She is Always Seventeen Harry Chapin

Oh, she is always seventeen; she has a dream that she will lend us and a love that we can borrow.

Flowers Are Red Harry Chapin

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

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

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

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

The Mayor of Candor Lied Harry Chapin

She said --You know I love you because you're so much like him.

Old Folkie Harry Chapin

Still, what is the name that they're calling that man? What is the name that they're calling that man?

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 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.

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

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 So I'd show up about once a week In my faded tight-legged jeans

They Call Her Easy Harry Chapin

So I got in to talking to the old bar man he said: "You got a problem I can understand and I know a little lady who is all alone. If you find her she will take you home.

The Rock Harry Chapin

The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen She said: "Go back to sleep son, you're

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

Odd Job Man Harry Chapin

" Well I can always use some extra bread So I nod and take the job When he says " Clean up before you come I do not hire slobs " Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants But everyone has pride And

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

Northwest 222 Harry Chapin

But now they've gone and cancelled Old Northwest 222 It's a late night bird that always brought me back home to you There's a thousand miles between us Babe that I cannot get through Is there nothing

Sniper Harry Chapin

It is an early Monday morning. The sun is becoming bright on the land. No one is watching as he comes a walking. Two bulky suitcases hang from his hands.

Mercenaries Harry Chapin

Blood money loot So, you walk past the glow 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

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.

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.

The Shortest Story Harry Chapin

It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry; my brother and sister cling to Mama's side. She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide; someone weeps, I fall asleep.

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

Halfway to Heaven Harry Chapin

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

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

And though she sees your dreams go poorly Still she joins your story of a life. So you settle down and the children come And you find a place that you come from. Your wandering is done.

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.

Manhood Harry Chapin

She said, "You know you never can."

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

Taxi Harry Chapin

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

On the Road to Kingdom Come Harry Chapin

The General's in the game room But his Soldier won't salute Ever since he was promoted He can't pop his chute His shrink says he is paranoid 'Bout communistic roots So unfurl the flag boys Start

Sometime Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

Empty space always ask for filling. I wonder whyI never stopped to marry her. It wasn't 'cause she was not more than willing.

Sometime, Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

Empty space always ask for filling. I wonder whyI never stopped to marry her. It wasn't 'cause she was not more than willing.

Dogtown Harry Chapin

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

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.

The Parade's Still Passing By Harry Chapin

I got the news today That you refused to play Cause you never made number one But it's not just the words It's the deeds that are heard When all is said and done Kings take their crowns They melt them

Last Stand Harry Chapin

When you heard the sound of taps played By the one man band, You knew this is where you'd have to make Your last stand.

Bluesman Harry Chapin

"To play the blues, boy, you got to live 'em Got your dues, boy, you know you got to give 'em Got to start sweet like a slow blues rhythm Like a heartbeat you'll always be with 'em When you're married

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.

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

We have no bananas today (Spoken: And if that wasn\'t enough) Yes, we have no bananas, Bananas in Scranton, P A Ending #2: A woman walks into her room where her child lies sleeping, And when she

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.

Laugh Man Harry Chapin

I am the guy who always catches the pie I specialize in pratfalls I am the goon who flashes the moon A mouse in a house of catcalls I'm your jester your juggler Your joker your friend I'm nothing

Woman Child Harry Chapin

Where will she go? Woman child, your eyes are wild. The rain runs down your hair. Woman child, mercy mild. What will you tell your teddy bear?

The Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

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

Since you've gone I've gone along, Been writing the music I've always wanted to, And they just picked up on me. I'm putting myself here inside each song And finding my music is still so full of you.

Greyhound Harry Chapin

She reminds me of someone I knew back home. So I doze. So it goes. I'm wrinkled on my stool at the rest stop. The waitress being cozy with the highway cop. My coffee's tasting tired.

I Wonder What Would Happen to this World Harry Chapin

would happen to this world Now if a man tried To take his time on Earth And prove before he died What one man's life could be worth Well I wonder what would happen to this world And if a woman She

Star Tripper Harry Chapin

Whatever I was looking for, I surely dod not find it And for all my sky high journeys the only thing I know Is that you almost always lose yourself when you let yourself go So the startripper's coming

If My Mary Were Here Harry Chapin

you If my Mary were here I'm a sad sack Sir Galahad Who's sword's around his knees With a Grail no longer holy And a prayer that's saying - please I would not be alone If my Mary were here But she

Barefoot Boy Harry Chapin

Time passes on, in this life of always changing people coming building cities cut your forest pave your highway.