Harry Chapin - Let Time Go Lightly

"I let time go lightly when I'm here with you,
I let time go lightly when the day is through.
I keep a watch on time when I've have work to do,
I let time go lightly with you.

Morning, a time for breaking ground and sowing seeds,
and yet we give up our sunshine
so we can buy what we need.
That leaves the evening, to share a fire with a friend or two,
to lose sight of the hours
To go lightly with you

I let time go lightly when I'm here with you,
I let time go lightly when the day is through.
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do,
I let time go lightly with you.

Old friends, they mean much more to me than the new friends,
Cause they can see where you are,
and they know where you've been.
Music, has been my oldest friend, my fiercest foe,
cause it can take me so high,
(High.....) Yes it can make me so low.

When I was a child my mother would help me along
She'd rock me to sleep and sing me a song.
So I learned to love the music of all the tunes in my mind
the changing of chords, the rhythm of time.

I let time go lightly when I'm here with you,
I let time go lightly when the day is through.
I keep a watch on time when I've got work to do,
I let time go lightly with you.

Yes I let time go lightly with you, and a fire, and a friend or two
With you and a fire and a friend or two
A friend or two and you"


/Lyrics From Sing365 at Sing365.com\

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[5thcorps]

Thanks for the upload. this mans voice can fill me with a sadness to commit suicide, or the joy to love

[SongsofHarry]

@5thcorps

Ah yes and now is the time to smile, love, and let time go lightly, and having done so shall we never look to our wrist, the wall, or even Big Ben. Be it we remember that time is an idea meaningless at that, and happiness is not controlled by three arms whom up to now decided our life. let us remember the lesson in this -That even if you are a slave to ol' Ben, when with a friend, lover, or even stranger who's day we could brighten, let us 'Let time to lightly!'

[pursuitpkg]

It was the fall of 1979 amid the color of the leaves when I interviewed Harry Chapin on a college campus. It was just prior to one of his concerts to benefit World Hunger. We talked while he ate dinner and I was impressed with his intense personality and his passion to feed the hungry. I became a fan of his ability to tell a story in song. I was deeply saddened when he was killed. Each autumn, his songs still come back to mind when the leaves turn color and wood smoke fills the air.

[SongsofHarry]

@pursuitpkg

Now that's a comment!

[candy8616]

Beautiful, just discovered this music :))))

[ChaSquared]

Thank you, Golumkiman. I was wondering what was going on! :-)

[Golumkiman]

This song was, actually, sung by Harry's brother Steve on this album.

[5thcorps]

@SongsofHarry AMEN!

[themistermax]

@SongsofHarry - Amen.



[leadpntchp]

My father is from (Scranton) Wilkes-Barre, my Uncle introduced me via 30,000 Pounds of Bananas. I think I wore out 3 tapes in the first 2 years (late 80's)