Let Time Go Lightly Harry Chapin

I let time go lightly when I'm here with you, I let time go lightly when the day is through. I keep a watch on time when I've have work to do, I let time go lightly with you.

Sometime Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

I had a kind of empty feeling, But no place to go where I could take it.

Sometime, Somewhere Wife Harry Chapin

I had a kind of empty feeling, But no place to go where I could take it. So I took a walk beside the railroad tracks, and I thought about the facts of my life And of my sometime, somewhere wife.

Poor Damned Fool Harry Chapin

But he's a poor damned fool 'Cause he went and let you go now. Just a poor damned fool. He never will know now. Maybe someday he'll be sad.

Wold Harry Chapin

We were two kids and I was was into AM rock But I just had to run around It's been eight years since I left you babe Let me tell you 'bout what's gone down CHORUS I am the morning DJ on W*O*L*D Playing

Dreams Go By Harry Chapin

dreams it takes my breath away You know I want to be a ball player A regular slugging fool But both our dreams must wait awhile Until we finish school And so you and I We'll watch our years go

W*O*L*D* Harry Chapin

That's the place to be And how I got the job as an FM jock The day you married me We were two kids and I was was into AM rock But I just had to run around It's been eight years since I'd left you babe Let

Old College Avenue Harry Chapin

flickering The leaves were falling fast I walked down the winding road Looked up through the trees And I saw the corner window That you once shared with me It was Old College Avenue And in the time

Could you put your Light on Please? Harry Chapin

Whatever it was, she knew it was holy, And each time I tried to hold her her smile came sad and slowly. She said, "No one knows me."

Could You Put Your Light On, Please Harry Chapin

Whatever it was, she knew it was holy, And each time I tried to hold her her smile came sad and slowly. She said, "No one knows me." Could you put your light on please, it's kind of dark tonight.

Greyhound Harry Chapin

Travelling late, I got to go But the bus won't be on time. Everybody's looking half alive. Later on the bus arrives. They punch my ticket I find a seat And we move out past the lights.

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."

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 Want To Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

She said, "I want to learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?" She said, "I want to learn a love song, I want to hear you play."

Paint A Picture of Yourself (Michael) Harry Chapin

strife of married life That ordained what you would do A quick look back through your history Shows the same things goading you It's just like you to try painting Because you're color blind Each time

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?

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

Any Old Kind of Day Harry Chapin

And it was just an any old kind of day, The kind that comes and slips away, The kind that fills up easy my life's time. The night brought any old kind of dark, I heard the ticking of my heart.

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

Circle Harry Chapin

thousand times; I guess you done the same; But then we lose each other; It's like a children's game; As I find you here again; A thought runs through my mind; Our love is like a circle; Let's go

Caroline Harry Chapin

placing her skin still moist in the palm of my hand You're pressing she smiles It's too soon to ask For me to cast off my cover You assume that I'm caught Up there in your head So now I must go

And the Baby Never Cries Harry Chapin

And so I come and go with her in whispers. Each and every time she says she dies. When she is reborn again I kiss her. And the baby never cries.

Tangled Up Puppet Harry Chapin

There was a time that you curled up in my lap; like a child 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

Dancing Boy Harry Chapin

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. I feel that with my leaving I leave far too much of me.

Dancin' Boy Harry Chapin

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. I feel that with my leaving I leave far too much of me.

Song for Myself Harry Chapin

friends It's just a thought that was in my mind just a thought that was in my mind But no one's wrote a protest song since nineteen sixty three Are we all gonna listen to the moldy gold and say just let

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.

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

Burning Herself Harry Chapin

I could have erased them if I'd only taken the time. I never saw her do it, I only saw the scars. I never could imagine what would make her go that far.

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

Six String Orchestra Harry Chapin

I need some drums to set the beat and help me keep in time. And way back in the distance, some strings would sound so fine.

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

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

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

Northwest 222 Harry Chapin

I'm a strummin' fool out in the sticks For the glory and the bread And you're wise enough to let me sing This music in my head.

Shooting Star Harry Chapin

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 glow She knew he was going nowhere But of course she let

It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains Harry Chapin

screamed at you-- What the hell is it all about You spilled your coffee Onto my sleeve And you said Don't expect the tears To come from me babe For I've already grieved But that's when you let

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

She said, "I want to learn a love song; won't you let me hear you sing?" She said, "I want to learn a love song, I want to hear you play."

I Finally Found It, Sandy Harry Chapin

we both have grown They'll be strangers in our future Changes in our world But a man can love a woman More than a little boy a girl Oh yeah, ah yeah Yes, I finally found it Sandy Maybe this time

Empty Harry Chapin

Well, I got no place to go now, I really do not know how to like my life, now that you're gone. Empty mailbox, empty head. Empty promise, empty bed.

Song Man Harry Chapin

But you've been mine for such a long time baby it's my turn to write one for you and this is the best that this poor boy could do.

Saturday Morning Harry Chapin

Time used to mose softly when I was at home. 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.

My Old Lady Harry Chapin

can't blow down And it won't be laughed away You see, my old lady went and took herself A young man last night It got me crazy when she said, "Baby, don't you get uptight, I think maybe it's the time

Stranger with the Melodies Harry Chapin

Won't you please let me continue And I'll be in your debt. You see I'm not singing to remember son, I'm just singing to forget" And he sang .. .

Sequel Harry Chapin

First I thought about heading up north of the bay Then I knew where I had to go. I thought about taking a limousine Or at least a fancy car.

Sunday Morning Sunshine Harry Chapin

You know I've knocked around a bit, I've had my share of small town glories, And it's time to hit the city and that crazy carousel.

Sniper Harry Chapin

So much to do and so little time. He looks at the city where no one had known him. He looks at the sky where no one looks down. He looks at his life and what it has shown him.

I Wonder What Would Happen to this World Harry Chapin

Oh well I wonder Yes I wonder What would happen What would happen to this world Well I wonder what would happen to this world Now if a man tried To take his time on Earth And prove before he

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.

Everybody's Lonely Harry Chapin

All I got is time, Nothing else is mine. All I want is you and one more tomorrow. Nothing lasts to long, When I leave it's gone. So I send my mind ahead and hope to follow.