G
You carry the beach in your way too short hair
D
That you shaved off last week cause you freaked and got scared
Em D G
That when it's longer, you remind me of her
G
So you offered it up with what passed for authority,
D
A strict sort of challenge that you directed straight at me
Em D G
You said "forget her, I don't care what you two were"
C
So it's a trick on your ego
D
A two-step off tempo
Em
A solid gold bracelet
G
Under lights in a window
D G
In some shopping mall where I never go
G
You play coy and count tiles, drag your toes through the water
D
Raise your eyes, bite your lip and my mind's in the gutter
Em D G
You move at me and take my face in your hands
G
I feel light bulbs explode and a fire crack thunder sends
D
The slow seismic shift, the sprawling cloud cover
Em D G
But when we're finished I feel awful again
C
So it's the same sorry story
D
Just the cast changes nightly
Em
It skips like a record
G
But it glows like a movie
D G
You're the country sky that I never see
G D C G
Shake in your voice makes me feel empty and ugly
D C
All scattered anger like a windstorm howling violently
C
And I wanna fade out
D
And wake up somewhere else
G
Where no face is familiar
C
And I'm left by myself
C
To keep plugging away
D
On my own wasted time
G C
To eat badly and spend all my money and write
C
To not feel too guilty
D
To be tired at night
G
Since I'm not fixing things here
C
I'll leave them behind
D G
So you make your decision cause I'm through making mine
G
Now I walk where the street swallows light like it's water
D
I see the slant of your smirk on every kid at the corner
Em D G
But if you called, I'd never know what to say
C D
So I just hope you never will
G
Cause things are easier that way