Story Of A Life Lyrics

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Story Of A Life Lyrics by Harry Chapin

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I can see myself it's a golden sunrise 
Young boy open up your eyes 
It's supposed to be your day. 
Now off you go horizon bound 
And you won't stop until you've found 
Your own kind of way. 
And the wind will whip your tousled hair, 
The sun, the rain, the sweet despair, 
Great tales of love and strife. 
And somewhere on your path to glory 
You will write your story of a life. 
 
And all the towns that you walk through 
And all the people that you talk to 
Sing you their songs. 
And there are times you change your stride, 
There are times you can't decide 
Still you go on. 
And then the young girls dance their gypsy tunes 
And share the secrets of the moon 
So soon you find a wife. 
And though she sees your dreams go poorly 
Still she joins your story of a life. 
 
So you settle down and the children come 
And you find a place that you come from. 
Your wandering is done. 
And all your dreams of open spaces 
You find in your children's faces 
One by one. 
And all the trips you know you missed 
And all the lips you never kissed 
Cut through you like a knife. 
And now you see stretched out before thee 
Just another story of a life. 
 
So what do you do now? 
When she looks at you now? 
You know those same old jokes all the jesters tell 
You tell them to her now. 
And all the same old songs all the minstrels sang 
You sing 'em to her now. 
But it don't matter anyhow 
'Cause she knows by now. 
 
So every chance you take don't mean a thing. 
What variations can you bring 
To this shopworn melody. 
And every year goes by like a tollin' bell. 
It's battered merchandise you sell. 
Not well, she can see.-acapo

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