Taxi-70s Love Songs/70s Music All Stars/The Seventies

[ti:Taxi (In the Style of Harry Chapin) (Demo Vocal Version)] [ar:ProSource Karaoke] [al:Taxi (In the Style of Harry Chapin) (Karaoke Version) - Single] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Taxi (出租车) - 70s Love Songs/70s Music All Stars/The Seventies [00:16.67]It was raining hard in 'Frisco [00:19.75] [00:20.36]I needed one more fare to make my night [00:23.50] [00:24.92]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down [00:27.97] [00:29.15]She got in at the light [00:31.19] [00:35.08]Oh where you going to my lady blue [00:38.23] [00:39.05]It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain [00:43.89] [00:45.80]She just looked out the window [00:48.01] [00:49.26]"Sixteen Parkside Lane" [00:52.05] [01:03.24]Something about her was familiar [01:05.77] [01:06.78]I could swear I'd seen her face before [01:09.35] [01:10.86]But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken" [01:13.96] [01:14.85]And she didn't say anything more [01:17.67] [01:21.01]It took a while but she looked in the mirror [01:24.13] [01:25.28]And she glanced at the license for my name [01:28.61] [01:29.78]A smile seemed to come to her slowly [01:32.51] [01:33.12]It was a sad smile just the same [01:36.51] [01:39.65]And she said "How are you Harry " [01:42.64] [01:43.98]I said "How are you Sue [01:46.44] [01:47.91]Through the too many miles [01:49.94]And the too little smiles [01:52.11]I still remember you " [01:57.45] [02:14.17]It was somewhere in a fairy tale [02:17.20] [02:18.41]I used to take her home in my car [02:20.86] [02:22.62]We learned about love in the back of the Dodge [02:25.79] [02:26.42]The lesson hadn't gone too far [02:28.94] [02:32.34]You see she was gonna be an actress [02:36.07] [02:36.93]And I was gonna learn to fly [02:39.25] [02:41.11]She took off to find the footlights [02:43.87] [02:45.39]And I took off to find the sky [02:48.03] [03:01.42]Oh I've got something inside me [03:05.48] [03:06.23]To drive a princess blind [03:08.77] [03:09.52]There's a wild man wizard [03:12.92]He's hiding in me illuminating my mind [03:17.95] [03:20.53]Oh I've got something inside me [03:25.19] [03:25.73]Not what my life's about [03:27.58] [03:28.93]Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [03:34.60]Over 'till my time runs out [03:40.96] [03:55.35]Baby's so high that she's skying [04:02.10] [04:02.65]Yes she's flying afraid to fall [04:10.15] [04:11.79]I'll tell you why baby's crying [04:17.89] [04:18.79]Cause she's dying aren't we all [04:26.03] [04:32.99]There was not much more for us to talk about [04:35.98] [04:37.25]Whatever we had once was gone [04:39.74] [04:41.03]So I turned my cab into the driveway [04:44.44] [04:45.20]Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns [04:48.40] [04:51.48]And she said we must get together [04:54.63] [04:55.45]But I knew it'd never be arranged [04:58.67] [04:59.64]And she handed me twenty dollars [05:01.22]For a two fifty fare she said [05:03.93] [05:04.65]"Harry keep the change " [05:06.50] [05:09.91]Well another man might have been angry [05:12.92] [05:13.94]And another man might have been hurt [05:16.62] [05:17.81]But another man never would have let her go [05:21.33] [05:22.99]I stashed the bill in my shirt [05:24.79] [05:28.41]And she walked away in silence [05:31.74] [05:32.71]It's strange how you never know [05:36.00] [05:36.91]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for [05:39.91] [05:40.46]Such a long long time ago [05:46.87] [05:48.63]You see she was gonna be an actress [05:52.15] [05:52.94]And I was gonna learn to fly [05:56.21] [05:57.44]She took off to find the footlights [06:00.28] [06:01.66]And I took off for the sky [06:04.19] [06:07.53]And here she's acting happy [06:10.54] [06:11.74]Inside her handsome home [06:14.80] [06:15.64]And me I'm flying in my taxi [06:18.37] [06:19.65]Taking tips and getting stoned [06:22.97] [06:25.69]I go flying so high when I'm stoned