Harry Chapin - The Rock lyrics

The rock is gonna fall on us
He woke with a start
And he ran to his mother
The fear dark in his heart
And he told her of the vision
That he was sure he'd seen
She said: "Go back to sleep son
You're having a bad dream!"

Silly child -
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't
Tumble to the ground
Remember Chicken Little said the
Sky was falling down
Well nothing ever came of that
The world still whirls around

"The rock is gonna fall on us
" he stood and told the class
The professor put his chalk down and
Peered out through his glasses
But he went on and said "I've seen it
High up on the hill
If it doesn't fall this year
Then very soon it will!"

Crazy boy -
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't
Tumble to the ground
We've more important studies than
Your fantasies and fears
You 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 late
You see I've done all the research
My plans are all complete"
He was showing them contingencies when they
Showed him to the street

Just a madman -
Everybody knows the rock leans over the town
Everybody knows that it won't
Tumble to the ground
Everybody knows of those who say
The end is near
Everybody knows that life goes on
As usual round here

He went up on the mountain
Beside the giant stone
They knew he was insane so
They left him all alone
He'd given up enlisting help for
There was no one else
He spent his days devising ways
To stop the rock himself
One night while he was working
Building braces on the ledge
The ground began to rumble the
Rock trembled on the edge

"The rock is gonna fall on us!
Run or you'll all be crushed!"
And indeed the rock was moving
Crumbling all to dust
He ran under it with one last hope
That he could add a prop
And as he disappeared the rock came to a stop

The people ran into the street but
By then all was still
The rock seemed where it always was
Or where it always will be
When someone asked where he had gone
They said: "Oh he was daft
Who cares about that crazy fool" And
Then they'd start to laugh

But high up on the mountain
When the wind is hitting it
If you're watching very closely
The rock slips a little bit