by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 all the streets kept clean The supermarket and the drug store and the bar

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

[Incomprehensible] She said not now, she said not now She said not now, she said not now It is an early Monday morning The sun is becoming bright on the land No one is watching as he comes a walking

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

I come fresh from the street Fast on my feet, kinda 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 s

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

When the summer fled past my window And autumn's chill was in the air There's a special kind of lonesome 'Round that ending time of year When the leaves fell And they drifted 'neath the trees That so

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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? Now if a man tried to take his time on Earth And prove before he di

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 Remember when the music Bro

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 be nice There's no way you're ready To let your defenses down Though I won't co

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Saturday morning and it's growin' light I look out my window and remember the night The story is starting and this story ends And I feel like I need you again Time used to move softly when I was at h

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It was just another night, I was out on a limb Looking for someone to help me back in A couple of hours of cruising around Brought me into a bar and I sat me down Nothing much to be found So I got in

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 of me It seemed like she'd been sitting there Since 1000 B.C. And you said, "She is

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 made" "I'd watch the girls all watch him Moths drawn to the flame The money s

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 Remember when the music Brou

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 go where I could take it So I took a walk beside the railroad tracks And I thought abou

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 I dropped through a hole in the night Then I knew it's not you that I run from I saw

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

She wore an S.E.G. when she came back home Like the cat that ate the canary And I stood befuddled, a chauvinist stud With his mistress quite contrary I was smack up against the moment I was afraid i

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Could you put your light on please It's kind of dark tonight And I feel a little lonely Yes, I need a little light Could you put your light on please Let me hear a friendly sound I could make it thro

by Harry Chapin on album Heads And Tales

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 do the fishing, call it Gloucester Harbor Sound But the women left behind, t

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 court jester with nowhere to go And no need to speak, for she seemed to kno

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 me alone My mother said, "You're nothing yet To make the fol

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 wife, Miss. Annie Halsey I must be your husband, yes I'm Harry Crane Mail Order Annie, never