Taxi (Live 1975 Version) (Live; 1975)

Taxi (Live|1975) - Harry Chapin

Written by：Jac Holzman

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

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

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

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

Runs out

Baby's so high that she's skying

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

After fall from 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