Babysitter lyrics
Artist Name - Harry Chapin
Song Lyrics - Babysitter
 Send Harry Chapin "Babysitter" Ringtones to your Cell  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 that have left their mark And the too few faces that shine a little light in the dark If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story And I think that it won't bore you For it's a tale that I've never told To anyone before you-- 'cause it's for you The sun of sixteen summers had put halos in your hair If anything was in my head, twelve winters put it there A dollar an hour is what Mama paid you to come and mind her kids But no one could really pay you enough for what you really did Many happy things keep happening On my journey through this world And in many ways, that I will never understand I was much too late To be the first to make you a woman But you were the one Who made my mother's son a man You know I used to read myself to sleep when I went to bed I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside my head But the nights that you came you talked of things, I found I had a friend You brought my fears of people to a sure and gentle end Many happy things keep happening On my journey through this world And in many ways, that I will never understand I was much too late To be the first to make you a woman But you were the one Who made my mother's son a man Do you remember the night when you turned out the light And said to me: Please hold me I did not know which way to go So I did just what you told me Please hold me When I think about you now it's not that my memory fails There's just no need for graphic telling of all the details Let's just say you taught me something that brought me from my shell You gave to me that first sweet taste of the heaven here in this hell Many happy things keep happening On my journey through this world And in many ways, that I will never understand I was much too late To be the first to make you a woman But you were the one Who made my mother's son a man |
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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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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. ....
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 ....
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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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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 ....
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. ....
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 ....
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