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The Shortest Story Lyrics

Artist: Harry Chapin

Below you will find the lyrics to The Shortest Story from the Harry Chapin album "Greatest Stories Live". We also have many other song lyrics from this album which can be found on the Greatest Stories Live Lyrics
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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?