[Intro] A C#m D E x2 [Verse] A C#m I saw a crash on the interstate D E It left a feeling I could not shake A C#m Just a name in a database who D E must be notified D E It's not a phone call I wanna make C#m F#m A stranger answers, I hesitate C#m F#m Got some bad news that couldn't wait D E Are you sitting down? [Verse] A C#m Her bathrobe hangs on the bedroom door D E Though she's been dead for a year or more A C#m He buried her by the sycamore D E So that he could keep her close D E It broke his heart and it made him old C#m F#m Tries to rebuild but it just erodes C#m F#m Some people say that's the way it goes D E But he don't feel that way [Harmonica] A C#m D E x2 [Verse] A C#m Get too drunk and you can't perform D E Something dies when a star is born A C#m I spread my anger like Agent Orange D E I was indiscriminate D E Yeah, I met Lou Reed and Patty Smith C#m F#m It didn't make me feel different C#m F#m I guess I lost all my innocence D E Way too long ago [Harmonica] A C#m D E x2 [Verse] A C#m She called my bluff and she won the fight D E I ran outside in the hot twilight A C#m I had a lighter that didn't light D E Well I know I shouldn't smoke D E I was going, I was free to leave C#m F#m Walking fast down the Bowery C#m F#m Tears in my eyes so I couldn't see D E But I made my way back home [Outro] A C#m D E A C#m D E C#m D C#m D E C#m F#m Dm A
