HARRY CHAPIN (7 DEC 1942 - 16 JULY 1981)

The great singer/songwriter Harry Chapin died at 38 on 16 July 1981. Not long after his death, I wrote this song.

HARRY'S SONG (FOR HARRY CHAPIN) 

You took me to some places

and not once did I say no

from the deck of a sinking ship

to some local radio

you took me higher than an eagle

and you never let me down

you taught me simple lessons

of a world a-spinning round

It's so sad that Harry's gone but I can bring him back

with an electronic needle on a hundred album tracks

it's so sad to lose a singer before the final song

now the angels buy his music

it's so sad that Harry's gone

You made my dreams a little sweeter

and my smile a little wide

you made me laugh a little louder

and cry deep down inside

you took me by the hand

and you told your stories well

when the world stopped turning

there was still much more to tell 

It's so sad that Harry's gone but I can bring him back

with an electronic needle on a hundred album tracks

it's so sad to lose a singer before the final song

now the angels buy his music

it's so sad that Harry's gone

YouTube link to W.O.L.D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SubLzRKYuo4