Lucksmiths – Ficiton (from Warmer Corners.)
Written down here, gentle reader
G
It seems too good to be true
C
But there’s a girl in Kansas City
G
With my favourite tattoo
Am C G
Oh why would I lie to you?
C
This was in another century
G
Somewhere near the summer’s end
C
The fahrenheit was frightening
G
I was awake the whole weekend
C
Invited to a barbecue
G
I found refuge in the kitchen
C
Discussing post-war US literature
G
With a girl whose upper arm read “fiction”
Am C G
Like it might have been typewritten
C G – C G
C
When I asked her its significance
G
She said she sometimes took reminding
C
What she wanted to be doing
G
Whether reading it or writing
C
I admitted admiration
G
For both typeface and intent
C
And said more softly — sotto voce —
G
I knew too well what she meant
Am C G
She just smiled and in a while she went
Dm Am G
For a time I forgot this ever took place
C
She left her bottle on the bookcase
G – C G – C G – C G – C G – C G
C
So though I leave you little option
G
But to take me at my word
C
I assure you, dearest listener
G
That it happened as you’ve heard
C
A beer left on a bookshelf
G
At a bygone barbecue
C
By a girl from Kansas City
G
With my favourite tattoo
Am C G
Oh why would I lie to you?
Am C G
Oh why would I lie to you?
Am C G
Oh why would I lie?
