Taxi [In the Style of Harry Chapin] (Karaoke Lead Vocal Version)-The Karaoke Channel

[ti:Taxi] [ar:The Karaoke Channel] [al:The Karaoke Channel - Sing the Best Folk Songs, Vol. 7] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.24]Taxi [In the Style of Harry Chapin] (Karaoke Lead Vocal Version) - The Karaoke Channel (卡拉OK频道) [00:01.49] [00:12.63]It was raining hard in 'Frisco [00:16.23]I needed one more fare to make my night [00:20.06] [00:21.12]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down [00:25.19]She got in at the lights [00:28.43] [00:31.52]"Oh where you going to my lady blue " [00:35.05]It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain [00:41.26] [00:41.88]She just looked out the window she said [00:45.91]"Sixteen Park side Lane" [00:49.18] [00:59.62]Something about her was familiar [01:02.34] [01:03.25]I could swear I'd seen her face before [01:06.27] [01:07.19]But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken" [01:10.43] [01:11.55]Then she didn't say anything more [01:15.42] [01:17.57]It took a while but she looked in the mirror [01:21.07] [01:21.88]Then she glanced at the license for my name [01:25.66] [01:26.27]A smile seemed to come to her slowly [01:29.39] [01:29.91]It was a sad smile just the same [01:33.97] [01:36.43]And she said "How are you Harry " [01:39.90] [01:40.64]I said "How are you Sue [01:43.74] [01:44.71]Through the too many miles and the too little smiles [01:48.47] [01:49.01]I still remember you" [01:55.59] [02:11.06]It was somewhere in a fairy tale [02:14.66] [02:15.33]I used to take her home in my car [02:18.85] [02:19.55]We learned about love in the back of a Dodge [02:23.17] [02:23.68]The lesson hadn't gone too far [02:27.24] [02:29.35]You see she was gonna be an actress [02:33.29] [02:34.04]And I was gonna learn to fly [02:37.18] [02:38.21]She took off to find the footlights [02:41.53] [02:42.21]I took off to find the sky [02:46.60] [02:58.75]Oh I've got something inside me [03:03.52]To drive a princess blind [03:06.90]There's a wild man wizard [03:10.37]He's hiding in me illuminating my mind [03:16.22] [03:18.30]Oh I've got something inside me [03:23.19]But it's not what my life's about [03:25.73] [03:26.59]'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [03:32.25]Over till my time runs out [03:38.39] [03:53.98]Baby's so high that she's skying [03:59.55] [04:00.38]Yes she's flying afraid to fall [04:09.03] [04:09.57]I'll tell you why baby's crying [04:15.96] [04:16.93]She's dying aren't we all [04:24.27] [04:31.00]There was not much more for us to talk about [04:34.41] [04:35.39]Whatever we had once was gone [04:39.18]So I turned my cab into the driveway [04:42.89] [04:43.41]Past the gates and the fine trimmed lawns [04:47.36] [04:49.63]And she said "We must get together" [04:52.96] [04:53.75]But I knew it'd never be arranged [04:57.29] [04:57.88]Then she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare [05:01.68]She said "Harry keep the change" [05:05.29] [05:08.33]Well another man might have been angry [05:11.56] [05:12.40]And another man might have been hurt [05:15.84] [05:16.57]But another man never would have let her go [05:20.08] [05:21.40]I stashed the bill in my shirt [05:23.25] [05:26.86]And she walked away in silence [05:30.19] [05:31.22]It's strange how you never know [05:34.36] [05:35.49]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for [05:38.60] [05:39.17]Such a long long time ago [05:44.99] [05:47.43]You see she was gonna be an actress [05:51.20] [05:51.98]And I was gonna learn to fly [05:56.10]She took off to find the footlights [05:59.49] [06:00.28]And I took off for the sky [06:04.09] [06:06.57]And here she's acting happy [06:09.59] [06:10.62]Inside her handsome home [06:13.89] [06:14.84]And me I'm flying in my taxi [06:17.73] [06:18.54]Taking tips getting stoned [06:22.64] [06:24.63]I go flying so high when I'm stoned