[Verse]
G Bm
Goodbye, Carolina. I felt cold and I felt weak.
Am
I took the midnight bus from Asheville
C G C
passed like a ghost through Tennessee. Brushed the Northern edge of Blacksburg. Like your hair off of your
F C
cheeks. I wish I could fall asleep. Half-dead in the window seat-- awake for weeks.
[Interlude]
G Bm C Em D
[Verse]
G Bm Am
Good morning, Manhattan. Stopped a Port Authority. I’ll take the train under the
C
river; ride the A out to the G.
G C
And I’ll walk along your narrow streets with a dollar cup of coffee, letting it
F
stain my teeth. Two sugars,
C
a drop of cream. Bittersweet.
[Interlude]
G Bm C Em D
[Verse]
G Bm Am
God damn I missed you, Brooklyn. Caught my breath here on your streets. I left my winter
coat in Charlotte.
C G C
I’m cursing at the breeze. I’m hiding out from early March. Read the sign hung in
our lobby. The elevator
F C
broke last week. I walk the stairs to 403.
Em D C Em D C
I don’t blame you for changing the locks. I think I’d probably do the same if it
Em
were me. I’m gathering up the
D C Am C
courage to knock. I’m not sure what I’m looking for. I don’t know what I want. I
G
don’t want anything.
Eb
I don’t want anything.
G Bm Am
Some college student answers and my heart crash-lands on the floor. He says he sublet
this place last month.
C G C
He never heard of me before. He sees me there collapsing and he opens up the door.
F
It’s all new furniture.
C
I barely recognize it anymore.
Em D C Em D
He says, I’m sorry, man. I wish that I knew more. I’m not sure exactly what you’re
C Em
looking for, but no Diane,
D G C Am C G
no, she don’t live here anymore, anymore, anymore. Diane don’t live here anymore.
