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 Send "Harry Chapin" Ringtones to your Cell  30,000 Pounds Of Bananas It was just after dark when the truck started down the hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania. Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas. Carrying thirty .... A Better Place To Be It was an early morning bar room, And the place just opened up. And the little man come in so fast and Started at his .... A Lot Of Lonely People Tonight Holdin' on tight to my pillow Wish it had a life of its own, Starin' at the ceilin,' Such a funny feelin,' But nobody's home. .... A Quiet Little Love Affair When I met America, I didn't know her name But it seems she was something special even then I knew it just the same Yes, .... And The Baby Never Cries Well, I've sung out one more evening, and I'm wrung out, feeling beat. I walk on out the door once more to an empty city .... Anthem She wasn't very pretty, She wasn't very smart, But everything she said to him came strait from her heart. Write a song about me, Sing .... Any Old Kind Of Day Turning on my pillow, thinking kind of strange. The color is of midnight in this room. The cars outside are coughing and it's kind of .... Babysitter When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my past I sigh at the heartaches, relive the laughs And I think about the moments .... Barefoot Boy Oh, barefoot boy, once he came unto a land of forests, and of streams that tumbled through the meadows to the sea. He called it .... Basic Protest Song CHORUS: So your 13 and there's a silent scream out there, And you can hear it. Just your basic protest song. Now your 16 and .... Bummer His mama was a midnight woman His daddy was a drifter drummer One night they put it together Nine months later came the little black .... Burning Herself She was crazy (she was beautiful), I guess she had to be. I was angry (you were blind), because I could not see. I saw .... Caroline Caroline Comes from the rain Glistening and shivering She laughs as she shakes off the weather Caroline Whispers her words Saying she'll always love me .... Cat's In The Cradle A child arrived just the other day; He came to the world in the usual way. But there were planes to catch, and bills to .... Changes I was cramped into a coffee house pew two dollar coke in my hand listening to the music run through and out of a drowning .... Circle All my life's a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls thru the nighttime; Till the daybreak comes around. All my life's a circle; But I .... Copper If you were looking for a way to make me mad it was a sure fire way you found Acting like a half wit fool, .... Corey's Coming Old John Joseph was a man with two first names They left him in the railroad yard when they took away the trains Only one .... Could You Put Your Light On Please? She moved so well 'cause she was a dancer, She went sliding through my questions, gliding 'round the answer. Whatever it was, she knew it .... Country Dreams This phone's growing into my ear I made three hundred calls today, Though yours is the only voice that I wanna hear I got to .... Dance Band On The Titanic Dance band on the Titanic Sing Nearer, my God, to Thee The iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me Mama stood cryin' .... Dancin' Boy When your daddy plays guitar, You dance without a smile. Kid you may not have great rhythm, But you sure got style. Just four years .... Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails Now he was a man who worked with his hands Only in a motor he found peace He could make an engine sing like a .... Dogtown Up in Massachusetts There's a little spit of land. The men who make the maps, yes, they call the place Cape Ann. The men who .... Dreams Go By There you stand in your dungarees Looking all grown up and so very pleased When you write your poems they have so much to say .... Empty Empty closet, empty heart. Empty morning, day won't start. Well, I got no place to go now, I really do not know how to like .... Everybody's Lonely All I got is time, Nothing else is mine. All I want is you and one more tomorrow. Nothing lasts to long, When I leave .... Fall In Love With Him It's just no good-- (Fall in love with him) You know that you should (Fall in love with him) I wish that you would (Fall .... Flowers Are Red (Spoken)Your son marches to the beat of a different drummer, comer. (Spoken)But don't worry, (Spoken)We'll have him joining the parade by the end of the .... Get On With It Harry: And the excitement continues to build! Eat your heart out, Peter Frampton. ) It seems like two months 'Though I met her tonight Something .... God Babe You've Been Good To Me Oh God Babe, you've been good for me Good when I been barely holding on and you did what you could for me When all .... Greyhound It's midnight at the depot And I drag my bags in line. Travellin' light, I got to go But the bus won't be on time. .... Halfway To Heaven There's no tick tock on your electric clock But still your life runs down. I'm halfway to heaven and my home in Forest Hills It's .... I Do It For You Jane I first heard you sing in the Empire Room Your husky hum engulfed the gloom. And whatever mission that brought me there Disappeared in the .... I Don't Want To Be