When in doubt, do something. Harry Chapin More Quotes by Harry Chapin More Quotes From Harry Chapin If we say that no one's out there And we say we're goin' nowhere And we avoid the question Is this all that it means? Harry Chapin ifs mean Oh all the times I've listened, and all the times I've heard All the melodies I'm missing, and all the magic words, And all those potent voices, and the choices we had then, How I'd love to find we had that kind of choice again. Harry Chapin voice choices missing And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend. It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile And I watched the corners start to bend. Harry Chapin taken doors years She said I've heard you flying high on my radio I answered "It's not all it seems" That's when she laughed and she said, "It's better sometimes When we don't get to touch our dreams. Harry Chapin flying-high radio dream You see, I have no real complaints of how you've left your past behind I guess what gets me worried is you've erased him from your mind. Harry Chapin real mind past I'm in the Dance Band on the Titanic Singing "Nearer my God to thee" and the icebergs on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me? Harry Chapin bows singing band I spent a week there one afternoon. Harry Chapin afternoon week You know I need a dream Like I need my breath We need to take the life Before we get the death You know I need your love Like I need the light Yes I need the chance Can it be tonight? Harry Chapin light dream needs You see, dream-lover of a lady, what shakes me to the core Is the thought as you caress me, you've done this all before I think about the future with me out and others in Will I, too, have disappeared like I've never ever been? Harry Chapin done dream thinking Flowers are red, and green leaves are green. There's no need to see flowers any other way than the way they always have been seen. Harry Chapin green flower needs I guess it's a sequel to our story From the journey 'tween heaven and hell With half the time thinking of what might have been and half thinkin' just as well. I guess only time will tell. Harry Chapin journey heaven thinking I never really drove a cab, but I do have a hack license in case of emergencies - like no money. Harry Chapin no-money emergencies cases The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they're all comatose. Harry Chapin comatose impact reason But high up on the mountain When the wind is hitting it If you're watching very closely The rock slips a little bit. Harry Chapin mountain rocks wind There's a vacancy, won't you come to me And fill my empty spaces I'm a motel man in a promised land That's filled with empty faces So won't you bring your sorrows bring your dreams, It's a place for you to be There's no more tomorrow or that's how it seems Won't you come to me? I've got a vacancy Harry Chapin land dream men I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something. Harry Chapin i-am something selfish want She knows more of love than the poets can say, and her eyes offer something that won't go away. Harry Chapin eyes say go love