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I have made a little music in some corners of the land
I have fused some crystal images from common grains of sand
If I haven't reached the heavens, I've surely learned to fly
I've been caught up in the soaring and the touching of the skyBut the star tripper's coming on back home now
It's a crazy blind man's journey, he's been on
The star tripper's lost and all alone now
And it's your face he'd like to look upon
Yes, he's praying that you won't be long goneThey put you in a capsule, they send you towards the sun
They carve you into plastic before your orbit's done
And all the scribes and seers they chorus out your name
Though the photographs and headlines change, the story stays the sameSo the star tripper's coming on back home now
It's a crazy blind man's journey, he's been on
The star tripper's lost and all alone now
And it's your face he'd like to look upon
Yes, he's praying that you won't be long goneI thought that I was soaring like an eagle
I thought that I was roaring like the wind
I thought that I had surely reached the end now
But I can't remember anywhere I've beenWas I looking for a star or something else behind it?

Whatever I was looking for, I surely did not find it
And for all my sky high journeys the only thing I know
Is that you almost always lose yourself when you let yourself goSo the star tripper's coming on back home now
It's a crazy blind man's journey, he's been on
The star tripper's lost and all alone now
And it's your face he'd like to look upon
Yes, he's praying that you won't be long gone
Songwriters
CHAPIN, HARRY F.Published by
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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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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