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[ti:Mr. Tanner (Live 1975 Version)]
[ar:Harry Chapin]
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[00:00.000]Mr. Tanner (Live|1975) - Harry Chapin
[00:35.434]Mister Tanner was a cleaner from
[00:37.983]A town in the midwest
[00:40.373]And of all the cleaning shops around
[00:42.802]He'd made his the best
[00:45.112]But he also was a baritone who sang
[00:47.972]While hanging clothes
[00:49.842]He practiced scales while pressing tails
[00:52.142]And sang at local shows
[00:55.682]His friends and neighbors praised the voice
[00:58.072]That poured out from his throat
[01:00.431]They said that he should use his gift instead
[01:03.091]Of cleaning coats
[01:10.440]But music was his life it was not his livelihood
[01:14.780]And it made him feel so happy and
[01:17.579]It made him feel so good
[01:19.839]And he sang from his heart and
[01:22.199]He sang from his soul
[01:24.719]He did not know how well he sang;
[01:27.499]It just made him whole
[01:37.899]His friends kept working on him
[01:39.829]To try music out full time
[01:42.609]A big debut and rave reviews
[01:44.529]A great career to climb
[01:47.259]Finally they got to him he would take the fling
[01:51.948]A concert agent in New York
[01:54.478]Agreed to have him sing
[01:56.908]And there were plane tickets
[01:59.148]Phone calls money spent to rent the hall
[02:02.678]It took most of his savings but he
[02:05.128]Gladly used them all
[02:12.568]But music was his life
[02:14.538]It was not his livelihood
[02:16.968]And it made him feel so happy
[02:19.598]And it made him feel so good
[02:22.038]And he sang from his heart and
[02:24.257]He sang from his soul
[02:26.987]He did not know how well he sang;
[02:29.447]It just made him whole
[02:39.936]The evening came he took the stage
[02:42.036]His face set in a smile
[02:44.106]And in the half filled hall the critics
[02:45.756]Sat watching on the aisle
[02:48.674]But the concert was a blur to him
[02:50.694]Spatters of applause
[02:53.364]He did not know how well he sang
[02:55.694]He only heard the flaws
[02:58.824]But the critics were concise
[03:01.363]It only took four lines
[03:03.693]But no one could accuse them
[03:05.852]Of being over kind
[03:11.001]Mr Martin Tanner Baritone
[03:13.101]Of Dayton Ohio made his
[03:14.731]Town Hall debut last night
[03:16.850]He came well prepared but unfortunately
[03:18.460]His presentation was not up to
[03:20.690]Contemporary professional standards
[03:22.849]His voice lacks the range of tonal color
[03:25.169]Necessary to make it
[03:26.569]Consistently interesting
[03:29.789]Full time consideration of another
[03:31.999]Endeavor might be in order
[03:46.528]He came home to Dayton and was
[03:48.938]Questioned by his friends
[03:51.248]Then he smiled and just said nothing
[03:53.708]And he never sang again
[04:00.208]Excepting very late at night when the
[04:03.118]Shop was dark and closed
[04:08.868]He sang softly to himself as he sorted
[04:12.478]Through the clothes
[04:25.078]Music was his life it was not his livelihood
[04:33.148]And it made him feel so happy and it
[04:38.538]Made him feel so good
[04:43.147]And he sang from his heart and he
[04:48.347]Sang from his soul
[04:53.116]And he did not know how well he sang;
[04:59.055]It just made him whole