What Made America Famous? (LP Version) Lyrics

Song	What Made America Famous? (LP Version)
Artist	Harry Chapin
Album	Verities & Balderdash
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	[ti:What Made America Famous?]
	[ar:Harry Chapin]
	[al:The Elektra Collection (1971-1978)]
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[00:00.00]	What Made America Famous? (是什么让美国出名？) - Harry Chapin
[00:13.84]	It was the town that made America famous
[00:20.09]	The churches full and the kids all gone to hell
[00:26.07]	Six traffic lights and seven cops
[00:29.47]	And all the streets kept clean
[00:32.81]	The supermarket and the drug store
[00:35.47]	And the bars all doing well
[00:40.56]	Now they were the folks that made America famous
[00:46.84]	The local fire department stocked
[00:49.86]	With shorthaired volunteers
[00:53.12]	And on Saturday night while America boozes
[00:56.55]	The fire department showed dirty movies
[00:59.57]	The lawyer and the grocer seeing their dreams
[01:02.86]	Come to life on the movie screens
[01:05.70]	While the plumber hopes that he won't be seen
[01:08.80]	As he tries to hide his fears and he wipes away his tears
[01:17.02]	But something's burning somewhere
[01:20.66]	Does anybody care
[01:28.62]	We were the kids that made America famous
[01:34.70]	The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
[01:40.82]	We were lazy long hairs dropping out lost confused
[01:45.81]	And copping out
[01:47.30]	Convinced our futures were in doubt
[01:50.14]	And trying not to care
[01:55.15]	We lived in the house that made America famous
[02:01.21]	It was a rundown slum the shame of
[02:03.66]	All the decent folks in town
[02:07.58]	We hippies and some welfare cases
[02:10.91]	Crowded families with coal black faces
[02:14.01]	Cramped inside some cracked old boards
[02:16.84]	The best that we all could afford
[02:19.65]	But still too fine for the rich landlord
[02:22.62]	To ever tear it down and we could hear the sound
[02:28.96]	Of something burning somewhere Is anybody there
[02:40.24]	We all lived the life that made America famous
[02:46.25]	The cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
[02:52.22]	And we "love children" put a swastika
[02:55.41]	On the bright red firehouse door
[02:59.00]	America the beautiful it makes a body proud
[03:10.21]	And then came the night that made America famous
[03:16.13]	Was it carelessness or someone's sick idea of a joke
[03:22.48]	In the tinderbox trap that we hippies lived in
[03:25.76]	Someone struck a spark
[03:28.87]	At first I thought that I was dreaming
[03:31.97]	Then I saw the first flames gleaming
[03:34.87]	And heard the sound of children screaming
[03:38.26]	Coming through the smoke
[03:42.59]	And Something's burning somewhere Does anybody care
[03:53.50]	It was the fire that made America famous
[03:59.53]	The sirens wailed and
[04:01.04]	The firemen stumbled sleepy from their homes
[04:05.10]	And the plumber yelled: "Come on let's go "
[04:08.37]	They saw what was burning and said: "Take it slow
[04:11.48]	Let 'em sweat a little they'll never know
[04:14.42]	And besides we just cleaned the chrome "
[04:18.37]	Said the plumber: "Then I'm going alone "
[04:25.80]	Well he rolled on up in the fire truck
[04:28.70]	And raised the ladder to the ledge
[04:31.84]	Where me and my girl and a couple of kids
[04:34.56]	Were clinging like bats to the edge
[04:39.07]	We staggered to salvation
[04:42.15]	Collapsed on the street
[04:44.50]	And I never thought that a fat man's face
[04:47.60]	Would ever look so sweet
[04:56.76]	I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous
[05:04.29]	And a smile from the heart that made America great
[05:11.35]	We spent the rest of that night
[05:13.26]	In the home of this man that we never known before
[05:19.56]	It's funny when you get that close
[05:22.13]	It's kind of hard to hate
[05:31.06]	I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous
[05:37.92]	I had the kind of a dream that maybe
[05:40.90]	They're still trying to teach in school
[05:44.74]	Of the America that made America famous and
[05:51.95]	Of the people who just might understand
[05:55.41]	That how together yes we can
[05:58.70]	Create a country better than
[06:01.70]	The one we have made of this land
[06:05.28]	We have a choice to make each man
[06:08.44]	Who dares to dream reaching out his hand
[06:11.70]	A prophet or just a crazy God damn
[06:15.17]	Dreamer of a fool yes a crazy fool
[06:23.09]	There's something burning somewhere
[06:29.42]	Does anybody care
[06:34.38]	Is anybody there
[06:37.86]	Is anybody there

	ti: What Made America Famous?
