Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
Harry Chapin
[Verse 1]
I am born today
The sun burns a promise in my eyes
Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry
Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky
I am glad to be alive
[Verse 2]
It is my seventh day
I taste the hunger and I cry
My brother and sister cling to Mama's side
She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide
Someone weeps, I fall asleep
[Verse 3]
It is twenty days today
Mama does not hold me any more
I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry
Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky
Why is there nothing now to do but die?
The Shortest Story was written by Harry Chapin.
The Shortest Story was produced by Paul Leka.