GREAT song. REALly simple. Beautiful.
Intro: G Em C D7 G Em C D7
G Em C D7
You're a lonely alcoholic, with a tendency to w(h)ine
G Em C D7
Well, you speak it and you drink it, and bore us all the time
G Em C D7
Say you drink out of your sorrow for you've got no one to love
G Em C D7
But, tell me, who could cuddle up to a lonely alcoholic?
G Em C D7
G Em C D7
You're a stressed out single mother, who has clearly been harassed
G Em C D7
Well, you can't predict the future, for you can't erase the past
G Em C D7
But your baby isn't going anywhere but up
G Em C D7
So join the line and get the dole for the stressed out single mothers
G Em C D7
G Em C D7
I'm a mediocre writer, who sings all of the time
G Em C D7
Writing songs about misfortunes and other people's crimes
G Em C D7
Well, they say that I am doing my duty to the world
G Em C D7
Oh, you could say that that is honerous, I'm just craving to be heard
G Em C D7
(oooh... don't leave me alone)
G Em C D7
Well, who is there to listen to the problems of our lives?
G Em C D7
We've got kids who just don't eat enough and men with many wives
G Em C D7
If we're all together screaming, why can't we make a sound?
G Em
Oh, cuz the dirt on which we're stepping
C D7 G Em C D7
Is the one in which we wil be found
G Em C D7 G Em C D7
Ooh, baby, don't leave me alone
(modulate)
A F#m D E7
Well, who is there to listen to the problems of our lives?
A F#m D E7
We've got kids who just don't eat enough and men with many wives
A F#m D E7
If we're all together screaming, why can't we make a sound?
A F#m
Oh, cuz the dirt on which we're stepping
D E7 A F#m D E7
Is the one in which we wil be found
A F#m D E7 A F#m D E7 A F#m D E7 A
Ooh, baby, don't leave me alone
