Текст песни Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin
Mr.
tanner
was
a
cleaner
from
a
town
in
the
Midwest
And
of
all
the
cleaning
shops
around
he'd
made
his
the
best
But
he
also
was
a
baritone
who
sang
while
hanging
clothes
He
practiced
scales
while
pressing
tails
and
sang
at
local
shows
His
friends
and
neighbors
praised
the
voice
That
poured
out
from
his
throat
They
said
that
he
should
use
his
gift
instead
of
cleaning
coats
But
music
was
his
life,
it
was
not
his
livelihood
And
it
made
him
feel
so
happy
and
it
made
him
feel
so
good
And
he
sang
from
his
heart
and
he
sang
from
his
soul
He
did
not
know
how
well
he
sang,
it
just
made
him
whole
His
friends
kept
working
on
him
to
try
music
out
full
time
A
big
debut
and
rave
reviews,
a
great
career
to
climb
Finally
they
got
to
him,
he
would
take
the
fling
A
concert
agent
in
New
York
agreed
to
have
him
sing
And
there
were
plane
tickets,
phone
calls,
money
spent
to
rent
the
hall
It
took
most
of
his
savings
but
he
gladly
used
them
all
But
music
was
his
life,
it
was
not
his
livelihood
And
it
made
him
feel
so
happy
and
it
made
him
feel
so
good
And
he
sang
from
his
heart
and
he
sang
from
his
soul
He
did
not
know
how
well
he
sang,
it
just
made
him
whole
The
evening
came,
he
took
the
stage,
his
face
set
in
a
smile
And
in
the
half
filled
hall
the
critics
sat
watching
on
the
aisle
But
the
concert
was
a
blur
to
him,
spatters
of
applause
He
did
not
know
how
well
he
sang,
he
only
heard
the
flaws
But
the
critics
were
concise,
it
only
took
four
lines
But
no
one
could
accuse
them
of
being
over
kind
Mr.
Martin
Tanner,
baritone
of
Dayton,
Ohio
Made
his
town
hall
debut
last
night
Be
came
well
prepared,
but
unfortunately
his
presentation
Was
not
up
to
contemporary
professional
standards
His
voice
lacks
the
range
of
tonal
color
Necessary
to
make
it
consistently
interesting
Full
time
consideration
of
another
endeavor
might
be
in
order
He
came
home
to
Dayton
and
was
questioned
by
his
friends
Then
he
smiled
and
just
said
nothing
and
he
never
sang
again
Excepting
very
late
at
night
when
the
shop
was
dark
and
closed
He
sang
softly
to
himself
as
he
sorted
through
the
clothes
Music
was
his
life,
it
was
not
his
livelihood
And
it
made
him
feel
so
happy,
it
made
him
feel
so
good
And
he
sang
from
his
heart
and
he
sang
from
his
soul
And
he
did
not
know
how
well
he
sang,
it
just
made
him
whole
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