Karaoke - Taxi-Karaoke

[ti:Taxi] [ar:The Karaoke Channel] [al:The Karaoke Channel - Sing the Best Folk Songs, Vol. 7] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Karaoke - Taxi - Karaoke [00:12.85]It was raining hard in 'Frisco [00:16.45]I needed one more fare to make my night [00:20.28] [00:21.34]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down [00:25.41]She got in at the lights [00:28.65] [00:31.74]"Oh where you going to my lady blue " [00:35.27]It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain [00:41.48] [00:42.10]She just looked out the window she said [00:46.13]"Sixteen Park side Lane" [00:49.40] [00:59.84]Something about her was familiar [01:02.56] [01:03.47]I could swear I'd seen her face before [01:06.49] [01:07.41]But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken" [01:10.65] [01:11.77]Then she didn't say anything more [01:15.64] [01:17.79]It took a while but she looked in the mirror [01:21.29] [01:22.10]Then she glanced at the license for my name [01:25.88] [01:26.49]A smile seemed to come to her slowly [01:29.61] [01:30.13]It was a sad smile just the same [01:34.19] [01:36.65]And she said "How are you Harry " [01:40.12] [01:40.86]I said "How are you Sue [01:43.96] [01:44.93]Through the too many miles and the too little smiles [01:48.69] [01:49.23]I still remember you" [01:55.81] [02:11.28]It was somewhere in a fairy tale [02:14.88] [02:15.55]I used to take her home in my car [02:19.07] [02:19.77]We learned about love in the back of a Dodge [02:23.39] [02:23.90]The lesson hadn't gone too far [02:27.46] [02:29.57]You see she was gonna be an actress [02:33.51] [02:34.26]And I was gonna learn to fly [02:37.40] [02:38.43]She took off to find the footlights [02:41.75] [02:42.43]I took off to find the sky [02:46.82] [02:58.97]Oh I've got something inside me [03:03.74]To drive a princess blind [03:07.12]There's a wild man wizard [03:10.59]He's hiding in me illuminating my mind [03:16.44] [03:18.52]Oh I've got something inside me [03:23.41]But it's not what my life's about [03:25.95] [03:26.81]'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [03:32.47]Over till my time runs out [03:38.61] [03:54.20]Baby's so high that she's skying [03:59.77] [04:00.60]Yes she's flying afraid to fall [04:09.25] [04:09.79]I'll tell you why baby's crying [04:16.18] [04:17.15]She's dying aren't we all [04:24.49] [04:31.21]There was not much more for us to talk about [04:34.62] [04:35.60]Whatever we had once was gone [04:39.39]So I turned my cab into the driveway [04:43.10] [04:43.62]Past the gates and the fine trimmed lawns [04:47.57] [04:49.84]And she said "We must get together" [04:53.17] [04:53.96]But I knew it'd never be arranged [04:57.50] [04:58.09]Then she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare [05:01.89]She said "Harry keep the change" [05:05.50] [05:08.54]Well another man might have been angry [05:11.77] [05:12.61]And another man might have been hurt [05:16.05] [05:16.78]But another man never would have let her go [05:20.29] [05:21.61]I stashed the bill in my shirt [05:23.46] [05:27.07]And she walked away in silence [05:30.40] [05:31.43]It's strange how you never know [05:34.57] [05:35.70]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for [05:38.81] [05:39.38]Such a long long time ago [05:45.20] [05:47.64]You see she was gonna be an actress [05:51.41] [05:52.19]And I was gonna learn to fly [05:56.31]She took off to find the footlights [05:59.70] [06:00.49]And I took off for the sky [06:04.30] [06:06.78]And here she's acting happy [06:09.80] [06:10.83]Inside her handsome home [06:14.10] [06:15.05]And me I'm flying in my taxi [06:17.94] [06:18.75]Taking tips getting stoned [06:22.85] [06:24.84]I go flying so high when I'm stoned