Changes Lyrics - Harry Chapin

I was cramped into a coffee house pew 

two dollar coke in my hand 

listening to the music run 

through and out of a drowning man. 

Ten years ago I first heard him singing 

to a screaming crazy crowd 

now there's thirteen loyal people 

trying to sound that loud. 

And I wonder as I watch him now 

why his songs don't turn me on. 

He got me into music 

where has the fragile magic gone? 

And all the changes 

keep on changing 

and the good old days 

they say they're gone. 

Only wise men 

and some new born fools 

say they know what's going on. 

But I sometimes think the difference is 

just in how I think and see 

and the only changes going on 

are going on in me. 

There was you and Fifth avenue 

before there were lies 

and all my hot blood schemes 

and teenage dreams 

flashed before my eyes. 

I did not think I had a chance 

you had to prove me wrong 

it took a year and a half 

of tears and laughs 

before you moved along. 

And now these long years later 

when I see you once again 

I wonder what you saw in me 

when you loved me way back then. 

There I was in you Air Force 

Uncle Sam, you owned my brain. 

I tried to see myself as a sex mad savior 

sailing on a silver plane. 

I started out to do my duty 

ended up just doing time. 

What is it about you 

my mother of a country 

that makes so many change our minds. 

You had me on your honor roll 

for your dream I would die 

now I would not even cross the street 

to help you live a lie. 

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