Harry Chapin Lyrics

    ------ About the song Taxi performed by Harry Chapin

For some reason I've been thinking about this song for weeks! Finding it here really surprised me: I thought it had been a "guilty pleasure", kind of a cliched song that I just liked.
Reading the lyrics made me remember how insightful and nuanced it is into the relative importance of an early love.
Harry, I never knew ye! This song is well worth becoming a Pandora station. (Only other one I've done was "A Day in the Life".)
Thanks sing365.com.

    ------ About the song Mr. Tanner performed by Harry Chapin

While my history is in correspondence and computers, my passion is, has been and always will be hand-forged ironwork. This song just means so much to me on a gut level. I've done work people have raved on, yet I see the flaws in it. And, yes, when I am in my shop alone I do sing to myself.

    ------ About the song A Better Place To Be performed by Harry Chapin

I was introduced to Harry with the 'Live'album .
Late 70's I think ! Insightful lyrics,performed with passion ! Have you noticed how words diminish important things ? Though they are the hardest to say ,words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head,to no more than living size when they are brought to the surface.you somehow get ashamed of them.You may reveal things that cost you dearly,only to have people look at you in that funny way,not understanding why you thought it was so important that you almost cried in the telling,That's maybe the worst---when the secret stays locked within--not for the want of a teller---but for the want of an understanding ear! Somehow Harry captures those important thoughts---puts them on paper--puts them to music---and finds that understanding ear !Few of his songs epitomise this more than 'A Better Place To Be'

    ------ About the song Corey's Coming performed by Harry Chapin

I have known a LOT of great story tellers like the old man in this song. I can see him as clearly as I can see a movie.

Story tellers like Harry Chapin seem to be fading out but really they are still around. Rena Wren of Hot Springs is one, Trish Murphy of Austin is another great one. When you find a great singer-songwriter/story teller, support them by buying their music.

    ------ About the song Taxi performed by Harry Chapin

"Taxi" is one of the greatest songs ever and if you really think about the message the lyrics convey you'll realize that this is everyone's life story in some manner - "Cat's In The Cradle" is also one of the greatest for the same reason -
I saw Harry Chapin live just several weeks before his untimely death and his death was among the biggest tragedies in entertainment - it's hard to believe that 30 years has elapsed - Bruce from Pennsylvania

    ------ About the song Cat's in the Cradle performed by Harry Chapin

Like the lyrics of "TAXI" this song is what life is all about - "Cat's InThe Cradle" and "TAXI" are two of the greatest songs ever because just about everyone can relate to what the lyrics are telling us - I saw Harry Chapin several weeks before his tragic and untimely death and he was truly a wonderful human being - Bruce from Pennsylvania

    ------ About the song The Mayor of Candor Lied performed by Harry Chapin

For 70 years I've read and listened to stories told by the best that humans have to offer on recorded music. In his song "The Mayor of Candor Lied" he tells of double twisted betrayal and treachery. This episodic storytelling method is, by far, the most difficult to do convincingly. Chapin dispatches it flawlessly...again. This is fodder for a great opera.

    ------ About the song A Better Place To Be performed by Harry Chapin

I was born in 1969 and my parents were big Harry fans - they went to several concerts in Lincoln and Omaha, NE whenever he came to the area. I heard this song several times over as a kid and while I think I understood the gist of it, it resonates so much more as an adult. I'm sad I never got a chance to enjoy one of his shows, and that the world lost a true troubadour so early.

    ------ About the song Taxi performed by Harry Chapin

I was lucky enough to see Harry Chapin perform at Spirit Square in Charlotte -- it was just a few weeks before his death. I was about 21 years old.

During the intermission he sold T-shirts and books out on the sidewalk in front of the theatre. He told everyone, "I shake the guys hands and kiss the girls." I didn't think he meant it -- we stood in line and when it was my turn he said, "I told you I kiss the girls." He came out from behind the table and put his hands on my shoulders and bent us both over so it was like the kiss in the famous photo from WW2. Instead of a peck it was a several-second kiss.

I'll have to say I've never been kissed like that before or since.

    ------ About the song A Better Place To Be performed by Harry Chapin

I remember in 1979 or 1980 I was in a little bar in upstate NY and when I walked in there was Harry Chapin. It was a little hole in the wall. My friend and I chatted with him for a few hours while he played all by himself to about 15 of us in this bar. What a magical moment. I see he has touched several others. He was just a great down to earth guy who would talk and hang out with anybody. He wasn't caught up in being a star. He sang this song for me that night because it is my favorite song. The world truly lost a great guy. RIP Harry. You have touched me deeply.