You see, she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn … - Harry Chapin

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You see, she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, And I took off for the sky. And here, she's acting happy, Inside her handsome home. And me, I'm flying in my taxi, Taking tips, and getting stoned, I go flying so high, when I'm stoned.

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Harold Forster Chapin (7 December 1942 – 16 July 1981) was an American singer, songwriter, and social activist.

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