[Intro] D


D
Emma tried to run away,
A
I followed her across the city,
G
She went out to the easterhouse,
                      D/F#
Because she liked the sound of it.

D
She didn't have a single penny,
A
She stuck a finger in the air,
G
She tried to flag down an aeroplane,
  D/F#
I suppose she needs a holiday.

D
I put my arm around her waist,
A
She put me on the ground with judo,
G
She didn't recognise my face,
                D/F#
She wasn't even looking.

D
Laura's feeling just ideal,
A
Her horoscope was nearly perfect,
G
She's thinking of something to do,
                  D/F#
Because she is the birthday girl.

D
She walked out to the edge of town,
A
She saw me lying in the park,
G
She took emma by the hand,
                    D/F#
They've got a lot in common.

D
I'll leave them to do what they want,
A
I'll leave them to do what they need to,
G
I'll go and play with words and pictures,
               D/F#
I'll admit I'm feeling strange.


[instrumental] D A G D/F#


D
I'm not as sad as doestoevsky,
A
I'm not as clever as mark twain,
G
I'll only buy a book for the way it looks,
           D/F#
And then I stick it on the shelf again.

D
Now I could tell you what I'm thinking,
A
But it never seems to do you good,
G
It's beyond me what a girl can see,
          D/F#
I'm only lucid when I'm writing songs.

D
This is just a modern rock song,
A
This is just a sorry lament,
G
We're four boys in corduroys,
          D/F#
We're not terrific but we're competent.

D
Stevie's full of good intentions,
A
Richards into rock 'n' roll,
G
Stuart's staying in and he thinks it's a sin,
     D/F#
That he has to leave the house at all.


[instrumental] D A G D/F#

D
This is just a modern rock song,
A
This is just a tender affair,
G
I count "three, four" and then we start to slow,
         D/F#
Because a song has got to stop somewhere