The Rock Lyrics - Harry Chapin

The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a start 

And he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heart 

And he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seen 

She said: "Go back to sleep son, you're having a bad dream!" 

Silly child-- 

Everybody knows the rock leans over the town 

Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground 

Remember Chicken Little said the sky was falling down 

Well nothing ever came of that, the world still whirls around 

"The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the class 

The professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glasses 

But he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hill 

If it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!" 

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Crazy boy-- 

Everybody knows the rock leans over the town 

Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground 

We've more important studies than your fantasies and fears 

You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years 

"The rock is gonna fall on us." He told the magistrates 

"I believe that we can stop it but the time is getting late 

You see I've done all the research my plans are all complete." 

He was showing them contingencies when they showed him to the street 

Just a madman-- 

Everybody knows the rock leans over the town 

Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground 

Everybody knows of those who say the end is near 

Everybody knows that life goes on as usual round here 

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He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone 

They knew he was insane so they left him all alone 

He'd given up enlisting help for there was no one else 

He spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himself 

One night while he was working building braces on the ledge 

The ground began to rumble the rock trembled on the edge 

"The rock is gonna fall on us! Run or you'll all be crushed!" 

And indeed the rock was moving, crumbling all to dust 

He ran under it with one last hope that he could add a prop 

And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop 

The people ran into the street but by then all was still 

The rock seemed where it always was or where it always will be 

When someone asked where he had gone they said: "Oh he was daft. 

Who cares about that crazy fool." And then they'd start to laugh 

But high up on the mountain 

When the wind is hitting it 

If you're watching very closely 

The rock slips a little bit