Oh Rosetta Songtext
von Mary Chapin Carpenter

I′m telling you these things that I tell no one else
When I'm all alone, when I′m by myself
Now, I believe you hear me, though I have no proof
It's what I feel inside that's telling me the truth

If I listen and I cannot hear the music
If I try to swim the ocean and cannot reach the shore
If the world is offered love but doesn′t use it
Oh, Rosetta, what′s it for?

May I call you sister when we talk this way?
You make me feel as if there's nothing I can′t say
I know I'm not the first one you′ve brought comfort to
And I'm not the last that will look to you


If I wander and I cannot find the reason
If I keep my heart wide open and cannot feel the sun
And I′m not sure anymore what I believe in
Oh, Rosetta, am I the only one?

One day I'm walking down a lonely street
New York City's cold, there is no one to meet
And at the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue
I hear someone sing and I know it′s you

If I′m still and I cannot hear the choirs
If I try to please the many instead of just the very few
Can you hear me through invisible wires?
Oh, Rosetta, what should I do?

If I listen and I cannot hear the music
If I swim against the current and lose sight of the shore
If the world is offered goodness but doesn't use it
Oh, Rosetta, what′s it for?