Written by Harry Chapin
D Am D Am D Am D Am It was raining hard in Frisco, I needed one more fare to make my night. D Am D Am C Bb D A lady up ahead waved to flag me down and she got in at the light. D Am D Am D Am D Am Where are you going, my lady blue? It a shame you ruined your gown in the rain. D Am D Am C Bb D She just looked out the window, she said sixteen Parkside Lane. D Am D Am D Am D Am Something about her was familiar; I could swear I seen that face before, D Am D Am C Bb D But she said, I'm sure you mistaken, and she didn't say anything more. D Am D Am D Am D Am It took a while but she looked in the mirror and she glanced at the license for my name. D Am D Am C Bb D A smile seemed to come to her slowly it was a sad smile just the same. G D C G D And she said, how are you, Harry? I said, how are you, Sue? G Em D Bm C Bb D Through the too many miles and two little smiles I still remember you. D Am D Am D Am D Am It was somewhere in a fairy tale I used to drive her home in my car. D Am D Am C Bb D We learned about love in the back of a Dodge lessons hadn't gone too far. G Em D Bm You see, she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly. G Bm C Bb D She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky. Bridge: C Bm Esus4 E I got something inside me to make a princess blind. C Em Am/G Am/F# Am/G Am Am/G Am/F# D Em There's a wild man wi - zard, he hiding in me, illuminating my mind. C Bm Esus4 E I got something inside me, not what my life's about, Am Am/G Am/F# Am/G Am Am/F Am/F# F Eb I been let - ting my outside tide me over till my time runs out. Bb Eb Bb Eb F Em Gm C7 Baby's so high that she's skyin', yes she's flyin, afraid to fall. Em Gm D-Am7 'll tell you why baby's cryin', 'cause she's dyin aren we all? D Am D Am D Am D Am There was not much more for us to talk about. Whatever we once had was gone, D Am D Am C Bb D So I turned my cab into the driveway, past the gate and the fine trimmed lawn. D Am D Am D Am And she said, we must get together, but I knew it never be arranged, D Am D Am C Bb D So she handed me twenty dollars for a two-fifty fare and said, , Harry keep the change." D Am D Am D Am D Am Well, another man might have been angry, and another man might have been hurt. D Am D Am C Bb D But another man never would've let her go I stashed the bill in my shirt. G Em D Bm And she walked away in silence strange how you never know, G D Bm G D But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for such a long, long, time ago. G Em D Bm You see, she was gonna be an actress, and I was gonna learn to fly. G Bm C Bb D She took off to find the footlights, I took off to find the sky. G D C G D And here, she's acting happy inside her handsome home, G D Bm C Bb D Am and me, I flying in my taxi, taking tips and getting stoned. G A D Am I go flying so high when I stoned.