	ar: Harry Chapin
	al: The Elektra Collection 1971-1978
	offset: 0
[00:00.00]	What Made America Famous? shi shen me rang mei guo chu ming? - Harry Chapin
[00:13.84]	It was the town that made America famous
[00:20.09]	The churches full and the kids all gone to hell
[00:26.07]	Six traffic lights and seven cops
[00:29.47]	And all the streets kept clean
[00:32.81]	The supermarket and the drug store
[00:35.47]	And the bars all doing well
[00:40.56]	Now they were the folks that made America famous
[00:46.84]	The local fire department stocked
[00:49.86]	With shorthaired volunteers
[00:53.12]	And on Saturday night while America boozes
[00:56.55]	The fire department showed dirty movies
[00:59.57]	The lawyer and the grocer seeing their dreams
[01:02.86]	Come to life on the movie screens
[01:05.70]	While the plumber hopes that he won' t be seen
[01:08.80]	As he tries to hide his fears and he wipes away his tears
[01:17.02]	But something' s burning somewhere
[01:20.66]	Does anybody care
[01:28.62]	We were the kids that made America famous
[01:34.70]	The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
[01:40.82]	We were lazy long hairs dropping out lost confused
[01:45.81]	And copping out
[01:47.30]	Convinced our futures were in doubt
[01:50.14]	And trying not to care
[01:55.15]	We lived in the house that made America famous
[02:01.21]	It was a rundown slum the shame of
[02:03.66]	All the decent folks in town
[02:07.58]	We hippies and some welfare cases
[02:10.91]	Crowded families with coal black faces
[02:14.01]	Cramped inside some cracked old boards
[02:16.84]	The best that we all could afford
[02:19.65]	But still too fine for the rich landlord
[02:22.62]	To ever tear it down and we could hear the sound
[02:28.96]	Of something burning somewhere Is anybody there
[02:40.24]	We all lived the life that made America famous
[02:46.25]	The cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
[02:52.22]	And we " love children" put a swastika
[02:55.41]	On the bright red firehouse door
[02:59.00]	America the beautiful it makes a body proud
[03:10.21]	And then came the night that made America famous
[03:16.13]	Was it carelessness or someone' s sick idea of a joke
[03:22.48]	In the tinderbox trap that we hippies lived in
[03:25.76]	Someone struck a spark
[03:28.87]	At first I thought that I was dreaming
[03:31.97]	Then I saw the first flames gleaming
[03:34.87]	And heard the sound of children screaming
[03:38.26]	Coming through the smoke
[03:42.59]	And Something' s burning somewhere Does anybody care
[03:53.50]	It was the fire that made America famous
[03:59.53]	The sirens wailed and
[04:01.04]	The firemen stumbled sleepy from their homes
[04:05.10]	And the plumber yelled: " Come on let' s go "
[04:08.37]	They saw what was burning and said: " Take it slow
[04:11.48]	Let ' em sweat a little they' ll never know
[04:14.42]	And besides we just cleaned the chrome "
[04:18.37]	Said the plumber: " Then I' m going alone "
[04:25.80]	Well he rolled on up in the fire truck
[04:28.70]	And raised the ladder to the ledge
[04:31.84]	Where me and my girl and a couple of kids
[04:34.56]	Were clinging like bats to the edge
[04:39.07]	We staggered to salvation
[04:42.15]	Collapsed on the street
[04:44.50]	And I never thought that a fat man' s face
[04:47.60]	Would ever look so sweet
[04:56.76]	I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous
[05:04.29]	And a smile from the heart that made America great
[05:11.35]	We spent the rest of that night
[05:13.26]	In the home of this man that we never known before
[05:19.56]	It' s funny when you get that close
[05:22.13]	It' s kind of hard to hate
[05:31.06]	I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous
[05:37.92]	I had the kind of a dream that maybe
[05:40.90]	They' re still trying to teach in school
[05:44.74]	Of the America that made America famous and
[05:51.95]	Of the people who just might understand
[05:55.41]	That how together yes we can
[05:58.70]	Create a country better than
[06:01.70]	The one we have made of this land
[06:05.28]	We have a choice to make each man
[06:08.44]	Who dares to dream reaching out his hand
[06:11.70]	A prophet or just a crazy God damn
[06:15.17]	Dreamer of a fool yes a crazy fool
[06:23.09]	There' s something burning somewhere
[06:29.42]	Does anybody care
[06:34.38]	Is anybody there
[06:37.86]	Is anybody there

	ti: What Made America Famous?
