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There Only Was One Choice
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Good dreams don't come cheap
You've got to pay for them.

— Harry Chapin

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Good dreams don't come cheap
You've got to pay for them." in the context of "There Only Was One Choice" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Source: Wikiquote: "Harry Chapin" (Song lyrics, Dance Band on the Titanic (1977)) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Harry Chapin

About Harry Chapin

Harold Forster Chapin (7 December 1942 – 16 July 1981) was an American singer, songwriter, and social activist.