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Oh, he was the sun burning bright and brittle And she was the moon shining back his light a little He was a shooting star She was softer and more slowly He could not make things possible But, she could make them holy.

Harry Chapin

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Harry Chapin
Age: 38 †
Born: 1942
Born: December 7
Died: 1981
Died: July 16
Banjoist
Film Director
Guitarist
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Brooklyn
New York
Harold Forster Chapin
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Sun
Brittle
Make
Moon
Softer
Things
Holy
Slowly
Stars
Bright
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Light
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Littles
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