Taxi (LP版)-Harry Chapin

[ti:Taxi (LP Version)] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Heads & Tales] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Taxi (LP版) - Harry Chapin [00:00.02]Written by：Shige Yamamoto [00:00.04] [00:09.66]It was raining hard in 'Frisco [00:12.90] [00:13.47]I needed one more fare to make my night [00:16.81] [00:17.55]A lady up ahead waved to flag me down [00:21.26] [00:21.88]She got in at the light [00:24.23] [00:27.81]Oh where you going to my lady blue [00:30.99] [00:31.69]It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain [00:36.47] [00:37.98]She just looked out the window she said [00:41.86]"Sixteen Parkside Lane" [00:44.44] [00:55.05]Something about her was familiar [00:57.72] [00:58.64]I could swear I'd seen her face before [01:01.42] [01:02.68]But she said "I'm sure you're mistaken" [01:05.88] [01:06.59]And she didn't say anything more [01:09.77] [01:12.63]It took a while but she looked in the mirror [01:15.67] [01:16.78]And she glanced at the license for my name [01:20.09] [01:21.07]A smile seemed to come to her slowly [01:24.04] [01:24.64]It was a sad smile just the same [01:27.93] [01:30.99]And she said "How are you Harry " [01:34.28] [01:35.12]I said "How are you Sue [01:37.91] [01:39.22]Through the too many miles [01:40.79]And the too little smiles [01:42.75] [01:43.32]I still remember you " [01:48.23] [02:05.12]It was somewhere in a fairy tale [02:08.28] [02:08.95]I used to take her home in my car [02:12.12] [02:13.37]We learned about love in the back of the Dodge [02:16.85] [02:17.46]The lesson hadn't gone too far [02:20.41] [02:23.25]You see she was gonna be an actress [02:27.01] [02:27.68]And I was gonna learn to fly [02:30.33] [02:32.01]She took off to find the footlights [02:34.71] [02:36.12]And I took off to find the sky [02:39.00] [02:51.81]Oh I've got something inside me [02:55.81] [02:56.59]To drive a princess blind [02:58.97] [02:59.93]There's a wild man wizard [03:03.30]He's hiding in me illuminating my mind [03:08.54] [03:10.72]Oh I've got something inside me [03:14.76] [03:15.57]Not what my life's about [03:17.87] [03:18.84]Cause I've been letting my outside tide me [03:24.17]Over 'till my time runs out [03:29.74] [03:44.59]Baby's so high that she's skying [03:49.81] [03:51.51]Yes she's flying afraid to fall [03:58.37] [04:00.71]I'll tell you why baby's crying [04:06.56] [04:07.99]Cause she's dying aren't we all [04:15.22] [04:21.86]There was not much more for us to talk about [04:25.11] [04:26.20]Whatever we had once was gone [04:29.02] [04:29.95]So I turned my cab into the driveway [04:33.17] [04:34.03]Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns [04:37.04] [04:40.23]And she said we must get together [04:43.39] [04:44.12]But I knew it'd never be arranged [04:47.13] [04:48.28]And she handed me twenty dollars [04:50.16]For a two fifty fare she said [04:52.46] [04:53.27]"Harry keep the change " [04:55.33] [04:58.51]Well another man might have been angry [05:01.14] [05:02.25]And another man might have been hurt [05:05.16] [05:06.30]But another man never would have let her go [05:09.47] [05:10.43]I stashed the bill in my shirt [05:12.90] [05:16.39]And she walked away in silence [05:19.63] [05:20.66]It's strange how you never know [05:23.82] [05:24.78]But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for [05:28.58]Such a long long time ago [05:33.64] [05:36.47]You see she was gonna be an actress [05:39.79] [05:41.01]And I was gonna learn to fly [05:43.56] [05:45.45]She took off to find the footlights [05:47.91] [05:48.92]And I took off for the sky [05:51.68] [05:54.93]And here she's acting happy [05:57.99] [05:59.19]Inside her handsome home [06:02.10] [06:03.05]And me I'm flying in my taxi [06:05.86] [06:07.07]Taking tips and getting stoned [06:10.65] [06:13.12]I go flying so high when I'm stoned