Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - Babysitter    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> Babysitter Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: Babysitter Theme ID: 6490 Album: N/A When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my past I sigh at the heartaches, relive the laughs And I think about the moments that have left their mark And the too few faces that shine a little light in the dark If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story And I think that it won't bore you For it's a tale that I've never told To anyone before you-- `cause it's for you The sun of sixteen summers had put halos in your hair If anything was in my head, twelve winters put it there A dollar an hour is what Mama paid you to come and mind her kids But no one could really pay you enough for what you really did Many happy things keep happening On my journey through this world And in many ways, that I will never understand I was much too late To be the first to make you a woman But you were the one Who made my mother's son a man You know I used to read myself to sleep when I went to bed I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside my head But the nights that you came you talked of things, I found I had a friend You brought my fears of people to a sure and gentle end Many happy things keep happening On my journey through this world And in many ways, that I will never understand I was much too late To be the first to make you a woman But you were the one Who made my mother's son a man Do you remember the night when you turned out the light And said to me: "Please hold me" I did not know which way to go So I did just what you told me "Please hold me" When I think about you now it's not that my memory fails There's just no need for graphic telling of all the details Let's just say yo Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Circle, Copper, Coreys Coming, Coreys Coming, Could You Put Your Light On, Please, Country Dreams, Dance Band On The Titanic, Dancin Boy, Dancin Boy, Dancing Boy, Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails, Dogtown, Dreams Go By, Empty, Everybodys Lonely, Everybodys Lonely, Fall In Love With Him, Flowers Are Red, Get On With It, God Babe Youve Been Good To Me, God Babe Youve Been Good To Me, Greyhound, Halfway To Heaven, I Do It For You, Jane, I Dont Want To Be President, I Dont Want to Be President, I Finally Found It, Sandy, I Miss America, I Wanna Learn A Love Song, I Wonder What Would Happen to Him, I Wonder What Would Happen To This World, If My Mary Were Here, If You Want To Feel, It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains, Jenny, Last of the Protest Singers, Last Stand, Laugh Man, Legends of the Lost and Found, Let Time Go Lightly, Love Is Just Another Word, Mail Order Annie, Manhood, Mercenaries, Mismatch, Mr. Tanner, My Old Lady, Northwest 222, November Rains, Odd Job Man, Other Harry Chapin song Lyrics 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas Lyrics A Better Place To Be Lyrics A Lot of Lonely People Tonight Lyrics A Quiet Little Love Affair Lyrics All My Lifes A Circle Lyrics And The Baby Never Cries Lyrics Anthem Lyrics Any Old Kind Of Day Lyrics Barefoot Boy Lyrics Basic Protest Song Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Harry Connick Lyrics Jr. Harry Connick Lyrics Harry James Lyrics Harry James Orchestra Lyrics Harry McClintock Lyrics Harry Mills Lyrics Harry Nilsson Lyrics Harry Potter Lyrics Harry Secombe Lyrics Harry Simeone Chorale Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy