Number One

Number One
by Tom Chapin
© 1976 The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Well I dreamed I saw you
At the end of the rainbow.
Years behind a young boy
Started his journey to the sun.
And I watched you walking there
Out on the headlines.
Into yourself, thinking ’bout number one.

Chorus:
Hold your hand out, hear her whisper
She wants to know
When you’ll be coming home
Watch the circle, life is like that
Turn around and you might be alone.

Well they love you in the shadow of a melody
And afternoons they waited for you
Standing in the rain
And you call her every night
With a prayer and a promise
But hard as you try, nothing stays the same.

Chorus

Walk a straight line,
Try and keep your balance
Live each day the strongest you know how.
You may never know the answer to the question
What is it worth?
Who listens anyhow?

But you put your head down
And drive into tomorrow.
Working harder’s the answer
For a young man on the run.
And I watch you walking there
Out on the headlines,
And I hope you make it down to number one.

Chorus

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Life Is Like That CD.

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