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  • TAXI
  • Harry Chapin
  • It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
  • I needed one more fare to make my night.
  • A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,
  • She got in at the light.
  • Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,
  • It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
  • She just looked out the window, and said
  • "Sixteen Parkside Lane".
  • Something about her was familiar
  • I could swear I'd seen her face before,
  • But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"
  • And she didn't say anything more.
  • It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,
  • And she glanced at the license for my name.
  • A smile seemed to come to her slowly,
  • It was a sad smile, just the same.
  • 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."
  • It was somewhere in a fairy tale,
  • I used to take her home in my car.
  • We learned about love in the back of the Dodge,
  • The lesson hadn't gone too far.
  • You see, she was gonna be an actress,
  • And I was gonna learn to fly.
  • She took off to find the footlights,
  • And I took off to find the sky.
  • Oh, I've got something inside me,
  • To drive a princess blind.
  • There's a wild man, wizard,
  • He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind.
  • Oh, I've got something inside me,
  • Not what my life's about,
  • Cause I've been letting my outside tide me,
  • Over 'till my time, runs out.
  • Baby's so high that she's skying,
  • Yes she's flying, afraid to fall.
  • I'll tell you why baby's crying,
  • Cause she's dying, aren't we all.
  • There was not much more for us to talk about,
  • Whatever we had once was gone.
  • So I turned my cab into the driveway,
  • Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns.
  • And she said we must get together,
  • But I knew it'd never be arranged.
  • And she handed me twenty dollars,
  • For a two fifty fare, she said
  • "Harry, keep the change."
  • Well another man might have been angry,
  • And another man might have been hurt,
  • But another man never would have let her go...
  • I stashed the bill in my shirt.
  • And she walked away in silence,
  • It's strange, how you never know,
  • But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for,
  • Such a long, long time ago.
  • You see, she was gonna be an actress
  • And I was gonna learn to fly.
  • She took off to find the footlights,
  • And I took off for the sky.
  • And here, she's acting happy,
  • Inside her handsome home.
  • And me, I'm flying in my taxi,
  • Taking tips, and getting stoned,
  • I go flying so high, when I'm stoned.

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