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Thread #16052 Message #632175
Posted By: SharonA
21-Jan-02 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: The Saddest Song of All--Part II
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SHORTEST STORY (Harry Chapin)
For me, the saddest song is "The Shortest Story" by Harry Chapin, who fought hard against world hunger. It's the story of what happens during a famine:
THE SHORTEST STORY by Harry Chapin
I am born today, the sun burns its 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.
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.
It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore; 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?