President Just after I was born, my father said to everyone That I would be the President one day You're a natural politician, boy, get it .... I Finally Found It, Sandy A new day is beginning I can feel it in my bones It's not what you are winning It don't matter what you own It .... I Miss America I Miss America by Harry Chapin By the time I was thirteen I started taking shape. At eighteen I was so beautiful That the strangers .... I Wanna Learn A Love Song 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 .... I Wonder What Would Happen To Him I'm the green young gentleman, and you're the lady with the past I admit I'm insecure about how long we will last I sort through .... I Wonder What Would Happen To This World Oh well I wonder Yes I wonder What would happen What would happen to this world Well I wonder what would happen to this world .... If My Mary Were Here I would not be so stoned If my Mary were here I don't think I'd have phoned you If my Mary were here I'm a .... If You Want To Feel Oh God they got you gun shy You know your skin's as cold as ice Your eyes are double filtered babe You're so afraid to .... It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains Just after I screamed at you-- What the hell is it all about You spilled your coffee Onto my sleeve And you said Don't expect .... Jenny It was when I rode off in my daydreams Chasing that vision of light It was then I got caught in the jet stream And .... Last Of The Protest Singers He's the last of the protest singers, Selling truth and commitment, He don't get much work these days, He's billed as a novelty act, And .... Last Stand It used to be that old John Wayne Would fight the good fight once again, Find the strength to bear the pain, Stand up til .... Laugh Man Did you ever hear the one about... Oh, God I love myself When i've got it on i know I'll live forever babe All my .... Let Time Go Lightly I let time go lightly when I'm here with you, I let time go lightly when the day is through. I keep a watch on .... Mail Order Annie At first I did not think it could be you. But you're the only one that got off the train. So you must be my .... Manhood I was laughing horizontally In my loose and lusty youth I was feeling well self-satisfied Deliciously uncouth When she slipped out from my covers With .... Mercenaries Mercenaries by Harry Chapin It's a slow motion night In the hot city lights Past time when the good folks Are snoring in bed On .... Mismatch At first you seemed just like my dream Of a finer better life Much more than I could ask for In a lover or a .... Mr. Tanner Mister Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Midwest. And of all the cleaning shops around he'd made his the best. But he .... My Old Lady She wore an S.E.G. when she came back home Like the cat that ate the canary And I stood befuddled, a chauvanist stud With his .... Northwest 222 I'm a strummin' fool out in the sticks For the glory and the bread And you're wise enough to let me sing This music in .... November Rains When November rains it rides the cool wind you need somebody holding you tight When November rains you need somebody caring you want somebody sharing .... Odd Job Man Chorus: I give part time help I'm the odd job man I can't do what I want So I do what I can And I'll .... Old College Avenue Old College Avenue by Harry Chapin Of course I picked a rainy night To try to find our past The street lights all were flickering .... Old Folkie He's the man with the banjo and the 12-string guitar. And he's singing us the songs that tell us who we are. When you look .... On The Road To Kingdom Come The Smoke Witch says - Wahoo! And the Wise Man says - Me too! And the Guru says - Wazoo! So do what you do! .... One Light In A Dark Valley One light in a dark valley And the mist is falling like rain One light in a dark valley And I'm alone again One light .... Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael) Well, I hear you are a painter now Though you're almost halfway through You pulled a pallet knife, you cut away a wife And you .... Poor Damned Fool You're a livin' walkin' dream You're the best I've ever seen, Oh God I wanted you. I've often dreamed what I would do, If I .... Pretzel Man He's the little pretzel man, he's got his twisted pretzel hands He's got his a pretzel wife, that he's loved all his pretzel life And .... Remember When The Music 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, .... Roll Down The River You keep looking out my window At the driftwood floating by Like a flock of birds in falltime You're just itching to fly I know .... Salt And Pepper The old sailor sat at the window seat So he could watch as the ships went by And he drank from a glass that was .... Sandy Sandy is the seashore And Sandy is the sea Sandy is the clear blue sky Or so it seems to me Yes I see her .... Saturday Morning Saturday morning and it's growing light. I look out my window and remember the night. The story is starting or the story ends And I .... Sequel So here she's actin' happy inside her handsome home And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips and gettin' stoned. I got into town .... She Sings Songs Without Words I was thrown on the cobblestones, tossed at her feet My fool's mouth was filled with the dust