Stranger With The Melodies-Harry Chapin

[ti:Stranger With The Melodies] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Legends Of The Lost And Found ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stranger With The Melodies - Harry Chapin [00:33.62]It was my first night in that rooming house [00:36.42] [00:37.49]In the last room down the hall [00:39.61] [00:40.86]I heard a hoarse voice and an old guitar [00:43.99] [00:45.12]Coming through the paper thin walls [00:46.86] [00:49.30]A crazy nonsense nursery rhyme [00:50.92] [00:52.86]That did not mean a thing [00:54.82] [00:55.63]But for the first of what was to be a thousand times [00:58.57] [00:59.50]This is what I hear him sing [01:02.61]Hold that D chord on the old guitar [01:05.92] [01:07.61]＇Til I found the G [01:09.29] [01:10.42]Drop it down to old E minor [01:12.54] [01:14.22]＇Til the A chord rolls back home around to D [01:18.04] [01:25.40]I had to lay there listening [01:26.90] [01:29.03]It seemed he was in the room [01:30.90] [01:32.65]This stranger with his melody [01:34.89] [01:36.45]Singing there in the gloom [01:38.14] [01:39.64]And he repeated it over and over again [01:42.25] [01:43.37]Such a soft and sinkin＇ sound [01:45.56] [01:47.12]It was kind of like a music box that was slowly winding down [01:52.39] [01:54.20]You see he sang it he hummed it [01:58.10] [01:58.85]Whistled it and he strummed it [02:00.72] [02:02.03]He laughed it and he cried it [02:04.40] [02:05.65]He did everything but hide it [02:08.09] [02:11.07]And he sang [02:12.58]Hold that D chord on the old guitar [02:15.88] [02:17.57]＇Til I found the G [02:19.07] [02:20.50]Drop it down to old E minor [02:22.76] [02:24.12]＇Til the A chord rolls back home around for me [02:28.24] [02:35.29]So I lay there in that lumpy bed [02:38.54] [02:39.10]Countin＇ choruses instead of sheep [02:41.54] [02:42.72]＇Til I banged on the wall and out I called [02:45.78] [02:46.53]＂Hey bub I need some sleep ＂ [02:49.70] [02:51.26]The sudden void of silence then I heard that hoarse voice say [02:56.26] [02:58.76]＂It weren＇t so long ago boy they paid me to play ＂ [03:03.94] [03:10.12]I said ＂It＇s kind of late for music sir [03:13.74] [03:14.61]Two hours til it＇s daylight＂ [03:17.11] [03:17.92]He answered ＂I need my music most [03:20.86] [03:21.91]In these dark hours of the night [03:24.41] [03:25.34]You see I＇ve tried gettin＇ high on something son [03:28.34] [03:29.34]But it only brings me down [03:31.27] [03:32.84]Staying dry don＇t work out better boy [03:35.70] [03:36.77]＇Cause my eyes get wet and I drown [03:39.32] [03:40.38]Won＇t you please let me continue [03:42.63] [03:44.00]And I＇ll be in your debt [03:46.81] [03:47.63]You see I＇m not singing to remember son [03:50.31] [03:51.30]I＇m just singing to forget＂ [03:54.36] [03:57.17]And he sang [03:58.60]Hold that D chord on the old guitar [04:01.88] [04:03.81]＇Til I found the G [04:05.31] [04:06.80]Drop it down to old E minor [04:08.99] [04:10.36]＇Til the A chord rolls back home around for me [04:14.94] [04:21.80]That＇s when I said [04:23.69]＂If I＇m supposed to listen to you sir [04:26.37]Just one quick question then [04:27.75] [04:29.93]Why in the hell do you sing one song [04:32.61] [04:33.55]Over and over again ＂ [04:36.11] [04:38.60]And this is what he said [04:42.16] [04:48.53]He said ＂I gave her the music son [04:51.27] [04:53.14]She gave me the words [04:54.76] [04:56.51]Together we＇d write the kind of songs [04:58.88] [04:59.88]The angels must have heard [05:02.50] [05:04.19]Of course we＇d fight like cats and dogs [05:06.93] [05:07.80]But life ain＇t no rosebud dream [05:10.17] [05:11.23]Still whatever we＇d do everybody knew [05:14.11] [05:15.91]We truly were a team [05:17.48] [05:18.66]I can＇t remember now if I done her wrong [05:21.91] [05:22.66]Or if she done wrong to me [05:24.72] [05:26.78]But all I know that when I let her go [05:29.64] [05:30.27]That it did not set me free＇＇ [05:33.27]That＇s when I said ＂You sound like what＇s-his-name＂ [05:38.33] [05:38.90]He said ＂That＇s who I am [05:42.14]But you can＇t wrap a name around you boy [05:45.20]＇Cause it really don＇t mean a damn [05:47.62] [05:48.68]You see a song don＇t have much meaning [05:51.09] [05:52.34]When it dan＇t have nothing to say [05:54.64] [05:56.58]What she could do was magic son [05:59.08] [06:00.20]All I could do was play＂ [06:02.95] [06:07.94]He started singing again [06:09.12] [06:10.13]That＇s when I drifted off [06:11.81] [06:12.49]Maybe I dreamed what I heard [06:14.36] [06:15.80] [06:18.26] [06:20.13]Who＇d gone and lost the words [06:22.63] [06:24.25]Hold that D chord on the old guitar [06:28.15] [06:30.65]＇Til I found the G [06:32.27] [06:34.09]Drop it down to old E minor [06:36.71] [06:38.57]＇Til the A chord rolls back home around to D