Dance Band on the Titanic Harry Chapin

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' at the dockside Sayin' "Please son, don't take this trip"

There Only Was One Choice Harry Chapin

B*U*Y Centennial Sell 'em pre-canned laughter America Perennial Sing happy ever after There's a Dance Band on the Titanic Singing Nearer My God to Thee And the iceberg's on the starboard bow Won't

Last Stand Harry Chapin

So you circle all the wagons And you hide behind the trees, And you try to find some courage on your knees.

On the Road to Kingdom Come Harry Chapin

The priests stand in their pulpits The Pope sits on his throne The parishes are empty The choirboys on their own Until the Second Coming They're leaving us alone And God in his Heaven Has decided

Somebody Said Harry Chapin

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's makin' me A minstrel

Dancing Boy Harry Chapin

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 old and still it seems, You've got it figured out.

Dancin' Boy Harry Chapin

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 old and still it seems, You've got it figured out.

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

And the wind will whip your tousled hair, The sun, the rain, the sweet despair, Great tales of love and strife. And somewhere on your path to glory You will write your story of a life.

Vacancy Harry Chapin

Jones have come to pass the night They pulled off of the highway when they saw my light It's a vacancy I offer them, what they offer me Is fullness for a lifetime that's bare as can be There's a

The Titanic Michelle Shocked

Now he wanted to ride that Titanic but the captain, the captain of the Titanic, he said, "This ain't no coal hauler."

The Rock Harry Chapin

world still whirls around "The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high

W*O*L*D* Harry Chapin

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 was their long lost daddy o Remember how we listened to the radio And I said That's the

Wold Harry Chapin

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 was their long lost daddy-o?

Greyhound Harry Chapin

It's midnight at the depot And I drag my bags in line. Travelling late, I got to go But the bus won't be on time. Everybody's looking half alive. Later on the bus arrives.

Up On the Shelf Harry Chapin

So I keep it up on the shelf And it's funny how you keep it all to yourself Hey honey, could there ever be, Should there ever be, Could there ever be something else?

Star Tripper Harry Chapin

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 I haven't reached the heavens, I've surely learned to fly I've been caught

Northwest 222 Harry Chapin

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 my head.

Changes Harry Chapin

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 man.

Why Should People Stay the Same Harry Chapin

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.

And the Baby Never Cries Harry Chapin

I walk on out the door once more to an empty city street. A Good guitar will serve you well when you're living in the lights but it's never going to warm you in the middle of the night.

Roll Down the River Harry Chapin

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 I cannot hold you Cause you live life to the hilt So go on get out

Copper Harry Chapin

cash on the counter Lou, when I'm with my kid Yeah the kid's thirteen he's growing Lou, two years and he'll be bigger than me Still he thinks I'm strong as a blacksmith and straighter than the tall

Laugh Man Harry Chapin

Did you ever hear the one about...

I Miss America Harry Chapin

I'm Miss America Crying on TV Silver clad in satin rags, But everything's where it should be Oh say can you see, ah say can you see.

What Made America Famous Harry Chapin

And on Saturday night while America boozes The fire department showed dirty movies, The lawyer and the grocer seeing their dreams Come to life on the movie screens While the plumber hopes that he won't

What Made America Famous? Harry Chapin

The supermarket and the drug store and the bars all doing well. They were the folks that made America famous. The local fire department stocked with shorthaired volunteers.

A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Harry Chapin

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.

Mercenaries Harry Chapin

It's a slow motion night In the hot city lights Past time when the good folks Are snoring in bed On a loose-jointed cruise To recolor your blues With illegal notions alive, Alive in your head

Remember When the Music Harry Chapin

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 (Reprise) Harry Chapin

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 Brought

Stranger with the Melodies Harry Chapin

But for the first of what was to be a thousand times, This is what I hear him sing. . . Hold that D chord on the old guitar, 'Til I found the G.

Saturday Morning Harry Chapin

I look out my window and remember the night. The story is starting or the story ends And I feel like I need you again. Time used to mose softly when I was at home.

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

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

Sunday Morning Sunshine Harry Chapin

I came into town with a knapsack on my shoulder And a pocket full of stories that I just had to tell.

Corey's Coming Harry Chapin

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 run a week comes on roaring down that line So all he's got to worry 'bout is time

I Do It For You Jane Harry Chapin

I first heard you sing in the Empire Room Your husky hum engulfed the gloom.

Let Time Go Lightly Harry Chapin

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 time when I've have work to do, I let time go lightly with you.

30,000 Pounds of Bananas Harry Chapin

He was a young driver, just out on his second job.

They Call Her Easy Harry Chapin

It was just another night and I was out on a limb looking for someone to help me back in.

I Wonder What Would Happen to this World Harry Chapin

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

Bummer Harry Chapin

They threw him back on the street, he robbed an A & P He didn't blink at the buddy that he shafted And just about the time they would have caught him too He had the damn good fortune to get drafted

Babysitter Harry Chapin

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

The Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

They just told me take a pause here between the takes at the studio, And you came into my mind.

Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

They just told me take a pause here between the takes at the studio, And you came into my mind.

Sniper Harry Chapin

The sun is becoming bright on the land. No one is watching as he comes a walking. Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands. He heads towards the tower that stands in the campus.

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

He was a young driver, Just out on his second job.

She Sings Songs Without Words Harry Chapin

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

Short Stories Harry Chapin

way Can you come back home Short stories babe just take what they will give Short stories that's all it's ever been Don't you worry 'bout the ending Babe, before we begin I have seen the sun

Sequel Harry Chapin

And so we rolled back into the city Up to a five store old brownstone I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox. The buzzer said somebody's home.

Old College Avenue Harry Chapin

Of course I picked a rainy night To try to find our past The street lights all were flickering The leaves were falling fast I walked down the winding road Looked up through the trees And I saw