Paint A Picture of Yourself (Michael) Harry Chapin

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 started something new But it was not the strife of married life That

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.

Up On the Shelf Harry Chapin

Well I've played a lot of music since but I really haven't grown that far Somebody said that you're just yellow.

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

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails Harry Chapin

house with a shrug I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails And hate gets under the skin But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone and the heart of a body that it's in.

The Parade's Still Passing By Harry Chapin

You weren't no leader You were more like a bleeder Who was trying to cry for us all You weren't no sage But your sense of outrage Sounded like a trumpet call Fifteen years ago In the old folky show You

Manhood Harry Chapin

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

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

Love Is Just Another Word Harry Chapin

Truth, truth, truth, a secret never heard. Peace, peace, peace, you know I don't believe it. Love, love, love, it's just another word.

Bummer Harry Chapin

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

Flowers Are Red Harry Chapin

The little boy went first day of school He got some crayons and started to draw He put colors all over the paper For colors was what he saw And the teacher said..

There Only Was One Choice Harry Chapin

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 His cheeks are made of peach fuzz -- his hopes may be the same But he's

Dogtown Harry Chapin

Up in Massachusetts There's a little spit of land. The men who make the maps, yes, they call the place Cape Ann.

Tangled Up Puppet Harry Chapin

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.

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.

Last of the Protest Singers Harry Chapin

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 he stands there with his thumb out, Hitching a ride towards

The Mayor of Candor Lied Harry Chapin

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 father was a farmer he'd go tilling in the ground My mother was a neighbor she'd

They Call Her Easy Harry Chapin

A couple of hours of cruising around brought me into a bar and I sat me down nothing much to be found.

What Made America Famous Harry Chapin

It was a rundown slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town.

What Made America Famous? Harry Chapin

It was a rundown slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town.

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas. Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas. He was a young driver, Just out on his second job.

Sometime Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

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.

Sometime, Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

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.

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

I can see myself it's a golden sunrise Youg boy open up your eyes It's supposed to be your day. Now off you go horizon bound And you won't stop until you've found Your own kind of way.

30,000 Pounds of Bananas Harry Chapin

Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas. Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas. He was a young driver, just out on his second job.

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

Legends of the Lost and Found Harry Chapin

We are the lovers, we are bound to one another By a bond that is invisible yet stronger still than time. And we're locked into the motion that moves beneath the ocean.

Salt And Pepper Harry Chapin

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 always filled For the rest of us would buy.

I Want To Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

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 alone, and more than a little bit crazy.

Let Time Go Lightly Harry Chapin

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

Jenny Harry Chapin

It was when I rode off in my daydreams Chasing that vision of light It was then I got caught in the jetstream And I dropped through a hole in the night And I knew it's not you that I run from I

I Wonder What Would Happen to Him Harry Chapin

and you're the lady with the past I admit I'm insecure about how long we will last I sort through in my mind the little that I know But the only things I find from where my musings go Is that kind of

Caroline Harry Chapin

together Caroline Starts closing in Surrounding the spot Where watching in wonder I stand Caroline She's shedding her rings Her bracelets and stockings And placing her skin still moist in the palm of

Copper Harry Chapin

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, laying your money around Well I came back here to tell you Lou, 'bout what you almost did

Mr. Tanner Harry Chapin

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 also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes.

Winter Song Harry Chapin

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 of year.

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

children sing So I'd show up about once a week In my faded tight-legged jeans With a backlog full of hobo stories And dilapidated dreams [Chorus] She said, "I want to learn a love song full of

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

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.

Could you put your Light on Please? Harry Chapin

She moved so well 'cause she was a dancer, She went sliding through my questions, gliding 'round the answer.

Could You Put Your Light On, Please Harry Chapin

She moved so well 'cause she was a dancer, She went sliding through my questions, gliding 'round the answer.

Mismatch Harry Chapin

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 wife Though I work with my body And my work makes my hands rough There are gentle things

Someone Keeps Calling My Name Harry Chapin

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 say that I'm too young a girl to ride a bike I may be just four fingers old but I know what

The Day They Closed the Factory Down Harry Chapin

"Some said he was a rambler, some said he was a rake . Some said he was a gambler, some said he was a fake. But I knew him like no one else, a gentleman was he.

She is Always Seventeen Harry Chapin

She has no fear of failure, she's not bent with broken dreams.

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.

Greyhound Harry Chapin

It's a dog of a way to get around. Take the Greyhound. It's a dog gone easy way to get you down. Tired of watching this night go by So I look across the aisle.

Sniper Harry Chapin

The sound of his footsteps, the sound of his breathing, The sound of the silence when no one was there. I didn't really know him. He was kind of strange. Always sort of sat there.

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.

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