Track listing

1. "Dance Band on the Titanic" – 5:15
2. "Why Should People Stay the Same" – 4:47
3. "My Old Lady" – 3:52
4. "We Grew up a Little Bit" – 5:10
5. "Bluesman" – 5:18
6. "Country Dreams" – 4:47
7. "I Do It for You, Jane" (Chapin, Sandy Chapin) – 5:08
8. "I Wonder What Happened to Him" – 4:11
9. "Paint a Picture of Yourself (Michael)" – 3:52
10. "Mismatch" – 5:00
11. "Mercenaries" – 5:46
12. "Manhood" – 3:48
13. "One Light in a Dark Valley (An Imitation Spiritual)" (Kenneth Burke
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    ) – 3:26
14. "There Only Was One Choice" – 14:01

Personnel

• Harry Chapin - guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Buzz Brauner - tenor saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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• Barbara Carr
  Barbara Carr
  Barbara Carr is an American blues musician.-Biography:Carr started singing in the First Baptist Church in Elmwood Park, Missouri...
  
   - vocals
• Stephen Chapin - piano
  Piano
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  , vocals
• Tom Chapin
  Tom Chapin
  Tom Chapin is a Grammy Award-winning American musician, entertainer, singer-songwriter and storyteller.-Biography:Chapin attended State University of New York at Plattsburgh and graduated in 1966. From 1971-1976, he hosted a TV show called Make a Wish...
  
   - guitar, banjo
  Banjo
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  , vocals
• Harry DeVito - trombone
  Trombone
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• Howie Fields - drums
  Drum kit
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• Steve Gadd
  Steve Gadd
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   - drums
• Marsh Lynn Goldberg - vocals
• Jeff Gross - vocals
• Neil Jason - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Arthur Jenkins - percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Bernie Keising - bass, vocals
• Art Krahulek - vocals
• Barbara Lindquist - vocals
• Theodore Marnel - vocals
• Craig Mitchell - vocals
• Nancy Newman - vocals
• Ronald Palmer - guitar, vocals
• John Quayle - vocals
• Elliott Randall - guitar
• Steve Randall - vocals
• Donna D. Reilly - vocals
• Kim Scholes - cello
  Cello
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• Tim Scott - cello
• Gus Skinas - programming
• Mike Solomon - vocals
• Chris Waite - percussion
• Doug Walker - guitar, mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , vocals
• John Wallace
  John Wallace (musician)
  "Big" John Wallace was a bassist and backup singer for singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. John gained membership to Harry's band by responding to an ad placed in the Village Voice in 1971...
  
  - bass, vocals