The Shortest Story Lyrics - Harry Chapin

I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes; 

Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry. 

Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky; 

I am glad to be alive. 

It is my seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry; 

my brother and sister cling to Mama's side. 

She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide; 

someone weeps, I fall asleep. 

It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore; 

I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry. 

Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky; 

why is there nothing now to do but die? 

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