The Rock(LP版) - Harry Chapin

The Rock (LP版) - Harry Chapin
Written by：Harry Chapin
The rock is gonna fall on us
He woke with a start
And he ran to his mother
The fear dark in his heart
And he told her of the vision
That he was sure he'd seen
She said go back to sleep son
You're having a bad dream
Silly child
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
Remember chicken little said the sky was falling down
Well nothing ever came of that
The world still whirls around
The rock is gonna fall on us he stood
And told the class
The professor put his chalk down
And peered out through his glasses
But he went on and said I've seen it
High up on the hill
If it doesn't fall this year
Then very soon it will
Crazy boy
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
We've more important studies than your fantasies
And fears
You know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years
The rock is gonna fall on us he told the magistrates
I believe that we can stop it but the
Time is getting late
You see I've done all the research
My plans are all complete
He was showing them contingencies
When they showed him to the street
Just a madman
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't tumble to the ground
Everybody knows of those who say the end is near
Everybody knows that life goes on as usual 'round here
He went up on the mountain beside the giant stone
They knew he was insane so they left him all alone
He'd given up enlisting help for there was no one else
He spent his days devising ways to stop
The rock himself
One night while he was working building
Braces on the ledge
The ground began to rumble the rock
Trembled on the edge
The rock is gonna fall on us run or
You'll all be crushed
And indeed the rock was moving
Crumbling all to dust
He ran under it with one last hope
That he could add a prop
And as he disappeared
The rock came to a stop
The people ran into the street
But by then all was still
The rock seemed where it always was
Or where it always will be
When someone asked where he had gone
They said oh he was daft
Who cares about that crazy fool and
Then they'd start to laugh
But high up on the mountain
When the wind is hitting it
If you're watching very closely
The rock
Slips
A little
Bit