from the street An out of work .... Shooting Star He was crazy of course From the first she must have known it But still she went on with him And she never once had .... Short Stories Have you ever been up Have you ever been down Have you ever been lost Have you ever been found Have you ever been right .... Silly Little Girl I was packed up in my napsack my guitar case slung up over my back about to hit that dream road once again saw the .... Six String Orchestra The very day I purchased it, I christened my guitar as my monophonic symphony, six string orchestra In my room I'd practice late, they'd leave .... Sniper It is an early Monday morning. The sun is becoming bright on the land. No one is watching as he comes a walking. Two bulky .... Somebody Said Somebody said...Where's the music goin' Somebody said...It's gone Somebody said...With this bad wind a blowin' Will the music keep a rolling on I had to .... Someone Keeps Calling My Name My name is Jenny and I am four fingers old Mostly I just try to do the things that I am told But when they .... Sometime Somewhere Wife It was a very cold September, Colder than I'd ever care to make it. I had a kind of empty feeling, But no place to .... Song For Myself It's a song for myself just a song for myself You don't have to listen babe it's just a song for myself But since I .... Song Man Leon wrote a song for his special girl and Elton and bernie did too! But you've been mine for such a long time baby it's .... Star Tripper I have made a little music in some corners of the land I have fused some crystal images from common grains of sand And if .... Stop Singing These Sad Songs Stop singing these sad songs Just tell me 'bout the good times I have heard that cold hard truth so many time before Stop singing .... Story Of A Life I can see myself it's a golden sunrise Young boy open up your eyes It's supposed to be your day. Now off you go horizon .... Stranger With The Melodies It was my first night in that rooming house. In the last room down the hall I heard a hoarse voice and an old guitar .... Sunday Morning Sunshine I came into town with a knapsack on my shoulder And a pocket full of stories that I just had to tell. You know I've .... Tangled Up Puppet I'm a tangled up puppet, Spinning round in knots, And the more I see what I used to be, The less of you I've got. .... Taxi It was raining hard in 'Frisco, I needed one more fare to make my night. A lady up ahead waved to flag me down, She .... The Day They Closed The Factory Down She said, I watch him walk down Main Street A sweet one man parade. He'd tip his hat and just like that another score he'd .... The Mayor Of Candor Lied In the little town of Candor in the last year of my youth I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth My .... The Parade's Still Passing By I got the news today That you refused to play Cause you never made number one But it's not just the words It's the deeds .... The Rock The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart And .... The Shortest Story I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes; Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry. Above me a .... There Only Was One Choice There's a kid out on my corner -- hear him strumming like a fool Shivering in his dungarees -- but still he's going to school .... They Call Her Easy It was just another night and I was out on a limb looking for someone to help me back in. A couple of hours of .... Up On The Shelf I used to play the trumpet once but now I play guitar Somebody told you it's more mellow. Well I've played a lot of music .... Vacancy Mrs. Smith and Mr. Jones have come to pass the night They pulled off of the highway when they saw my light It's a vacancy .... W.o.l.d. Hello Honey, it's me What did you think when you heard me back on the radio? What did the kids say when they knew it .... We Grew Up A Little Bit We got married early And just a little bit late Baby came too early But some things just can't wait We were just beginning But .... We Were Three The old lady on the park bench In the park with just one tree Was there from the very first day That you were part .... What Made America Famous It was the town that made America famous. The churches full and the kids all gone to hell. Six traffic lights and seven cops and .... Why Do Little Girls? Why did the little girls grow crooked While the little boys grow tall The boys were taught to tumble The girls told not to fall .... Why Should People Stay The Same You were chasing him down Braodway on that white-hot July, 'Cause he thought he'd got a message from some holy man on high. He said .... Winter Song When the summer fled past my window and autumn's chill was in the air there was a special kind of lonesome 'round that ending time .... Woman Child Dripping streetlights darkened buildings wandering head hung down low. Where will she go? Woman child, your eyes are wild. The rain runs down your hair. .... Word Wizard Now won't you listen to the word wizard, Watch him open up his gizzard, Every secret he has he's only told the world so far. .... You Are The Only Song I've sung it all tonight Almost every story that I know And now when they turn out the spotlights I'm not sure where I'm s'posed .... Send "Harry Chapin" Ringtones to your Cell |