The Day They Closed The Factory Down (Live)-Harry Chapin

[ti:The Day They Closed The Factory Down] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Legends Of The Lost And Found - New Greatest Stories Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.41]The Day They Closed The Factory Down (Live) - Harry Chapin [00:03.00]Written by：Harry F. Chapin [00:04.82] [00:34.34]She said I watch him walk down main street [00:37.19]A sweet one man parade [00:38.97] [00:39.66]He'd tip his hat and just like that [00:41.97]Another score he'd made [00:43.57] [00:44.14]I'd watch the girls all watch him [00:46.72]Moths drawn to the flame [00:48.90]The money showed the laughter flowed [00:51.19]From the way he played the game [00:55.55]He played the game [00:58.27] [01:06.63]Some said he was a rambler [01:09.13]Some said he was a rake [01:11.19]Some said he was a gambler [01:13.52]Some said he was a fake [01:15.41] [01:15.99]But I knew him like no one else [01:18.44]A gentleman was he [01:19.98] [01:20.75]His days belonged to himself [01:22.83]His nights belonged to me [01:27.39]Belonged to me [01:31.86] [01:32.51]And they're talkin' in the town square [01:35.23]In the taverns and the shops [01:36.90] [01:37.79]I hear them talkin' everywhere [01:39.40] [01:39.97]Their talkin' never stops [01:41.76] [01:42.64]But all their words of wisdom [01:44.58]Won't make you go away [01:46.39] [01:47.39]The day they closed the factory down [01:49.61]They had nothing [01:51.04] [01:52.43]Nothing left to say [01:56.79] [02:04.00]She said I take care of my momma now [02:06.64]Since my father died [02:08.64] [02:10.14]I'm raising baby brother too [02:11.80] [02:12.52]The way my father tried [02:14.53] [02:16.07]His thirty years in the factory [02:18.32]Ended in that furnace blast [02:20.54] [02:21.87]But they settled up for ten bucks a week [02:24.29]And the bitterness is past [02:28.76]It did not last [02:33.63] [02:44.14]Talkin' talkin' talkin' [02:48.95] [02:52.82]So they're moving somewhere else now [02:55.40]With their cloths and fabric press [02:58.42] [03:00.36]They found themselves another town [03:02.66]Where they'll make shirts for less [03:04.38] [03:07.40]And that is why he said last night [03:09.72]He won't watch the old town die [03:12.70] [03:14.51]But I would not take what he tried to leave [03:16.93]When he told me' good bye' [03:21.19]Oh it's good bye [03:25.31] [03:26.44]And they're talkin' in the town square [03:29.02]In the taverns and the shops [03:30.94] [03:31.79]I hear them talkin' everywhere [03:33.89]Their talkin' never stops [03:35.65] [03:36.57]But all their words of wisdom [03:38.49]Won't make you go away [03:40.57] [03:41.44]The day they closed the factory down [03:43.08]They had nothing [03:45.09] [03:46.24]Nothing left to say [03:51.15] [03:57.69]So they're talkin' of the changes [04:00.25]The closing brings about [04:02.61] [04:05.48]Talkin' of the hard times [04:07.28]And the young folks moving out [04:09.92] [04:12.06]Yes they're talking as if talking [04:14.16]Can make everything all right [04:17.51] [04:19.46]But all the talking ever done [04:21.53]Won't bring him back tonight [04:26.25]Oh tonight [04:30.27] [04:31.46]And they're talkin' talkin' talkin' talkin' [04:34.26]Talkin' in the shops [04:35.73] [04:36.61]I hear them talkin' everywhere [04:38.76]Their talkin' never stops [04:40.48] [04:41.40]But all their words of wisdom [04:43.42] [04:44.73]Won't make you go away [04:47.82] [04:48.53]The day they closed the factory down [04:50.44]They had nothing [04:52.39] [04:54.54]Nothing left to say