30,000 Pounds of Bananas Harry Chapin

Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas. Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas. He was a young driver, just out on his second job.

30,000 Pounds of bananas (live) Harry Chapin

Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas. Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas. He was a young driver, Just out on his second job.

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?

Any Old Kind of Day Harry Chapin

Turning on my pillow, thinking kind of strange. The color is of midnight in this room.

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

Caroline Harry Chapin

together Caroline Starts closing in Surrounding the spot Where watching in wonder I stand Caroline She's shedding her rings Her bracelets and stockings And placing her skin still moist in the palm of

Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails Harry Chapin

house with a shrug I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails And hate gets under the skin But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone and the heart of a body that it's in.

Last of the Protest Singers Harry Chapin

He's the last of the protest singers, Selling truth and commitment, He don't get much work these days, He's billed as a novelty act, And he stands there with his thumb out, Hitching a ride towards

A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Harry Chapin

Holdin' on tight to my pillow Wish it had a life of its own, Starin' at the ceilin,' Such a funny feelin,' But nobody's home.

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

The Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

It's kind of funny, for you were the cause of me being here on the radio And though that's another time, I'm still wanting you, I've been hunting for you.

Same Sad Singer Harry Chapin

It's kind of funny, for you were the cause of me being here on the radio And though that's another time, I'm still wanting you, I've been hunting for you. I'm still wanting you, I need to find you.

Tangled Up Puppet Harry Chapin

I'm a tangled up puppet, Spinning round in knots, And the more I see what I used to be, The less of you I've got.

What Made America Famous Harry Chapin

It was a rundown slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town.

What Made America Famous? Harry Chapin

It was a rundown slum, the shame of all the decent folks in town.

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

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.

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.

Mercenaries Harry Chapin

Some old blue blood bastard In a dark pinstripe suit and the word from your loins Has your mind in your groin And your back pocket burning with blood Blood money loot So, you walk past the glow Of

Old College Avenue Harry Chapin

Of course I picked a rainy night To try to find our past The street lights all were flickering The leaves were falling fast I walked down the winding road Looked up through the trees And I saw

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.

Barefoot Boy Harry Chapin

Oh, barefoot boy, once he came unto a land of forests, and of streams that tumbled through the meadows to the sea.

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

I Wonder What Would Happen to Him Harry Chapin

and you're the lady with the past I admit I'm insecure about how long we will last I sort through in my mind the little that I know But the only things I find from where my musings go Is that kind of

The Parade's Still Passing By Harry Chapin

You weren't no leader You were more like a bleeder Who was trying to cry for us all You weren't no sage But your sense of outrage Sounded like a trumpet call Fifteen years ago In the old folky show You

Empty Harry Chapin

I really can't believe in the thought of you just leaving. But no one's here, You must be gone. I guess I took you for granted, I thought of us as one.

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.

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

Mr. Tanner Harry Chapin

And of all the cleaning shops around he'd made his the best. But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes. He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local shows.

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.

Bummer Harry Chapin

A bummer like that is better of dead Someday they're gonna have to put a bullet in his head."

Dancing Boy Harry Chapin

Dancing boy, I'm sure by now that you must see, You're dancing means much more to me, Than any dream of mine. Yes, I'm so proud when you are with me, That my heart digs in my throat.

Dancin' Boy Harry Chapin

Dancin' boy, I'm sure by now that you must see, You're dancin' means much more to me, Than any dream of mine. Yes, I'm so proud when you are with me, That my heart digs in my throat.

The Day They Closed the Factory Down Harry Chapin

But all their words of wisdom won't make you go away. The day they closed the factory down they had nothing, Nothing left to say. She said, "I take care of my momma now, since my father died.

She is Always Seventeen Harry Chapin

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

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

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

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.

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.

I Want To Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

So I'd show up about once a week in my faded tight-legged jeans with a backlog full of hobo stories and dilapidated dreams. She said, "I want to learn a love song full of happy things."

Copper Harry Chapin

he'll be bigger than me Still he thinks I'm strong as a blacksmith and straighter 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

Greyhound Harry Chapin

It's a dog of a way to get around. Take the Greyhound. It's a dog gone easy way to get you down. Tired of watching this night go by So I look across the aisle.

Let Time Go Lightly Harry Chapin

That leaves the evening, to share a fire with a friend or two, to loose sight of the hours To go lightly with you I let time go lightly when I'm here with you, I let time go lightly when the day

Sniper Harry Chapin

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. He was kind of strange. Always sort of sat there.

Someone Keeps Calling My Name Harry Chapin

when they say that I'm too young a girl to ride a bike I may be just four fingers old but I know what I like Someone keeps calling my name Someone keeps calling my name Or is it just the rustling of

Remember When the Music Harry Chapin

Remember when the music Was the best of what we dreamed of for our children's time And as we sang we worked, for time was just a line, It was a gift we saved, a gift the future gave.

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.

Remember When The Music (Reprise) Harry Chapin

when the music Brought us all together to stand inside the rain And as we'd join our hands, we'd meet in the refrain For we had dreams to live, we had hopes to give Remember when the music Was the best of

I Wanna Learn a Love Song Harry Chapin

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 With a backlog full of