paroles de chanson 30,000 Pounds of Bananas (Live) - Harry Chapin
It
was
just
after
dark
when
the
truck
started
down
The
hill
that
leads
into
Scranton
Pennsylvania.
Carrying
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
Carrying
thirty
thousand
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
Where
children
play
without
despair
In
backyard
slag-piles
and
folks
manage
to
eat
each
day
Just
about
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes,
just
about
thirty
thousand
pounds
(scream
it
again,
John)
.
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.
And
the
smell
of
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes
the
smell
of
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
He
was
picking
speed
as
the
city
spread
its
twinkling
lights
below
him.
But
he
paid
no
heed
as
the
shivering
thoughts
of
the
nights
Delights
went
through
him.
His
foot
nudged
the
brakes
to
slow
him
down.
But
the
pedal
floored
easy
without
a
sound.
He
said
"Christ!"
It
was
funny
how
he
had
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
telling
you
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes,
there
were
thirty
thousand
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
ride
down.
And
he
said
"God,
make
it
a
dream!"
As
he
rode
his
last
ride
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
slid
for
four
hundred
yards
Along
the
hill
that
leads
into
Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
All
those
thirty
thousand
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
that
sure
must've
been
something.
Just
imagine
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
bananas.
Yes,
there
were
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
mashed
bananas.
Of
bananas.
Just
bananas.
Thirty
thousand
pounds.
Of
Bananas.
not
no
driver
now.
Just
bananas!"
From
Greatest
Stories
Live:
Ending
number
one
Yes,
we
have
no
bananas,
We
have
no
bananas
today
(Spoken:
And
if
that
wasn′t
enough)
Yes,
we
have
no
bananas,
Bananas
in
Scranton,
P
A
From
Greatest
Stories
Live:
Ending
#2:
A
woman
walks
into
her
room
where
her
child
lies
sleeping,
And
when
she
sees
his
eyes
are
closed,
She
sits
there,
silently
weeping,
And
though
she
lives
in
Scranton,
Pennsylvania
She
never
ever
eats
...
Bananas
Not
one
of
thirty
thousand
pounds
...
of
bananas
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