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Dreams Go By - Harry Chapin



     
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There you stand in your dungarees
Looking all grown up and so very pleased
When you write your poems they have so much to say
When you speak your dreams it takes my breath awayYou know I want to be a ball player
A regular slugging fool
But both our dreams must wait awhile
Until we finish schoolAnd so you and I
We watch our years go by
We watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe somedayI don't know when

But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts awayThere you stand in your wedding dress
You're so beautiful that I must confess
I'm so proud you have chosen me
When a doctor is what you want to beYou know I want to be a painter, girl
A real artistic snob
But I guess we'll have our children first
You'll make a home, I'll get a jobAnd so you and I
We watch our years go by
We watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe somedayI don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts awayListen to the seasons passing
Listen to the wind blow
Listen to the children laughing
Where do broken dreams go?There you stand in your tailored suit
So many years gone by, but you're still so cute
We take the car to go and meet the bus
When our grandchildren come to visit usYou say you should have been a ballerina, babe
There are songs I should have sung
But I guess our dreams have come and gone
You gotta dream when you are youngAnd so you and I
We've watched our years go by
We've watched our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe somedayI don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts awayYou and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, maybe somedayI don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time, drifts awayYou, you and I
We'll watch our years, years go by
We'll watch our sweet, sweetdreams fly
Far away, maybe someday

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Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.

In the mid 1970s, Chapin focused on social activism, including raising money to combat hunger in the United States and co-founding the organization World Hunger Year, before returning to music with On the Road to Kingdom Come. He also released a book of poetry, Looking...Seeing, in 1977.

His fellow Long Islanders loved him for his support of local artists, as well. He and his wife Sandy raised funds for the Performing Arts Foundation, a now-defunct local theatre group. They also supported the Long Island Ballet. The band shell at Huntington's Hecksher Park is named for Harry Chapin.

Chapin died on July 16, 1981 in an automobile accident on the Long Island Expressway at the age of 38. He was headed west from Huntington Bay, where he lived with his wife and three children, to perform a concert in Eisenhower Park in Nassau County when his car was struck by a truck. An autopsy showed that he had suffered a heart attack, but it could not be determined whether that occurred before or after the collision. Supermarkets General, the owner of the truck, paid $12 million in the ensuing litigation.

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