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Chords in this song8
Verse 1
Please, no more therapy, Mother take care of me,
Piece me together with a needle and thread.
Wrap me in eiderdown, lace from your wedding gown.
Fold me and lay me down on your bed.
Or liken me to a shoe, blackened and spit-shone through
Kicking back home to you, smiling back home.
Singing back home to you. Laughing back home to you,
Dragging back home to you.
Verse 2
I was so wary then, the ugly American
Thinner than oxygen, tough as a whore
I said you can lie to me, I own what's inside of me
Nothing surprises me, anymore
But forests in Germany, kids in the Tuileries
Broken-down fortresses, in old Italy
And claiming his victory, shrouded in mystery
He went running away with me
Verse 3
Back in our home New York, walking these streets forlorn
We all in our uniforms, black and black
Doing that slouch and jive, the artist must survive
We got all we need we cried, and don't look back
Thinking we had it made, poised for the hip parade
Knee deep in accolades, the conceptual pair
But ever the malcontent, he left without incident
Vanished into thin air
Verse 4
Now I am always amazed, words can fill up the page
Pages full up the days, between him and me
But the vows that we never keep, from bedrooms to business-speak
Make me remember how cheap, words can be
And the letters I wrote you of, were those of the desperate stuff
Like begging for love in a suicide threat
But I am too young to die, too old for a lullaby
Too tired for life on the ledge
Verse 5
But I had a dream last night, of lovers who walked the plank
Out on the edge of time, amidst ridicule
They laughed as they rocked and reeled, over the mining fields
Coming to rest on this ship of fools
But he just took polaroids of her smile in the light
Of the dawn of the menacing sky
And before they went overboard, she turned and held up a card
And it said, Valentine
Chord Diagrams:
String 654321
EADGBE
D/B: X2OO33
Fmaj7: 133210 (thumb for bass note)
Aadd9: X02200
D/F#: 200232 (thumb for bass note)
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