Chart Position: 24
- Lead vocals: Harry Chapin and John Wallace
- Written by Harry Chapin
- Guitar: Harry Chapin
- Recorded in New York City NY
- Inspired by real events in Harry Chapin’s life
- Harry Chapin is from New York City NY
- The middle section, sung by bass player Mike Wallace, is taken from a Sylvia Plath poem
- San Franciscans despise the term Frisco that is used in this song to denote their city
- Harry Chapin released a sequel to this song ‘Sequel’ in 1980 just a few months before he died in an auto accident; he had jokingly said if there was another sequel it would have to be titled ‘Hearse’ because he would kill off the characters
- Later recorded by Mandy Patinkin (1994), Lee Hazlewood (1973) and RogerHernandez w/Marty Gassner (2003)
The Year in Music 1963 - 1988 