Letra de Taxi (Live)
Good job! Now An expected hush falls over the crowd As the judgement phase of this incredible competition goes on Do you need to discuss amongst yourselves? Who-Actually, why don't we do it this way First, why don't we have these three different qualities One is enthusiasm, one is volume and one is quantity I mean, uh- quality Enthusiasm, you know, physical enthusiasm Volume and then quality, okay, of the sounds So, in each of those three categories, make your decisionHow about for enthusiasm, who won? (Girls!) The ladies? How about for quality? (Girls! Men!) It was a tie, on that Okay Volume, who won? (The ladies!) The ladies!So it's two and a half to one half So, I guess it's pretty much a wipeout, the women won, eh? Alright, now... (Rematch!) After- rematch? Oh, I'll tell you whatI'm gonna end right now with "Taxi" and I need some volunteers for that And you know, another four guys and four girls to sing the high part in "Taxi" Okay? Here's a girl, girl, guy Guy, guy- Christ, I feel like Billy Graham all of a sudden here! Okay, I guess that's enough, now Where's the microphones, we need two- oh, here they are One here, one thereThis is better than last year Last year we had all the guys on one side And all the girls on the other It was like a high school danceOkay, now Do you know the high part in "Taxi"? Here goes, "Man, it's so hard that she's not here" Guys, you may have trouble getting up there What you gotta do is either cross your legs Or persuade one of the girls to grab on, okay?Okay, you might as well sit down But this is go' be an extravaganza againOkay, now lemme explain one more thing I would like... When you get this amount of people on the stage it looks boring So, I would like, in any point that you feel That it's getting boring up here I would like you guys to break into your spinners moves, okay We did this last time and it was really exciting Can you guys- I mean, even dancing all the time, you might as well OkayYou got couple of things, start with your left foot, so you're all together, right Oh I can see there's not a dance school in this college Okay Now if we do our part which is the little spinners moves and the high part in "Taxi" I'll feed you the lyrics when we get to it They've got to something which is, of course The two spoken lines in the song, okay That is yours We're not gonna prompt them, right All yours, clear announciation I want it louder than the countdown Okay, the two spoken lines And then when we get to the last line of the song Everybody here Will sing that with the fervour we should reserve for the National Anthem Absolute, just, absolute pandemonium harmony Excitement, dramaYou excited over here? (Yeah!) That's the reaction like a Dick Clark audience in American Bandstand You know, they introduce the acts, they all go like "Yey" Okay, here we go!Gimme a whispered countdown, not a loud one One, two (One, two, three, four)It was raining hard in 'Frisco I needed one more fare to make my night A lady up ahead waved to flag me down She got in at the lights"Oh where you going to, my lady blue? It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain" She just looked out the window She said, "Sixteen Parkside Lane" Alright!Something about her was familiar I could swear I'd seen her face before But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken" And she didn't say anything moreIt took a while, but she looked in the mirror And she glanced at the license for my name A smile seemed to come to her slowly It was a sad smile, just the sameAnd she said, "How are you, Harry?" I said, "How are you, Sue? Through the too many miles and the too little smiles I still remember you"We got one, uh- Ah, now you got it together, finallyIt was somewhere in a fairy tale I used to take her home in my car We learned about love in the back of the Dodge The lesson hadn't gone too farYou see she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly She took off to find the footlights And I took off to find the skyI wish this was on TV All those people out there, listening in radioland We have about fourteen people behind me Making asses of themselves It's really...And frankly, if we only had more people in this damn society Making asses off themselves for good causes It would be a hell of a lot nicer place to beOh, I've got something inside me To drive a princess blind There's a wild man, wizard He's hiding in me, illuminating my mindGo Rockets, goOh, I've got something inside me But it's not what my life's about 'Cause I've been letting my outside tide me Over 'till my time, runs outNow you got- You're all out of breath now But you gotta do it, it goes "Baby's so high-""Baby's so high that she's skying" "Yes, she's flying, afraid to fall"Give 'em another countdown Quietly, whisper it sexy One...(Baby's so high that she's skying) Right, "yes, she's flying" (Yes, she's flying) "Afraid to fall" (Afraid to fall) "I'll tell you why baby's crying" (I'll tell you why baby's crying) "'Cause she's dying" ('Cause she's dying) "Aren't we all?" (Aren't we all)One minute! You guys... You guys over here were cooking But I didn't here one note out of this side Did you? Let's hear this side over here I wanna see what's happening over hereGive 'em another countdown Little more enthusiastic Maybe we can get up off it(We have not heard her!) (Baby's so high that she's skying) (Yes, she's flying) (Afraid to fall)One, two, a-one, two, three, four (Baby's so high that she's skying) "Yes, she's flying" (Yes, she's flying) If this was the Gong show, what would happen? Okay but you guys definitely did good Alright!You get an A for effort But don't give up your day jobsThere was not much more for us to talk about Whatever we had once was gone So I turned my cab into the driveway Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawnsAnd she said we must get together But I knew it'd never be arranged And she handed me twenty dollars for a two fifty fare She said ("Harry, keep the change!") Alright!Well, another man might have been angry And another man might have been hurt But another man never would have let her go So I- (Stashed the bill in my shirt!)And she walked away in silence It's strange how you never know But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for Such a long, long time ago"You see, she was gonna be"You see she was gonna be an actress And I was gonna learn to fly She took off to find the footlights And I took off for the skyAnd here, she's acting happy Inside her handsome home And me, I'm flying in my taxi Taking tips (And getting stoned!)Everybody, now sing it loud!I go flying- Harmony! So high, when I'm stonedI love you!Okay, this song is the Chapin theme song And as a matter of fact I want all of you here tonight Who are gonna go to the concert tomorrow night To give my brother Tom a message, okay? When he starts his second song His second song tomorrow night The first note of the second song I want everybody in the audience to go "Harry says, 'Tom, it sucks'!" Okay? Y'all shake him up, okay? When he starts his second song tomorrow night Say, "Harry-" As a matter of fact, give him a countdown That way you get it all together One, two, a-one, two, three, four "Tom, Harry says, it sucks!" Okay, do that for me tomorrow night as a favour