Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - Shooting Star    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> Shooting Star Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: Shooting Star Theme ID: 6566 Album: N/A He was crazy of course From the first she must have known it But still she went on with him And she never once had shown it And she took him off the street And she dried his tears of grieving She listened to his visions She believed in his believe-ins Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle And she was the moon shining back his light a little He was a shooting star She was softer and more slowly He could not make things possible But, she could make them holy He was dancing to some music No one else had ever heard He'd speak in unknown languages She would translate every word And then when the world was laughing At his castles in the sky She'd hold him in her body Till he once again could fly Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle And she was the moon shining back his light a little He was a shooting star She was softer and more slowly He could not make things possible But, she could make them holy Well, she gave him a daughter And she gave him a son She was a mother, and a wife, And a lover when the day was done He was too far gone for giving love What he offered in its stead Was the knowledge she was the only thing That was not in his head He took off East one morning Towards the rising sun's red glow She knew he was going nowhere But of course she let him go And as she stood and watched him dwindle Much too empty to be sad He reappeared beside her saying, "You're all I've ever had" Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle And she was the moon shining back his light a little He was a shooting star She was softer a Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Stop Singing These Sad Songs, Story Of A Life, Stranger with the Melodies, Sunday Morning Sunshine, Tangled Up Puppet, Taxi, The Day They Closed the Factory Down, The Mayor Of Candor Lied, The Parades Still Passing By, The Parades Still Passing By, The Rock, The Same Sad Singer, The Shortest Story, The Story Of A Life, There Was Only One Choice, They Call Her Easy, Thirty Thousand Pounds Of Bananas, Thirty Tousand Pounds Of Bananas, Up On A Shelf, Up On the Shelf, Vacancy, W*O*L*D*, We Grew Up A Little Bit, We Were Three, What Made America Famous, Why Do Little Girls?, Why Should People Stay the Same, Winter Song, Wold, Woman Child, Word Wizard, You Are the Only Song, It Had To Be You, Promise Me Youll Remember, Autumn Serenade, Hes My Guy, Hes My Guy, I Cant Begin to Tell You, I Dont Want to Walk Without You, I Had the Craziest Dream, Ill Get By, Im Always Chasing Rainbows, Im Beginning to See the Light, Ive Heard That Song Before, Ill Buy That Dream, Ill Get By, Im Beginning To See The Light, Its Been a Long, Long Time, Mister Five by Five, Oh, But I Do!, 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 Babysitter 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