Harry Chapin - The Rock Lyrics
The rock is gonna fall on us, he woke with a startAnd he ran to his mother, the fear dark in his heartAnd he told her of the vision that he was sure he'd seenShe said: "Go back to sleep son, you're having a bad dream!"Silly child--Everybody knows the rock leans over the townEverybody knows that it won't tumble to the groundRemember Chicken Little said the sky was falling downWell nothing ever came of that, the world still whirls around"The rock is gonna fall on us," he stood and told the classThe professor put his chalk down and peered out through his glassesBut he went on and said; "I've seen it, high up on the hillIf it doesn't fall this year then very soon it will!"Crazy boy--Everybody knows the rock leans over the townEverybody knows that it won't tumble to the groundWe've more important studies than your fantasies and fearsYou know that rock's been perched up there for a hundred thousand years"The rock is gonna fall on us." He told the magistrates"I believe that we can stop it but the time is getting lateYou see I've done all the research my plans are all complete."He was showing them contingencies when they showed him to the streetJust a madman--Everybody knows the rock leans over the townEverybody knows that it won't tumble to the groundEverybody knows of those who say the end is nearEverybody knows that life goes on as usual round hereHe went up on the mountain beside the giant stoneThey knew he was insane so they left him aloneHe'd given up enlisting help for there was no one elseHe spent his days devising ways to stop the rock himselfOne night while he was working building brace
