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Lyrics for The Day They Closed The Factory Down by Chapin Harry:
| | | Artist: | Chapin Harry |
| | Album: | Best Of Harry Chapin 3 | | Track: | The Day They Closed The Factory Down | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 154 | | | | Lyrics: | She said, "I watch him walk down Main Street A sweet one man parade.
He'd tip his hat and just
like that another score he'd made
I'd watch the girls all watch him; moths drawn to the
flame.
The money showed, the laughter flowed from the way he played the game.
He played
the game.
"Some said he was a rambler, some said he was a rake .
Some said he was
a gambler, some said he was a fake.
But I knew him like no one else, a gentleman was he.
His days belonged to himself, his nights belonged to me.
Belonged to me.
"And
they're talkin' in the town square,
In the taverns and the shops
I hear them talkin'
everywhere.
Their talkin' never stops.
But all their words of wisdom won't make you go
away.
The day they closed the factory down they had nothing,
Nothing left to
say.
She said, "I take care of my momma now, since my father died.
I'm raising
baby brother, too, the way my father tried.
His thirty years in the factory ended in that
furnace blast.
But they settled up for ten bucks a week and the bitterness is past,
It
did not last.
"So they're moving somewhere else now
With their cloths and fabric
press. They found themselves another town where
they'll make shirts for less.
And that
is why he said last night he won't watch the old town die.
But I would not take what he tried
to leave, when he told me 'Good bye'
Ah, it's good bye
"And they're talkin' in the
town square,
In the taverns and the shops.
I hear them talkin' everywhere.
Their
talkin' never stops.
But all their words of wisdom won't make you go away.
The day
they closed the factory down they had nothing,
Nothing left to say"
"So they're talkin'
of the changes the closing brings about.
Talkin' of the hard times and the young folks moving
out.
Yes, they're talking as if talking can make everything all right.
But all the
talking ever done won't bring him back tonight.
Ah, tonight.
And they're talkin'
talkin' talkin' talkin'
Talkin' in the shops
I hear them talkin' everywhere.
Their
talkin' never stops.
But all their words of wisdom won't make you go away.
The day they
closed the factory down they had nothing
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