Sequel-Harry Chapin

[ti:Sequel] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Classic Hits Of Harry Chapin] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Sequel - Harry Chapin [00:00.56]So here she's acting happy inside her handsome home [00:07.22] [00:08.20]And me I'm flying in my taxi [00:11.73] [00:12.24]Taking tips and getting stoned [00:16.47] [00:21.21]I got into town a little early [00:23.81] [00:24.80]Eight had hours to kill before the show [00:27.34] [00:28.24]First I thought about heading up north of the bay [00:31.41] [00:31.92]Then I knew where I had to go [00:34.31] [00:37.88]I thought about taking a limousine [00:40.00] [00:41.25]Or at least a fancy car [00:44.02] [00:45.01]But I ended up taking a taxi [00:48.23] [00:48.84]'Cause that's how I got this far [00:51.64] [00:54.00]You see ten years ago it was the front seat [00:57.96]Driving stoned and feeling no pain [01:00.81] [01:01.87]Now here I am straight and sitting in the back [01:05.35]Hitting sixteen parkside lane [01:08.24] [01:19.68]The driveway the was the same as I remembered [01:22.89]And a butler came and answered the door [01:26.49]He just shook his head when I asked for her [01:30.23]And said she doesn't live here anymore [01:33.83] [01:37.80]But he offered to give me the address [01:41.47]That were they forwarding her letters to [01:45.09]I just took it and returned to the cabbie [01:48.10]And said I got one more fare for you [01:52.49] [01:56.48]And so we rolled back into the city [01:59.19] [02:00.12]Up to a five story old brownstone [02:03.84]I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox [02:07.78]The buzzer said somebody's home [02:11.64] [02:20.86]And the look on her face as she opened the door [02:24.25]Was like an old joke told by a friend [02:27.62] [02:28.17]It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile [02:31.98]And I watched the corners start to bend [02:35.92] [02:37.60]And she said how are you harry [02:40.65] [02:41.28]Haven't we played this scene before [02:44.43] [02:45.22]I said it's so good to see you sue [02:48.92]Had to play it out just once more [02:51.98] [02:53.17]Play it out just once more [02:56.72] [03:05.33]She said I've heard you flying high on my radio [03:09.13]I answered it's not all it seems [03:12.78]That's when she laughed and she said [03:15.02]It's better sometimes [03:16.44]When we don't get to touch our dreams [03:20.08] [03:27.81]That's when I asked her where was that actress [03:31.87]She said that was somebody else [03:35.25]And then I asked her why she looked so happy now [03:38.80]She said I finally like myself [03:43.37] [03:44.04]At last I like myself [03:47.38] [04:15.09]So we talked all through that afternoon [04:18.98]Talking about where we'd been [04:21.35] [04:22.68]We talked of the tiny difference [04:25.85]Between ending and starting to begin [04:29.27] [04:30.10]We talked because talking tells you things [04:33.14]Like what you really are thinking about [04:37.03]But sometimes you can't find what you're feeling [04:41.09]Till all the words run out [04:44.23] [04:51.56]So I asked her to come to the concert [04:55.50]She said no I work at night [04:58.39] [04:58.91]I said we've gotten too damn good at leaving sue [05:02.54]She said harry you're right [05:06.27] [05:14.04]Don't ask me if I made love to her [05:17.43]Or which one of us started to cry [05:20.44] [05:21.46]Don't ask me why she wouldn't take [05:23.06]The money that I left [05:24.64]If I answered at all I'd lie [05:28.08] [05:37.74]So I thought about her as I sang that night [05:41.33]And how the circle keeps rolling around [05:44.13] [05:45.08]How I act as I'm facing the footlights [05:48.43]And how she's flying with both feet on the ground [05:52.00] [05:54.23]I guess it's a sequel to our story [05:57.91]From the journey between heaven and hell [06:00.93] [06:02.19]With half the time thinking of what might have been [06:05.81]And half thinking just as well [06:09.51] [06:11.16]I guess only time will tell