Babysitter Lyrics - Singles - Harry Chapin

When I rearrange the pieces of the puzzle of my past 

I sigh at the heartaches, relive the laughs 

And I think about the moments that have left their mark 

And the too few faces that shine a little light in the dark 

If you don't mind I'm gonna tell you a story 

And I think that it won't bore you 

For it's a tale that I've never told 

To anyone before you-- 'cause it's for you 

The sun of sixteen summers had put halos in your hair 

If anything was in my head, twelve winters put it there 

A dollar an hour is what Mama paid you to come and mind her kids 

But no one could really pay you enough for what you really did 

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Many happy things keep happening 

On my journey through this world 

And in many ways, that I will never understand 

I was much too late 

To be the first to make you a woman 

But you were the one 

Who made my mother's son a man 

You know I used to read myself to sleep when I went to bed 

I guess I was a dreamer then who lived inside my head 

But the nights that you came you talked of things, I found I had a friend 

You brought my fears of people to a sure and gentle end 

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Many happy things keep happening 

On my journey through this world 

And in many ways, that I will never understand 

I was much too late 

To be the first to make you a woman 

But you were the one 

Who made my mother's son a man 

Do you remember the night when you turned out the light 

And said to me: "Please hold me" 

I did not know which way to go 

So I did just what you told me "Please hold me" 

When I think about you now it's not that my memory fails 

There's just no need for graphic telling of all the details 

Let's just say you taught me something that brought me from my shell 

You gave to me that first sweet taste of the heaven here in this hell 

Many happy things keep happening 

On my journey through this world 

And in many ways, that I will never understand 

I was much too late 

To be the first to make you a woman 

But you were the one 

Who made my mother's son a man