Flowers Are Red Harry Chapin

It's not the time for art young man And anyway flowers are green and red There's a time for everything young man And a way it should be done You've got to show concern for everyone else For you're

I Wonder What Would Happen to this World Harry Chapin

Bout what would happen What would happen to this world Well I wonder what would happen to this world As I look around us There's such strange things There's muggers and there's jugglers And we are

It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains Harry Chapin

shield But my armour Yes it ends up meltin' When you come along tumblin' Across the field Once again I yield, I yield Yes you get me crazy 'Cause you never even wear my presents babe You wear flowers

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

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

Mail Order Annie Harry Chapin

So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey Yes, I guess I am your husband, Hello I'm Harry Crane. Mail Order Annie, never mind your crying. Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life.

If You Want to Feel Harry Chapin

Oh God they got you gun shy You know your skin's as cold as ice Your eyes are double filtered babe You're so afraid to be nice There's no way you're ready To let your defenses down Though I won't

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.

You Are the Only Song Harry Chapin

sure where I'm s'posed to go And I'm so hoarse I can't hit the high notes It's just a whisper when I'm low But when you sing from the inside You hope that something shows And that it why Yes you are

Shooting Star Harry Chapin

was done He was too far gone for giving love What he offered in its stead Was the knowledge she was the only thing That was not in his head He took off East one morning Towards the rising sun's red

Why Should People Stay the Same Harry Chapin

Some things are sacrificed and some things remain, Some things bring pleasure and some things bring pain.

Love Is Just Another Word Harry Chapin

Hey, brother, you are bleeding'; you're black and brown and yellow, you know that isn't right. Hey, brother, what you're needin', we will never give you. Why can't you be white?

Song for Myself Harry Chapin

Do i belive that there are good times rolling babe, just around the bend? I don't belive it. Do I believe that with a little more love babe, all our troubles end?

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

She Sings Songs Without Words Harry Chapin

And no need to speak, for she seemed to know She sings the songs without words Songs that sailors, and blind men, and beggars have heard She knows more of love than the poets can say And her eyes are

Jenny Harry Chapin

I run from I saw each of us living alone And I prayed that you still could be waiting That's when I started for home Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny my love Oh my Jenny Oh my Jenny You are

Salt And Pepper Harry Chapin

Yes, we called them Salt and Pepper, For that's the way she was And it seemed she got as least as hot As fresh red pepper does.

Woman Child Harry Chapin

Woman child, your eyes are wild. The rain runs down your hair. Woman child, mercy mild. What will you tell your teddy bear? I turned you on my solid body my electric Gibson guitar.

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

Somebody Said Harry Chapin

passion dies But the beat goes on The conductor got us singing his song He's been feedin' these lies That we've been feasting upon But now we've been at the banquet too long Somebody said...Where are

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

Dancing Boy Harry Chapin

Yes, I'm so proud when you are with me, That my heart digs in my throat. And when you stop to strut your stuff, My eyes go all afloat. And when I have to leave you home As sometimes it must be.

Dancin' Boy Harry Chapin

Yes, I'm so proud when you are with me, That my heart digs in my throat. And when you stop to strut your stuff, My eyes go all afloat. And when I have to leave you home As sometimes it must be.

Why Do Little Girls? Harry Chapin

all told to be themselves While the girls were told play the roles That's why little girls came broken While little boys came whole Why were the little girls all frightened To be just what they are

Why Do Little Girls Harry Chapin

boys all told to be themselves While the girls were told play the roles That's why little girls came broken While little boys came whole Why were the little girls all frightened To be just what they are

Sandy Harry Chapin

brook Sandy is and autumn moon She shines down when I look Sandy is a cozy fire On a snowy winter's night And Sandy is the soft spring rain In the early morning light Sandy is my mirror There are

Sniper Harry Chapin

Are you listening to me ? Are you listening to me ? Am I ? The first words he spoke took the town by surprise. One got Mrs. Gibbons above her right eye.

What Made America Famous Harry Chapin

And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door. America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud. And then came the night that made America famous.

What Made America Famous? Harry Chapin

And we love children put a swastika on the bright red firehouse door. America, the beautiful, it makes a body proud. And then came the night that made America famous.

I Finally Found It, Sandy Harry Chapin

A new day is beginning I can feel it in my bones It's not what you are winning It don't matter what you own It is more than just a feeling More than just a song It's something like a healing And

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

And there are times you change your stride, There are times you can't decide Still you go on.

Empty Harry Chapin

But no one's here and you are gone. Empty closet, empty heart. Empty morning, day won't start.

Laugh Man Harry Chapin

Oh, God I love myself When i've got it on i know I'll live forever babe All my fears are gone Then suddenly I'm dying They turned the laugh track off I'm drowning in the silence Crucified by coughs

Taxi Harry Chapin

And she said, "How are you Harry?" I said, "How are you Sue? Through the too many miles and the too little smiles I still remember you."

Song Man Harry Chapin

You know how I love my music it is my life and my livelihood but of all that's happened to me babe you are everything that's good.

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

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.

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

Tangled Up Puppet Harry Chapin

strings I'm a butterfly in a spider's web Fluttering my wings And the more that I keep dancing And spinning round in knots The more I see what I used to be And the less of you I've got You are

Let Time Go Lightly Harry Chapin

Old friends, they mean much more to me than the new friends, Cause they can see where you are, and they know where you've been.

Changes Harry Chapin

But I sometimes think the difference is just in how I think and see and the only changes going on are going on in me.

Bluesman Harry Chapin

The old man heard him and said, "Who are you?" "I'm the kid you're gonna teach to play."

Up On the Shelf Harry Chapin

Then what is this dirge that we are hearing?

Any Old Kind of Day Harry Chapin

The cars outside are coughing and it's kind of hard to sleep and there's neon out the window, not the moon.

Poor Damned Fool Harry Chapin

Yes I've heard 'bout finders keepers And how losers are the weepers, it's OK, I know it's my lucky day Still I just got to say . . .

Old Folkie Harry Chapin

And he's singing us the songs that tell us who we are. When you look in his eyes you know that somebody's in there.

We Grew Up A Little Bit Harry Chapin

As you sit there crying I wonder who you are The partner-stranger-friend and foe Who's come with me this far We stand here in the ashes And I guess it is quite clear We did not really grow too much

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

Wold Harry Chapin

tire on my gut from sitting on my But they're never gonna go away Sometimes I get this crazy dream That I just drive off in my car But you can travel on ten thousand miles and still say where you are

I Do It For You Jane Harry Chapin

As I search through the mists on the roads I must go, Where are you now, Jane? For I love you so.