Sequel (Alternate Mix)-Harry Chapin

[ti:Sequel (Alternate Mix)] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Sequel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.56]So here she's actin' happy inside her handsome home [00:07.16] [00:08.09]And me I'm flyin' in my taxi takin' tips and gettin' stoned [00:15.02] [00:21.14]I got into town a little early [00:23.74] [00:24.80]Had eight hours to kill before the show [00:27.31] [00:28.24]First I thought about heading up north of the bay [00:31.29] [00:31.91]Then I knew where I had to go [00:34.27] [00:37.84]I thought about taking a limousine [00:40.21] [00:41.27]Or at least a fancy car [00:43.98] [00:44.97]But I ended up taking a taxi [00:48.03] [00:48.84]'Cause that's how I got this far [00:51.28] [00:54.09]You see ten years ago it was the front seat [00:57.39] [00:57.96]Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain [01:00.58] [01:01.89]Now here I am straight and sittin' in the back [01:05.44]Hitting Sixteen Parkside Lane [01:08.22] [01:19.70]The driveway was the same as I remembered [01:23.09]And a butler came and answered the door [01:25.83] [01:26.58]He just shook his head when I asked for her [01:30.28]And said "She doesn't live here anymore " [01:33.27] [01:37.89]But he offered to give me the address [01:41.53]That they were forwarding her letters to [01:44.31] [01:45.25]I just took it and returned to the cabbie [01:48.27]And said "I got one more fare for you " [01:52.55] [01:56.61]And so we rolled back into the city [01:59.33] [02:00.27]Up to a five-story old brownstone [02:03.25] [02:03.99]I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox [02:07.55] [02:08.24]The buzzer said somebody's home [02:11.21] [02:21.09]And the look on her face as she opened the door [02:24.49]Was like an old joke told by a friend [02:27.81] [02:28.38]It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile [02:32.24]And I watched the corners start to bend [02:36.25] [02:37.81]And she said "How are you Harry [02:40.90] [02:41.52]Haven't we played this scene before " [02:44.69] [02:45.50]I said "It's so good to see you Sue [02:49.21]Had to play it out just once more " [02:52.27] [02:53.51]Play it out just once more" [02:56.17] [03:05.71]She said "I've heard you flying high on my radio" [03:09.55]I answered "It's not all it seems" [03:12.49] [03:13.11]That's when she laughed and she said "It's better sometimes [03:16.81]When we don't get to touch our dreams " [03:20.39] [03:28.13]That's when I asked her where was that actress [03:31.56] [03:32.31]She said "That was somebody else" [03:35.05] [03:35.61]And then I asked her why she looked so happy now [03:39.14]She said "I finally like myself; at last I like myself " [03:47.71] [04:15.61]So we talked all through that afternoon [04:18.89] [04:19.70]Talking about where we'd been [04:21.57] [04:23.19]We talked of the tiny difference [04:26.28]Between ending and starting to begin [04:29.47] [04:30.53]We talked because talking tells you things [04:33.65]Like what you really are thinking about [04:36.87] [04:37.81]But sometimes you can't find what you're feeling [04:41.68]Till all the words run out [04:44.01] [04:52.24]So I asked her to come to the concert [04:55.46] [04:56.28]She said "No I work at night " [04:58.96] [04:59.52]I said "We've gotten too damn good at leaving Sue" [05:03.13]She said "Harry you're right " [05:06.78] [05:14.58]Don't ask me if I made love to her [05:18.03]Or which one of us started to cry [05:21.07] [05:22.00]Don't ask me why she wouldn't take the money that I left [05:25.50]If I answered at all I'd lie [05:28.74] [05:38.35]So I thought about her as I sang that night [05:41.99]And how the circle keeps rolling around [05:44.89] [05:45.76]How I act as I'm facing the footlights [05:49.14]And how she's flying with both feet on the ground [05:52.57] [05:55.00]I guess it's a sequel to our story [05:58.63]From the journey 'tween heaven and hell [06:01.70] [06:02.82]With half the time thinking of what might have been [06:06.62]And half thinkin' just as well [06:09.98] [06:11.98]I guess only time will tell