Copper-Harry Chapin

[ti:Copper] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Legends Of The Lost And Found ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Copper (铜) - Harry Chapin [00:30.11]If you were looking for a way to make me mad it was a sure fire way you found [00:34.38] [00:35.81]Acting like a half wit fool laying your money around [00:39.17] [00:40.49]Well I came back here to tell you Lou ＇bout what you almost did [00:44.92]Don＇t you ever put the cash on the counter Lou when I＇m with my kid [00:50.78] [00:52.97]Yeah the kid＇s thirteen he＇s growing Lou two years and he＇ll be bigger than me [00:58.90]Still he thinks I＇m strong as a blacksmith and straighter than the tall oak tree [01:03.70] [01:04.32]I raised him alone ten years now since his Mama ran away [01:08.82] [01:09.82]And you ain＇t gonna blow his image of me for the stunt like you pulled today [01:14.93] [01:17.61]They took the copper right out of the penny Lou [01:20.55]They got the pig locked up in the pen [01:22.67] [01:23.61]But you＇re in big trouble with me yes you [01:26.29] [01:26.98]If you ever do that again [01:28.47] [01:29.10] [01:34.08] [01:34.83]You＇ve got to treat me like a living saint Lou whenever my son＇s around [01:41.17] [01:46.79]Yeah the kid wants to be a policeman just like me [01:51.47] [01:53.03]You know he＇ll be a good one the way I started out to be [01:57.41] [01:58.65]And he just might end up police chief now wouldn＇t that be something to see [02:04.21] [02:04.77]＇Cause then the kid would kick right off of the force all the two-bit grifters like me [02:09.50] [02:12.31]They took the copper right out of the penny Lou [02:14.69] [02:15.31]They got the pig locked up in the pen [02:17.37] [02:18.62]But you＇re in big trouble with me yes you [02:21.86]If you ever do that again [02:23.11] [02:23.92] [02:29.56] [02:30.86]You＇ve got to treat me like a living saint Lou whenever my son＇s around [02:36.54] [02:48.21]I guess it was when my old lady left me and she took off with a salesman guy [02:52.95] [02:54.26]I started to see things so differently cut your own slice out of the pie [02:59.09] [02:59.96]Yeah I grew up and it came clear to me all the smart cops on the make [03:04.70]You get a silver badge not an old tin star when you＇re on the take [03:11.07] [03:14.12]It＇s pimps and whores punk gang wars robberies and homicides [03:18.77] [03:20.33]When you walk the beat with the creeps on the street well there ain＇t no way to hide [03:25.39] [03:26.38] [03:31.59] [03:32.65]I learned the tricks of the trade from the gutter parade and then I prayed for all I＇m worth [03:38.65] [03:49.81] [03:54.05] [03:55.73]And when I send my kid to college someday I＇ll have guys like you to thank [04:00.80] [04:01.87]Yeah ten bucks a week on your grocery store means you don＇t have to worry ＇bout crime But hold your money when the kid＇s with me you can pay me double next time [04:13.58] [04:15.96]They took the copper right out of the penny Lou [04:18.39]They got the pig locked up in the pen [04:21.26] [04:22.26]But you＇re in big trouble with me yes you [04:25.19]If you ever do that again [04:26.75]Ten bucks a week protection don＇t mean I can＇t knock you down [04:33.87]You＇ve got to treat me like a living saint Lou whenever my son＇s around [04:39.92] [04:42.73]Ten bucks a week protection don＇t mean I can＇t knock you down [04:48.58] [04:50.02]You＇ve got to treat me like a living saint Lou whenever my son＇s around