The Shortest Story lyrics

Song information

Artist: Harry Chapin
Album: Greatest Stories Live

Lyrics

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?

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

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