	ar: Harry Chapin
	al: The Elektra Collection 1971-1978
	offset: 0
[00:00.00]	What Made America Famous? shì shén me ràng měi guó chū míng? - Harry Chapin
[00:13.84]	It was the town that made America famous
[00:20.09]	The churches full and the kids all gone to hell
[00:26.07]	Six traffic lights and seven cops
[00:29.47]	And all the streets kept clean
[00:32.81]	The supermarket and the drug store
[00:35.47]	And the bars all doing well
[00:40.56]	Now they were the folks that made America famous
[00:46.84]	The local fire department stocked
[00:49.86]	With shorthaired volunteers
[00:53.12]	And on Saturday night while America boozes
[00:56.55]	The fire department showed dirty movies
[00:59.57]	The lawyer and the grocer seeing their dreams
[01:02.86]	Come to life on the movie screens
[01:05.70]	While the plumber hopes that he won' t be seen
[01:08.80]	As he tries to hide his fears and he wipes away his tears
[01:17.02]	But something' s burning somewhere
[01:20.66]	Does anybody care
[01:28.62]	We were the kids that made America famous
[01:34.70]	The kind of kids that long since drove our parents to despair
[01:40.82]	We were lazy long hairs dropping out lost confused
[01:45.81]	And copping out
[01:47.30]	Convinced our futures were in doubt
[01:50.14]	And trying not to care
[01:55.15]	We lived in the house that made America famous
[02:01.21]	It was a rundown slum the shame of
[02:03.66]	All the decent folks in town
[02:07.58]	We hippies and some welfare cases
[02:10.91]	Crowded families with coal black faces
[02:14.01]	Cramped inside some cracked old boards
[02:16.84]	The best that we all could afford
[02:19.65]	But still too fine for the rich landlord
[02:22.62]	To ever tear it down and we could hear the sound
[02:28.96]	Of something burning somewhere Is anybody there
[02:40.24]	We all lived the life that made America famous
[02:46.25]	The cops would make a point to shadow us around our town
[02:52.22]	And we " love children" put a swastika
[02:55.41]	On the bright red firehouse door
[02:59.00]	America the beautiful it makes a body proud
[03:10.21]	And then came the night that made America famous
[03:16.13]	Was it carelessness or someone' s sick idea of a joke
[03:22.48]	In the tinderbox trap that we hippies lived in
[03:25.76]	Someone struck a spark
[03:28.87]	At first I thought that I was dreaming
[03:31.97]	Then I saw the first flames gleaming
[03:34.87]	And heard the sound of children screaming
[03:38.26]	Coming through the smoke
[03:42.59]	And Something' s burning somewhere Does anybody care
[03:53.50]	It was the fire that made America famous
[03:59.53]	The sirens wailed and
[04:01.04]	The firemen stumbled sleepy from their homes
[04:05.10]	And the plumber yelled: " Come on let' s go "
[04:08.37]	They saw what was burning and said: " Take it slow
[04:11.48]	Let ' em sweat a little they' ll never know
[04:14.42]	And besides we just cleaned the chrome "
[04:18.37]	Said the plumber: " Then I' m going alone "
[04:25.80]	Well he rolled on up in the fire truck
[04:28.70]	And raised the ladder to the ledge
[04:31.84]	Where me and my girl and a couple of kids
[04:34.56]	Were clinging like bats to the edge
[04:39.07]	We staggered to salvation
[04:42.15]	Collapsed on the street
[04:44.50]	And I never thought that a fat man' s face
[04:47.60]	Would ever look so sweet
[04:56.76]	I shook his hand in the scene that made America famous
[05:04.29]	And a smile from the heart that made America great
[05:11.35]	We spent the rest of that night
[05:13.26]	In the home of this man that we never known before
[05:19.56]	It' s funny when you get that close
[05:22.13]	It' s kind of hard to hate
[05:31.06]	I went to sleep with the hope that made America famous
[05:37.92]	I had the kind of a dream that maybe
[05:40.90]	They' re still trying to teach in school
[05:44.74]	Of the America that made America famous and
[05:51.95]	Of the people who just might understand
[05:55.41]	That how together yes we can
[05:58.70]	Create a country better than
[06:01.70]	The one we have made of this land
[06:05.28]	We have a choice to make each man
[06:08.44]	Who dares to dream reaching out his hand
[06:11.70]	A prophet or just a crazy God damn
[06:15.17]	Dreamer of a fool yes a crazy fool
[06:23.09]	There' s something burning somewhere
[06:29.42]	Does anybody care
[06:34.38]	Is anybody there
[06:37.86]	Is anybody there

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