Capo 3rd
C D7 G C
I was born in the Summer of Sam --
C D7 G
Smaller and sooner than planned --
C D7 G C
In the spitting image of a man
D7 G
Raised by wolves on the fat of the land.
C D7 G C
Clear of romance, beauty, and damned
C D7 G
Tomorrow will come if she can.
C D7 G C
Just want a woman who can walk on a wire
C D7 G
With a trembling glass in her hand.
D7 C G
Over the hilltops the fire engine rolls,
C D7
Down the valley deeper still it goes;
C G C
Got my weapons out, I'm laying low
C D7 G
On this end of the telescope.
C D7 G C
Alone, you ramble the whole of the world
C D7 G
Through black-water jungles for bliss.
C D7 G C
It's feast or famine, you eat what you kill
D7 G
There's no need to bring God into this.
C D7 G C
My heart is heavy and pressed to the bone,
C D7 G
Some people too heavy to hold.
C D7 G C
Salutations, take me as I am --
C D7 G
You can have me, or leave me alone.
D7 C G
Sun-kissed lemons in the graveyard below
C D7
Here in death you see new adventures grow.
C G C
I see you at last but mostly ghost,
C D7 G
On this end of the telescope.
Em G
This will not be easy
Am
Word's out the doctor is not coming in
Em G
This genie is too angry to go back
D7
Into the bottle again.
then another solo which I don't have the talents to tab
C D7 G C
Closer than ever, and covered in birds
C D7 G
A bone-colored moon fills the west.
C D7 G C
Now, throats will be slashed, and flags will unfurl
D7 G
As time will divide us in gangs.
C D7 G C
Now, years of progress digging the sand
C D7 G
Companions we made didn't last.
C D7 G C
Now, lousy lovers do well with their hands
C D7 G
But I'll reach you like nobody can.
D7 C G
Now, slow and easy, you let your paddle go
C D7
Down a the bottom there is more hell to row.
C G C
I see clear at last: I love, I loathe,
C D7 G
On this end of the telescope.
