G
Empty out your pockets
C G
The papers and the money
Em
Names and faces, other worlds
C G
Where days are bright and sunny
G
There's someone here you may have met
C G
Or maybe just forgotten
Em
In the half-light, clothes all wet
C G
I wonder how this happened
G
Take the best and dump the rest
C G
Whisper your intentions
Em
Strange birds sing of frightening things
C G
Too obvious to mention
G
The patterns in the fabric fade
C G
The loose threads are unfurling
Em
A red river flows out the door
C G
And a city pub shuts early
G
I'll put on an iron shirt
C G
And walk out of the city
Em
Back to see the ones I love
C G
The ones who won't desert me
G
If I had bounty on my head
C G
They'd never raise the money
Em
I'd wake up laughing in the night
C G
And wonder what's so funny
G
Take the best and dump the rest
C G
Whisper your intentions
Em
Strange birds sing of frightening things
C G
Too obvious to mention
Em
Strange birds sing of frightening things
C G
Too obvious to mention
