Legends of the Lost and Found Harry Chapin

You remove the masks and faces and you see the shadowed places That only witches look for in the cradle of the heat. Have you heard of the Legend of the Lost and Found?

Short Stories Harry Chapin

Have you ever been up Have you ever been down Have you ever been lost Have you ever been found Have you ever been right Have you ever been wrong Have you come up short Can you come along Have

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.

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.

I Finally Found It, Sandy Harry Chapin

I feel it coming strong Oh yeah, ah yeah We have got our history Our secrets are all known And if we've lost the mystery At least we both have grown They'll be strangers in our future Changes

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.

Old College Avenue Harry Chapin

the corner window That you once shared with me It was Old College Avenue And in the time of having you I remember it as if it were today The tiny room and the single bed Though the tangled trails

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

Bummer Harry Chapin

When it was over and the smoke had cleared There were a lot of V C bodies in the mud And when the rescued men came over for the very first time They found him smiling as he lay in his blood They

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

If My Mary Were Here Harry Chapin

prayer that's saying - please I would not be alone If my Mary were here But she took off And Lord I'm lost.

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

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.

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails Harry Chapin

Now he was a man who worked with his hands Only in a motor he found peace He could make an engine sing like a bird He could find his only lind of release When he was up to the elbows in the grease

Story of a Life Harry Chapin

Now off you go horizon bound And you won't stop until you've found Your own kind of way.

Corey's Coming Harry Chapin

He starts telling me the stories of the glories of his past But he always saves the story of his Corey for the last. And he says - My Corey's coming.

The Day They Closed the Factory Down Harry Chapin

"And they're talkin' in the town square, In the taverns and the shops I hear them talkin' everywhere. Their talkin' never stops. But all their words of wisdom won't make you go away.

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

30,000 Pounds of Bananas Harry Chapin

He was thinking perhaps about the warm-breathed woman who was waiting at the journey's end. He started down the two mile drop, the curving road that wound from the top of the hill.

I Do It For You Jane Harry Chapin

And whatever mission that brought me there Disappeared in the mist of your amber hair You laughed and surrendered your gifts by degrees But I was convinced that you spoke only to me.

If You Want to Feel Harry Chapin

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 come on heavy There is a lesson that I've found

Sniper Harry Chapin

He goes through the door, he starts up the stairs. 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.

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

Just a few more miles to go, Then he\'d go home and have her ease his long, cramped day away. And the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

Copper Harry Chapin

than the tall oak tree I raised him alone ten years now since his Mama ran away And you ain't gonna blow his image of me for the stunt like you pulled today Chorus: They took the copper right out

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

What Made America Famous Harry Chapin

We were the kids that made America famous. The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to dispair. We were lazy long hairs dropping our, lost confused, and copping out.

What Made America Famous? Harry Chapin

We were the kids that made America famous. The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to dispair. We were lazy long hairs dropping our, lost confused, and copping out.

Fall In Love With Him Harry Chapin

More than my friend he's been my brother He's said to me he's dreamed you'd be his wife, When I think of you it's as just another lover It's a simple choice of how you see your life.

Why Should People Stay the Same Harry Chapin

You put him in an aeroplane and packed your life and clothes, You learned all the lessons that the suitcase lady knows.

We Grew Up A Little Bit Harry Chapin

I played engineer And we were growing ever faster Every year I got bored of kilowatts You were tired of kids I started staying out at night And soon that's what you did At parties we'd go seperately

Six String Orchestra Harry Chapin

Chorus: And so I'd dream a bass will join me, and fill the bottom in. And maybe now some lead guitar so it would not sound so thin. I need some drums to set the beat and help me keep in time.

I Wonder What Would Happen to this World Harry Chapin

there's jugglers And we are led by clowns If an answer ever found us Would we change things Or are we just a people Rotten ready for the ground And if our future Lies on the final line Are we

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..

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?

Odd Job Man Harry Chapin

One day this dude drives in the station And I slide out to the pump And he says, " I need some odd jobs done Can you get off from this dump?

Sequel Harry Chapin

And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend. It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile And I watched the corners start to bend.

Circle Harry Chapin

All my life's a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls thru the nighttime; Till the daybreak comes around.

On the Road to Kingdom Come Harry Chapin

The Smoke Witch says - Wahoo! And the Wise Man says - Me too! And the Guru says - Wazoo! So do what you do!

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.

Love Is Just Another Word Harry Chapin

Time, time, time, it's telling you the story. 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.

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

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.

A Better Place To Be Harry Chapin

It was an early morning bar room, And the place just opened up. And the little man come in so fast and Started at his cup. And the broad who served the whisky She was a big old friendly girl.

Woman Child Harry Chapin

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.

There Only Was One Choice Harry Chapin

-- you get caught up in the cog First your art turns into craft -- then the yahoos start to laugh Then you'll hear the jackals howl 'cause they love to watch the fall They're the lost ones out there

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.

Dogtown Harry Chapin

And I have seen the splintered timbers of a hundred shattered hulls, Known the silence of the granite and the screeching of the gulls, I've heard that crazy widow Cather walk the harbor as she raves

Mercenaries Harry Chapin

with blood 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