Harry Chapin Quotes on Acceptance
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I'm in the danceband on the Titanic Singing 'Nearer my God to thee' and the iceburgs on the starboard bow Won't you dance with me?
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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.
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She said I've heard you flying high on my radio I answered 'It's not all it seems' That's when she laughed and she said, 'It's better sometimes When we don't get to touch our dreams.'
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That's when I asked her where was that actress She said 'That was somebody else' And then I asked her why she looked so happy now She said 'I finally like myself, at last I like myself.'
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I guess it's a sequel to our story From the journey 'tween heaven and hell With half the time thinking of what might have been and half thinkin' just as well. I guess only time will tell.