Harry Chapin - The Shortest Story Meaning

The Shortest Story Lyrics
Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry.
Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky.
I am glad to be alive.
It is my seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry.
My brother and...
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The easiest song to interpret that Chapin ever wrote. His biggest passion was fighting world hunger. This song is the story of a baby dying of hunger after only three weeks alive.
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