F Bb F
If I could just get it on paper
Bb F
The things that have happened tonight
Bb F
But that seems to me to be the big key
G C
I'm havin' too good a time to ever turn Out the lights.
F Bb F
Go to bed wake up eith a clear head
F Bb F
Recalling what made it a ball
Bb F
If I could just get it on paper
C F
I might make some sense of it all
F Bb F
If I could tell half of the stories
Bb F
The funny way most things begin
Bb F
Figure ways to disguse all the half truths and lies
G C
Find the heart of my song with the point of a pen
F Bb F
Simple words can become clever phrases
F Bb F
And chapters could turn into books
Bb F
Yes if I could just get it on paper
C F
But it's harder than it ever looks.
INSTRUMENTAL
F Bb F
All alone in the edge of the water
Bb F
Hidin' out by the Sea of Cortez
Bb F
With my sketch pads and Flairs, tapes and battery spares
G C
It's just no comprehendo to what everyone says
F Bb F
Time alone seemed to work well for Faulkner
F Bb F
Time away seems to work for the kid
Bb F
Life and ink they run out at the same time
C F
Or so said my old friend the squid
Bb F
Yes if I could just get it on paper tonight
C F
I could tell you what I think I did.