Song Lyrics Harry Chapin - Stranger with the Melodies    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Harry Chapin Singer Lyrics [Harry Chapin other resources]>> Stranger with the Melodies Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Harry Chapin Music Title/Track: Stranger with the Melodies Theme ID: 6579 Album: N/A It was my first night in that rooming house. In the last room down the hall I heard a hoarse voice and an old guitar Coming through the paper thin walls. A crazy nonsense nursery rhyme that did not mean a thing. But for the first of what was to be a thousand times, This is what I hear him sing. . . Hold that D chord on the old guitar, 'Til I found the G. Drop it down to old E minor 'Til the A chord rolls back home around to D. I had to lay there listening. It seemed he was in the room. This stranger with his melody, Singing there in the gloom. And he repeated it over and over again, Such a soft and sinkin' sound. It was kind of like a music box that was slowly winding down. You see, he sang it, he hummed it, Whistled it, and he strummed it, He laughed it and he cried it, He did everything but hide it. And he sang . . . Hold that D chord on the old guitar 'Til I found the G Drop it down to old E minor 'Til the A chord rolls back home around for me So I lay there in that lumpy bed, Countin' choruses instead of sheep. 'Til I banged on the wall and out I called, "Hey bub I need some sleep." The sudden void of silence, then I heard that hoarse voice say, "It weren't so long ago boy, they paid me to play " I said, "It's kind of late for music sir, Two hours til it's daylight" He answered, "I need my music most In these dark hours of the night. You see I've tried gettin' high on something son, But it only brings me down. Staying dry don't work out better boy, 'Cause my eyes get wet and I drown. Won't you please let me continue And I'll be in your debt. You see I'm not Related Lyrics Random lyrics: 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!, One Dozen Roses, Sleepy Lagoon, This Is Always, I Had The Craziest Dream, Big Rock Candy Mountain, Big Rock Candy Mountains, In the Big Rock Candy Mountains, Fifty-Second Street, 1941, Alimony, Ambush, As I Wander Lonely, At My Front Door, 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