Taxi-Harry Chapin

[ti:Taxi] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Taxi (出租车) - Harry Chapin [00:12.41]It was raining hard in 'Frisco [00:15.17] [00:16.17]I needed one more fare to make my night [00:19.38] [00:20.56]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down [00:23.66] [00:24.63]She got in at the light [00:26.83] [00:30.34]Oh where you going to my lady blue [00:33.59] [00:34.30]It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain [00:39.28] [00:40.73]She just looked out the window and said [00:44.68]Sixteen Parkside lane [00:46.93] [00:57.81]Something about her was familiar [01:00.18] [01:01.37]I could swear I'd seen her face before [01:03.94] [01:05.36]But she said I'm sure you're mistaken [01:08.36] [01:09.45]And she didn't say anything more [01:12.17] [01:15.33]It took a while but she looked in the mirror [01:18.70] [01:19.52]And she glanced at the license for my name [01:22.97] [01:23.84]A smile seemed to come to her slowly [01:26.85] [01:27.37]It was a sad smile just the same [01:30.91] [01:33.76]And she said how are you harry [01:36.93] [01:38.04]I said how are you sue [01:40.80] [01:41.88]Through the too many miles [01:44.01]And the too little smiles [01:45.61] [01:46.29]I still remember you [01:51.80] [02:07.97]It was somewhere in a fairy tale [02:11.47] [02:12.14]I used to take her home in my car [02:15.50] [02:16.27]We learned about love in the back of the dodge [02:19.71] [02:20.52]The lesson hadn't gone too far [02:23.22] [02:26.05]You see she was gonna be an actress [02:29.66] [02:30.62]And I was gonna learn to fly [02:33.10] [02:34.82]She took off to find the footlights [02:37.59] [02:38.96]And I took off to find the sky [02:41.71] [02:54.68]Oh I've got something inside me [02:58.96] [02:59.50]To drive a princess blind [03:01.99] [03:02.74]There's a wild man wizard [03:05.43] [03:06.00]He's hiding in me illuminating my mind [03:10.68] [03:13.54]Oh I've got something inside me [03:17.84] [03:18.44]Not what my life's about [03:20.62] [03:21.70]Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [03:27.26]Over 'till my time runs out [03:34.14] [03:47.49]Baby's so high that she's skying [03:52.49] [03:54.27]Yes she's flying afraid to fall [04:00.59] [04:03.51]I'll tell you why baby's crying [04:08.21] [04:10.66]Cause she's dying aren't we all [04:16.32] [04:24.65]There was not much more for us to talk about [04:28.59] [04:29.19]Whatever we had once was gone [04:31.43] [04:32.82]So I turned my cab into the driveway [04:35.90] [04:36.93]Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns [04:40.14] [04:43.12]And she said we must get together [04:46.01] [04:47.19]But I knew it'd never be arranged [04:49.89] [04:51.14]And she handed me twenty dollars [04:53.32]For a two fifty fare she said [04:55.30] [04:56.17]Harry keep the change [04:58.38] [05:01.30]Well another man might have been angry [05:04.25] [05:05.19]And another man might have been hurt [05:08.09] [05:09.17]But another man never would have let her go [05:12.45] [05:14.04]I stashed the bill in my shirt [05:16.02] [05:19.34]And she walked away in silence [05:22.48] [05:23.58]It's strange how you never know [05:25.79] [05:27.91]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for [05:30.78] [05:31.56]Such a long long time ago [05:36.32] [05:39.46]You see she was gonna be an actress [05:42.70] [05:43.95]And I was gonna learn to fly [05:46.44] [05:48.49]She took off to find the footlights [05:51.04] [05:52.23]And I took off for the sky [05:54.85] [05:57.93]And here she's acting happy [06:00.56] [06:02.17]Inside her handsome home [06:05.13] [06:06.30]And me I'm flying in my taxi [06:08.96] [06:10.00]Taking tips and getting stoned [06:13.59] [06:16.06]I go flying so high when I'm stoned