The Shortest Story (Live 1975 Version) (Live; 1975)
Harry Chapin"The Shortest Story (Live 1975 Version) (Live; 1975)" is a song by Harry Chapin, released in 2009 in the Pop genre. The song is 1:53 long and contains 18 lines and 121 words.
0:00The Shortest Story [Live 1975 Version] - Harry Chapin
0:08I am born today the sun burns
0:14It's promise in my eyes
0:19Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry
0:27Above me a cloud softly
0:31Tumbles through the sky
0:34I am glad to be alive
0:47It is my seventh day
0:51I taste the hunger and I cry
0:58My brother and sister cling to Mama's side
1:06She squeezes her breast
1:09But it has nothing to provide
1:14Someone weeps I fall asleep
1:26It is twenty days today
1:31Mama does not hold me anymore
1:38I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry
1:46Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky
1:53Why is there nothing now to do but die
The Shortest Story [Live 1975 Version] - Harry Chapin I am born today the sun burns It's 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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