Harry's Garden
. . . where I learned . . .
when I was just a little lad a long long time ago I wandered into a caboose and saw a minstrel show the music made me laugh a lot the words tickled my ears I wonder where the music's gone as I've grown all these years I wonder how I lost the song and found life full of fears still sometimes late when I'm asleep this is what my heart hears... your dad don't know your mom don't know but you know why you're here the music lets you dream each night and washes away fear your child inside still smiles so wide and it becomes so clear the music fills your dreams each night the minstel still appears to dream of all the years and bring you happy tears laughing tears... when I was just a busy man a long long time ago I hurried here and there to work no time for minstrel shows the music may have been around but business filled my ears I wonder where the music's gone as I've grown all these years I wonder how I lost the song and found life full of fears now sometimes late when I'm asleep this is what my heart hears... cash registers stock traders buy sell gain loss it's clear the music of the business world win at all costs you declare your child inside seems to have died and it becomes so clear the music and your dreams each night seems to just disappear in the rush of the years where are the happy tears laughing tears... ... now I am just a foolish man it was a long long time ago now I am just an old caboose my one man minstrel show the music makes me laugh and cry the words tickle my ears we wonder where the music's gone as we've grown all these years we wonder how we've lost the song and found life full of fears still sometimes late when we're asleep this is what the heart hears... your kids don't know until they grow but you know why you're here the music takes you back to when life was without a care your child inside still smiles so wide and it becomes so clear the music fills your dreams each night the minstel still appears to turn back all the years and bring you happy tears laughing tears... For Tom, Minstrel Man (Laughing Tears) Ric Candor ©2000 HARRY CHAPIN TOM CHAPIN  EMAIL
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