamous Stringdusters. She's such a joy. Terrific performer who so loves being on stage singing for us.

v xbhjisgi izibh la

I occasionally have some MCC moments in my busy life. Today is one of those.

This song should have been the #1 Hit of the Decade! WOW!

@A Lien I just made up that screen name. I should change mine to nemesisidiot, which would sound funnier. I'm no genius.

@nemesisgenius
Ok editing here. The text beginning @----- I Am... was written 1st...(sorta/kinda--[ MyNAMEisIdiot!])
I keep misreading your screenname thinking it says -- Name is Genius -- instead of Nemisis Genius really bad eyesight.

& then I got curious..so

(going with what sounds funnier 'cannot be Not recommended' [ ( ed.) try substituting the phrase "is to be encouraged"...] if you follow that. ( and I'm not sure that I do... its clear as MUD lol??)) I'm my own Grammarly...

but I'm curious..

As a lover of knowledge and trivia nut ….you say you have proof it (MCC's song "I Take my Chances") would have been #1
what is your proof it would have SHOULD have been #1?

I Am a genius (certifiable) but didn't join in HS when Mensa allowed PSAT scores as "proof of GeniusHood"
I greatly suspect that M. discovered the error of their ways ("What !???!" ,said the president of M, "you say A Lien is eligible for membership.... we gotta think quick.... I know, lets rescind the decision to allow PSAT scores as entry exams.......A ....it is a society of Geniuses after all

@nemesisgenius which def of nemesis are you thinking of I just looked it up curiosity....
and I was thinking of Def 4. one's rival...
I'd forgotten (?) that Nemesis is a goddess of old (that is definition 1 in my collegiate dictionary....) You Obviously are not the Goddess of Old of course since that would mean that You ARE old.... you are a Young person (even if only 'young at heart'>>)

also, I've heard from sources, which I deem credible, that geniuses are MORE likely to declare that they Are NOT geniuses than regularly IQ'ed or less than normally IQ individuals or as they say In DUH viduals…. ;oP

look out nemesisgenius… you Could be a genius :o)
having said all that
Kindness trumps brains in my philosophy A L

@nemesisgenius
A Lien aka "15"

@A Lien What would sound better if I changed my screen name to nemesisgenesis. That's what I actually meant to do, but made a typo, so I will stick with nemesisgenius.

I did not take the chance to see Mary in Ireland last year :-(

this song remind me old times
and George Along RTL

saw her this past April inNyC.......beacon theatre......awesome!!!!

You want ' Ballsy' ? it don't get better than this !

She's got bigger ones than most of the guys I work with. Love her. The real deal!!!!

Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks)is pretty ballsy

YOU BET~

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nice song love it  go lady sing .

The ultimate psych your self up song.

Her songs resonate with me. She writes so eloquently. She is hands down my fave she truly is a woman with a voice.

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I take my chances

I'm in love

i like it

Chapin rocks!!!!!! :) <3

Fantastic.

Sweet Mary