Only Harry Chapin could write an 11 minute song that flies by when you hear it because the story is so real.
This is a story of 3 down and out people who find comfort in each other (not all at once). This is not triumphant love, but rather broken humans huddling together against the darkness of their nights.
Harry Chapin uses some of the most beautiful words to paint this song:
"I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die, and I watch the metal rusting and I watch the time go by"
"I wish that I were beautiful or that you were halfway blind"
The people break my heart every time and I want to sing the song over and over so they can live again.
Only Harry Chapin could write an 11 minute song that flies by when you hear it because the story is so real.
This is a story of 3 down and out people who find comfort in each other (not all at once). This is not triumphant love, but rather broken humans huddling together against the darkness of their nights.
Harry Chapin uses some of the most beautiful words to paint this song:
"I am the midnight watchman down at Miller's Tool and Die, and I watch the metal rusting and I watch the time go by"
"I wish that I were beautiful or that you were halfway blind"
The people break my heart every time and I want to sing the song over and over so they can live again.