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

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

And all the towns that you walk through And all the people that you talk to Sing you their songs. And there are times you change your stride, There are times you can't decide Still you go on.

Stop Singing These Sad Songs Harry Chapin

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 'Cause I

Manhood Harry Chapin

She said, "You know you never can."

Stranger with the Melodies Harry Chapin

He said, "I gave her the music son, She gave me the words. Together we'd write the kind of songs The angels must have heard.

Caroline Harry Chapin

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

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.

The Day They Closed the Factory Down Harry Chapin

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 Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

I'm just the same sad singer of the lonely songs you long since left behind you. Since you've gone I've gone along, Been writing the music I've always wanted to, And they just picked up on me.

Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

I'm just the same sad singer of the lonely songs you long since left behind you. Since you've gone I've gone along, Been writing the music I've always wanted to, And they just picked up on me.

A Better Place To Be Harry Chapin

And the broad who served the whisky She was a big old friendly girl. And she tried to fight her empty nights By smilin' at the world.

Sometime Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

It wasn't 'cause she was not more than willing. Walking puts a window to my mind, And brings thoughts about this kind of a life, without my sometime somewhere wife.

Sometime, Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

It wasn't 'cause she was not more than willing. Walking puts a window to my mind, And brings thoughts about this kind of a life, without my sometime somewhere wife.

You Are the Only Song Harry Chapin

You're the harvest and you're the seed And you're my first and my final song For you own me indeed Oh yes, oh yes, Yes, after all is said and done You're the one song that I need I've sung my songs

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

And he was carrying the next day\'s pasty fruits For everyone in that coal-scarred city Where children play without despair In backyard slag-piles and folks manage to eat each day About thirty thousand

Salt And Pepper Harry Chapin

And when he thought we'd heard enough of his words He'd break into this song. Dee dee dee dah dah dah dee dee dee dah dah Dah dah dee dee dee dum.

Six String Orchestra Harry Chapin

Oh, I write love songs for my favorite girl and sing them soft and slow. But before I get to finish, she says she has to go.

Shooting Star Harry Chapin

He was crazy of course From the first she must have known it But still she went on with him And she never once had shown it And she took him off the street And she dried his tears of grieving She

She is Always Seventeen Harry Chapin

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

Burning Herself Harry Chapin

She was crazy (she was beautiful), I guess she had to be. I was angry (you were blind), because I could not see. I saw only what her cigarettes had done to her skin.

My Old Lady Harry Chapin

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

Sandy Harry Chapin

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

I Want To Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and to hear her children sing.

They Call Her Easy Harry Chapin

If you find her she will take you home. She don't like to spend her nights alone!" They call her Easy. They say it's not a way for a body to be. They call her Easy.

Taxi Harry Chapin

She just looked out the window, and said "Sixteen Parkside Lane".

And the Baby Never Cries Harry Chapin

Each and every time she says she dies. When she is reborn again I kiss her. And the baby never cries. She works in the daytime, she leave her baby with a friend.

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

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 still And for each full-hour lesson I gave I got a crisp ten dollar bill She

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.

Sequel Harry Chapin

And she said, "How are you Harry? Haven't we played this scene before?" I said "It's so good to see you, Sue Had to play it out just once more." Play it out just once more.

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails Harry Chapin

She dreamed of a time for painting As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug She'd play all day with their children And try to meet him with a welcome and hug As he came shuffling through the

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

Sniper Harry Chapin

You bug me, she said. Your ugly, she said. Please hug me, I said. But she just sat there With the same flat stare That she saves for me alone When I'm home. When I'm home. Take me home.

Halfway to Heaven Harry Chapin

They sent this little girl to me, She is my new secretary And she's something to see.

Mercenaries Harry Chapin

Of the flicker-picture shows Where the raincoat men wait For a child to come by And the women in doorways Who have nothing to say 'Cause your money is talking To the ones that you would try She

Flowers Are Red Harry Chapin

What you doin' young man I'm paintin' flowers he said She said...

Odd Job Man Harry Chapin

Well I find his place next morning It's more a palace than a pad And it kind of makes my pick-up truck Start looking pretty bad But the same lady swings the door back And before one word is said She

Tangled Up Puppet Harry Chapin

You'd cling to me smiling, yours eyes wide and wild Now you slip through my arms, wave a passing hello Twist away and toss a kiss, laughing as you go You used to say "Read me a story and sing me songs

Dreams Go By Harry Chapin

tailored suit So many years gone by, but your're still so cute We take the car to go and meet the bus When our grandchildren come to visit us You say you should have been a ballerina, babe There are songs

Changes Harry Chapin

And I wonder as I watch him now why his songs don't turn me on. He got me into music where has the fragile magic gone?

Copper Harry Chapin

'Cause then the kid would kick right off of the force all the two-bit grifters like me Chorus I guess it was when my old lady left me and she took off with a salesman guy I started to see things

Corey's Coming Harry Chapin

And like I told you, when she holds you She enfolds you in her world.

Saturday Morning Harry Chapin

It went on without me, and left me alone. Now it's sits at my shoulder and claws at my hand And I feel like I need you again. Chorus: <moaning> A song needs a reason and rhyme.

The Mayor of Candor Lied Harry Chapin

She was the daughter of the Mayor. The Mayor fought my courtship for he'd made other plans He saw her married to a better man than a boy with farmer's hands.

Dogtown Harry Chapin

A tough old whaler woman who had seen three husbands drown, Polled the population and she named the place Dogtown.

Any Old Kind of Day Harry Chapin

when things will go my way, And there's other things to say, And there's other songs to play, And there'll be time enough for thinking come tomorrow.

Why Do Little Girls? Harry Chapin

tall Why did the little girls grow crippled While the little boys grow strong The boys allowed to come of age The girls just came along The girls were told sing harmonies The boys could all sing songs

Why Do Little Girls Harry Chapin

grew tall Why did the little girls grow crippled While the little boys grow strong The boys allowed to come of age The girls just came along The girls were told sing harmonies The boys could all sing songs