--- title: "1 Need Breath Quotes By Harry Chapin" description: "1 Need Breath quotes by Harry Chapin. Plus more from Harry Chapin and more Need Breath sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/harry-chapin-8482_breaths_you-know-i-need-a-dream-like-i-need-my-b_1812216.png" --- > [You know I need a dream Like I need my breath We need to take the life Before we get the death You know I need your love Like I need the light Yes I need the chance Can it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/you-know-i-need-a-dream-like-i-need-my-breath-we-need-to-take-the/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/harry-chapin-8482_breaths_you-know-i-need-a-dream-like-i-need-my-b_1812216.png) ## More by Harry Chapin > [All my life's a circle; But I can't tell you why; Season's spinning round again; The years keep rollin' by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/all-my-life-s-a-circle-but-i-can-t-tell-you-why-season-s-spinning/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [When I started this song I was still thirty-three The age that Mozart died and sweet Jesus was set free Keats and Shelley too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/when-i-started-this-song-i-was-still-thirty-three-the-age-that-mozart/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [You see, she was gonna be an actress and I was gonna learn to fly. She took off to find the footlights, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/you-see-she-was-gonna-be-an-actress-and-i-was-gonna-learn-to-fly-she/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [And the look on her face as she opened the door Was like an old joke told by a friend. It'd taken ten more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/and-the-look-on-her-face-as-she-opened-the-door-was-like-an-old-joke/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [She knows more of love than the poets can say, and her eyes offer something that won't go away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/she-knows-more-of-love-than-the-poets-can-say-and-her-eyes-offer/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [All of us should be involved in our own futures to create a world that our children will want to live in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/all-of-us-should-be-involved-in-our-own-futures-to-create-a-world/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/no-straight-lines-make-up-my-life-and-all-my-roads-have-bends-there-s/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Good dreams don't come cheap You've got to pay for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/good-dreams-don-t-come-cheap-you-ve-got-to-pay-for-them/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Why did the little girls grow crippled While the little boys grow strong The boys allowed to come of age The girls just came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/why-did-the-little-girls-grow-crippled-while-the-little-boys-grow/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [The reason nobody else in my business has any impact is because they're all comatose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/the-reason-nobody-else-in-my-business-has-any-impact-is-because-they/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/when-you-re-going-nowhere-anywhere-s-a-better-place-to-be/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [What I'd really like, Dad, is to borrow the car keys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/what-i-d-really-like-dad-is-to-borrow-the-car-keys/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Strum your guitar sing it kid Just write about your feelings not the things you never did Inexperience, it once had cursed me But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/strum-your-guitar-sing-it-kid-just-write-about-your-feelings-not-the/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [There are lessons to life That the lovers got to learn There are corners out there You know they're waitin' somewhere And you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/there-are-lessons-to-life-that-the-lovers-got-to-learn-there-are/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) > [Remember when the music Came from wooden boxes strung with silver wire And as we sang the words, it would set our minds on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-chapin/remember-when-the-music-came-from-wooden-boxes-strung-with-silver/) [Harry Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-chapin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/need-breath/harry-chapin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Need Breath Quotes By Harry Chapin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You know I need a dream Like I need my breath We need to take the life Before we get the death You know I need your love Like I need the light Yes I need the chance Can it be tonight?", 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