I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Harry Chapin More Quotes by Harry Chapin More Quotes From Harry Chapin I found you a thousand times; I guess you done the same; But then we lose each other; It's like a children's game; As I find you here again; A thought runs through my mind; Our love is like a circle; Let's go 'round one more time. Harry Chapin running love-is children I come fresh from the street, fast on my feet, kind a lean and lazy; not much meat on my bones, and a whole lot alone, and more than a little bit crazy. The old six string was all I had to keep my belly still, and for each full hour lesson I gave I got a crisp ten dollar bill. Harry Chapin lazy crazy feet You see, she was gonna be an actress and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, and I took off for the sky. And here, she's acting happy, inside her handsome home. And me, I'm flying in my taxi, taking tips, and getting stoned. I go flying so high, when I'm stoned. Harry Chapin home sky travel And while blood's the only language that your deaf old ears can hear And still you will not answer with that message coming clear Does it mean there's no more ripples in your tired old glory stream And the buzzards own the carcass of your dream? Harry Chapin tired dream mean What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys. Harry Chapin dad family keys The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra. Harry Chapin orchestra guitar symphony I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous. I had the kind of a dream that maybe they're still trying to teach in school. Of the America that made America famous...and Of the people who just might understand That how together yes we can Create a country better than The one we have made of this land, We have a choice to make each man who dares to dream, reaching out his hand A prophet or just a crazy God damn Dreamer of a fool Harry Chapin crazy dream country He was dancing to some music No one else had ever heard He'd speak in unknown languages She would translate every word And then when the world was laughing At his castles in the sky She'd hold him in her body Till he once again could fly. Harry Chapin dancing sky laughing Remember when the music Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on fire, For we believed in things, and so we'd sing. Harry Chapin wire fire mind The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hill If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will! Harry Chapin class years fall It's got to be the going, not the getting there, that's good. Harry Chapin journey But you can travel on for ten thousand miles, and still stay where you are. Harry Chapin where-you-are miles thousand Good dreams don't come cheap You've got to pay for them. Harry Chapin good-dream dream pay And we would play together, like fine musicians should, And it would sound like music, and the music would sound good. But in real life I'm stuck with that same old formula, me and my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra. Harry Chapin symphony real play And if our future Lies on the final line Are we brave enough To see the signals and the signs? Harry Chapin finals brave lying And I know you're frightened By my laughter But you're not afraid To hold my pain You see I'm never sure Just what you're after, Babe But it seems you only love me When it rains. How come you only love me when it rains? Harry Chapin laughter pain rain And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon Harry Chapin cat song boys Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle And she was the moon shining back his light a little He was a shooting star She was softer and more slowly He could not make things possible But, she could make them holy. Harry Chapin stars light moon Reality is only just a word. Harry Chapin reality Why did the little girls grow crippled While the little boys grow strong The boys allowed to come of age The girls just came along The girls were told sing harmonies The boys could all sing songs That's why little girls grew crippled While little boys grew strong. Harry Chapin girl strong song
