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D Bb
D Bb
D Bm
When you said you loved me, did you really love me
Bb A
or did the words just spill out like drool on my pillow?
D Bm
‘Cause I was naked when you said those words
Bb A
But I felt covered in your whispered worship
G D
And as you passed out fast on my shoulder,
G Bm Bb A
I imagined a child waiting so sad and still for his mom to arrive.
D A
Did she leave you an orphan, in that big, brown leather chair?
Bb G
Said, "Don’t you move a muscle, kid, I’ll be back in twenty years,"
D A
You were scared, you were lonely, but you must’ve been aware;
Bb G
Life is a series of calluses, this is just another layer.
Bm Bb A
So, build ’em up, tough it out, yeah, that’s your skin – don’t let anyone under there.
D Bb
D Bb
D Bm
When you said you needed me, did you really need me
Bb A
or was it just someone, oh you’ll take anything
D Bm
Am I first on that list of yours, or am I second or third?
Bb A
So who’s that ahead of me, some harlot from Pittsburgh?
G D
Or Detroit, Santa Fe or San Diego
G Bm Bb A
I know you’re so alone but how much affection does one guy really need?
D A
Did you date a lot in high school? Were you always chasing girls?
Bb G
Couldn’t you find some young valentine to steal your heart for good?
D A
Were you content or contemptible? Are your memories pleasant?
Bb G
Or is it a string of endless flings of bitter resentment?
Bm Bb A
Seems that what you want and what you need doesn’t mean a thing, we’re just here for the taking.
D Bb
D Bb
D Bm
When you said you’d hurt me, did you think you’d hurt me?
Bb A
Are you really that cocky, yeah what a heartbreaker
D Bm
Well I got my armor, yeah I’ve been through some battles before
Bb A
And I met your old girlfriend, she said baby don’t bother
G D
She told me you told her you’d hurt her
G Bm Bb A
Funny, how familiar, so how much of this relationship was rehearsed?
D A
Did you act out as a child? Were you always crying wolf?
Bb G
Attention starved, you tried too hard, just to get someone to look
D A
Now you’re a wolf in second hand clothing, I’m a sheep in a pleated skirt
Bb G
It’s an awkward form of payback, but if it works for you it works.
Bm Bb A
It’s that I recognize your off-white lies, still I lie beside you, and that’s what really hurts.
D Bb
D Bb
D Bm
When you said you’d leave me, why haven’t you left me?
Bb A
What are we still doing here, so desperate for company?
D Bm
There’s a Greyhound on Jackson Street, there’s an airport in Council Bluffs
Bb A
Hell, there’s a car in the driveway. Fifty ways to get lost.
G D
But as I hold you and listen to you sleeping
G Bm Bb A
I’m starting to wonder if I really believe that you’ll ever really leave.
D A
Would you leave me an orphan in your big brown leather chair?
Bb G
The one you lugged around from town to town for all these years.
D A
It’s a trophy of your childhood, like a shark tooth or gator skin boots
Bb G
But this one holds you prisoner. It holds me prisoner too.
Bm Bb A
What we need to set us free is to let go of each other, let go of everything.
D Bb
D Bb
D Bm
When I said I loved you, it was because I loved you.
Bb A
When I said I needed you, well, I really need you.
D Bm
Yeah, I guess you hurt me, for once you’re a man of your words.
Bb A
Well, guess what – I’m leaving – I can’t be your prisoner.
G D
I can't be your prisoner - oh no (x12)
Bm Bb A
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