by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 There was a time that you curled up In my lap, like a child You'd cling to me smiling You

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 Everybody's looking half alive Later on the bus arrives They punch my ticket, I find a

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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? Have you ever been wrong? Have you come up short? Can you come along? Hav

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

Dripping streetlights and darkened buildings Wandering, head hung down low As she's walking she can't help wondering Does her mama know, where will she go? Woman child, your eyes are wild The rain ru

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It's just no good (Fall in love with him) You know that you should (Fall in love) I wish that you would (Fall in love with him) If only you could (Fall in love with him) More than my friend he has be

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

1, 2, 1, 2, 3 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 these sad songs just tell me 'bout the good times, baby

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

There's no tick tock on your electric clock But still your life runs down 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 I

by Harry Chapin on album Portrait Gallery

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 everywhere In everything I see She can turn to anything That she would like to be Sandy is

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 At least when we are together Caroline Starts

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

It's a song to myself It's a song to myself You don't have to listen babe It's just a song for myself But since I fell in love with you It brought some thoughts to mind If we're gonna raise us a coup

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

She has no fear of failure She's not bent with broken dreams For the future's just beginning When you're always seventeen It was nineteen sixty-one When we went to Washington She put her arms around

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 got in at the light Oh, where you going to, my lady blue It's a shame you ruined your

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

And all the changes keep on changing And the good old days, they say they're gone Only wise men and some new born fools Say that they know what's going on I was cramped into a coffee house pew Two do

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

The kid heard the word up in Brooklyn It was his second year of medical school He went and stashed some jeans into his guitar case His father said, "You're a fool" But the boy jumped on board a Greyho

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 a smile Saying,"You've got a lot to learn, dear

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 mist of your amber hair You laughed and surrendered your gift

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 The girls answered the telephones The boys answered the calls That's w

by Harry Chapin on album Portrait Gallery

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 bummer He was a laid back lump in the cradle Chewing the paint chi

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

The Smoke Witch says, "Wahoo!" And the Wise Man says, "Me too!" And the Guru says, "Wazoo!" So do what you do! The priests stand in their pulpits The Pope sits on his throne The parishes are empty An

by Harry Chapin on album Miscellaneous

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 ask myself why it is makin' me A minstrel