Harry Chapin - We Were Three Lyrics
The old lady on the park benchIn the park with just one treeWas there from the very first dayThat you were part of meIt seemed like she'd been sitting thereSince 1000 B.C.And you said, "She is as permanentAs anything can be.">From that first dayWe were threeThe old lady and you and meYou sat there in the windowYou were looking 'cross the streetYou said, "The birds and the old ladyYet the same bread crumbs they eat."I could not get you back to bed'Till you took them both a treatAnd I learned that you were twice as stubbornAs you could be sweet>From that first dayWe were threeThe old lady and you and meDo you remember that summer rain stormOn the day that you moved inI was caught in the excitementOf what was to beginWell, you disappeared for a little whileAnd when I asked you where you'd beenYou said you'd lent the old lady my new umbrellaThen you gave me that wicked grin>From that first dayWe were threeThe old lady and you and meYes on March 21st the first day of SpringThe old lady would be thereSpend all the days of summerThen she'd disappear somewhereWhere she spent her falls and her winters, babeNo one was awareBut you were the first to wonderYeah, you were the first to careIt was three years we were togetherThe old lady held that spotThrough the nights when life was wonderfulThrough the days when it was notAnd the times we were in troubleIn a way we sometimes gotJust knowing that she was out thereMeant we gave it just one more shot>From that first dayWe were threeThe old lady and you a
