Taxi Lyrics - Singles - Harry Chapin

It was raining hard in 'Frisco 

I needed one more fare to make my night 

A lady up ahead waved to flag me down 

She got in at the light 

"Oh where you going to, my lady blue 

It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain" 

She just looked out the window 

She said, "Sixteen Parkside Lane" 

Something about her was familiar 

I could swear I'd seen her face before 

But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken" 

And she didn't say anything more 

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror 

And she glanced at the license for my name 

A smile seemed to come to her slowly 

It was a sad smile, just the same 

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And she said, "How are you Harry?" 

I said, "How are you Sue? 

Through the too many miles and the too little smiles 

I still remember you." 

It was somewhere in a fairy tale 

I used to take her home in my car 

We learned about love in the back of the Dodge 

The lesson hadn't gone too far 

You see she was gonna be an actress 

And I was gonna learn to fly 

She took off to find the footlights 

And I took off to find the sky 

Oh, I've got something inside me 

To drive a princess blind 

There's a wild man, wizard 

He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind. 

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Oh, I've got something inside me 

But it's not what my life's about, 

Cause I've been letting my outside tide me 

Over 'till my time, runs out 

Baby's so high that she's skying 

Yes she's flying, afraid to fall 

I'll tell you why baby's crying 

Cause she's dying, aren't we all 

There was not much more for us to talk about 

Whatever we had once was gone 

So I turned my cab into the driveway 

Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns 

And she said we must get together 

But I knew it'd never be arranged 

And she handed me twenty dollars for a two fifty fare 

She said, "Harry, keep the change." 

Well another man might have been angry 

And another man might have been hurt 

But another man never would have let her go 

I stashed the bill in my shirt 

And she walked away in silence 

It's strange how you never know 

But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for 

Such a long, long time ago 

You see she was gonna be an actress 

And I was gonna learn to fly 

She took off to find the footlights 

And I took off for the sky 

And here, she's acting happy 

Inside her handsome home 

And me, I'm flying in my taxi 

Taking tips and getting stoned 

I go flying so high, when I'm stoned