paroles de chanson 30,000 Lbs. of Bananas - Harry Chapin
It
was
just
after
dark
When
the
truck
started
down
The
hill
that
leads
into
Scranton,
Pennsylvania
Carrying
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas
Carrying
30,
000
pounds
(hit
it,
Big
John!)
(Of
bananas)
He
was
a
young
driver
Just
out
on
his
second
job
And
he
was
carrying
the
next
day′s
pasty
fruits
For
everyone
in
that
coal-scarred
city
When
children
play
without
despair
In
backyard
slagpiles
And
folks
manage
to
eat
each
day
About
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas
Yes,
just
about
30,
000
pounds
(scream
it
again,
John!)
(Of
bananas)
He
passed
a
sign
that
he
should
have
seen
Saying
"Shift
to
low
gear.
A
fifty
dollar
fine,
my
friend!"
He
was
thinking,
perhaps,
about
the
warm-breathed
woman
Who
was
waiting
at
the
journey's
end
He
started
down
the
two
mile
drop
The
curving
road
that
wound
from
the
top
of
the
hill.
He
was
pushing
on
through
the
shortening
miles
That
ran
down
to
the
depot.
Just
a
few
more
miles
to
go.
Then
he′d
go
home
and
have
her
ease
his
long
cramped
day
away
From
the
smell
of
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes,
the
smell
of
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas.
He
was
picking
up
speed
as
the
city
spread
Its
twinkling
lights
below
him.
But
he
paid
no
heed
as
the
shivering
thoughts
Of
the
night's
delights
went
through
him.
His
foot
nursed
the
brakes
to
slow
him
down,
But
the
pedal
floored
easy
without
a
sound.
He
said,
"Christ!"
It
was
funny
how
he
named
The
only
man
who
could
save
him
now.
He
was
trapped
inside
a
dead-end
hellslide.
Riding
on
his
fear-hunched
back
Was
every
one
of
those
yellow-green
I'm
tellin′
ya,
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas
Yes,
there
were
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas.
He
barely
made
the
sweeping
curve
That
led
into
the
steepest
grade
And
he
missed
the
thankful
passing
bus
At
ninety
miles
an
hour!
And
he
said,
"God,
make
it
a
dream!"
As
he
rode
his
last
rack
down.
He
said,
"God,
make
it
a
dream!"
As
he
rode
his
last
rack
down.
And
he
sideswiped
nineteen
neat
parked
cars
Clipped
off
thirteen
telephone
poles
Hit
two
houses,
bruised
eight
trees,
And
Blue
Crossed
seven
people.
It
was
then
he
lost
his
head,
Not
to
mention
an
arm
or
two,
before
he
stopped.
And
he
smeared
for
four
hundred
yards
Along
the
hill
that
leads
into
Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
Almost
30,
000
pounds
Of
bananas.
You
know,
the
man
who
told
me
about
it
on
the
bus
As
it
went
up
the
hill
out
of
Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
He
shrugged
his
shoulders.
He
shook
his
head.
And
he
said
(and
this
is
exactly
what
he
said)
"Boy,
it
sure
must
have
been
something.
Just
imagine
30,
000
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes,
there
were
30,
000
pounds
Of
mashed
bananas."
Of
bananas
Just
bananas
Thirty
pounds
Of
bananas
Not
no
driver
now
Just
bananas!
1 Could You Put Your Light On, Please
2 Greyhound
3 Everybody's Lonely
4 Sometime, Somewhere Wife
5 Empty
6 Taxi
7 Any Old Kind Of Day
8 Dogtown
9 Same Sad Singer
10 Sunday Morning Sunshine
11 Sniper
12 And The Baby Never Cries
13 Burning Herself
14 Barefoot Boy
15 A Better Place To Be
16 Circle
17 Woman Child
18 Winter Song
19 Short Stories
20 W.O.L.D.
21 Song For Myself
22 Song Man
23 Changes
24 They Call Her Easy
25 Mr. Tanner
26 Mail Order Annie
27 There's Alot Of Lonely People Tonight
28 Old College Avenue
29 Cat's In The Cradle
30 I Wanna Learn A Love Song
31 Shooting Star
32 30,000 Lbs. of Bananas
33 She Sings Without Words
34 What Made America Famous?
35 Vacancy
36 Halfway To Heaven
37 Six String Orchestra
38 Dreams Go By
39 Tangled Up Puppet
40 Star Tripper
41 Babysitter
42 Someone Keeps Calling My Name
43 The Rock
44 Sandy
45 Dirt Gets Under the Fingernails
46 Bummer
47 Stop Singing These Sad Songs
48 On the Road to Kingdom Come
49 The Parade's Still Passing By
50 The Mayor of Candor Lied
51 Laugh Man
52 Corey's Coming
53 If My Mary Were Here
54 Fall In Love With Him
55 Caroline
56 Roll Down the River
57 Dance Band On The Titanic
58 Why Should People Stay The Same
59 My Old Lady
60 We Grew Up A Little Bit
61 Bluesman
62 Country Dreams
63 I Do It For You, Jane
64 I Wonder What Happened To Him
65 Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael)
66 Mismatch
67 Mercenaries
68 Manhood
69 One Light In A Dark Valley (An Imitation Spiritual)
70 There Was Only One Choice
71 Dancin' Boy
72 If You Want to Feel
73 Poor Damned Fool
74 I Wonder What Would Happen to This World
75 Jenny
76 It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains
77 Why Do Little Girls
78 Flowers Are Red (Edit)
79 Somebody Said
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