F#                            G
  Thought I was laying in the gutter in
A                 Bm
 Milk cartons and bones
F#                        G
  But I was standing on a mountain top
A                  Bm
 Looking over your homes


[Verse 2]
F#                        G
  Thought I was laying my garden with
A                 Bm
 My hands deep in soil
F#                      G
  But I was there on an island
A                        Bm
 Shooting flares at your boat


[Interlude]
| F#     | G     | F#     | G     |


[Verse 3]
F#                              G
  Thought I was soothing like a violin
A               Bm
 Confessing new rain
F#                        G
  But I was piping like a trumpet
A            Bm
 Frantic for fame


[Verse 4]
F#                           G
  Thought I was built like a building's built
A                   Bm
 Iron, concrete and stone
F#                     G
  I realize I'm just a hack actor
A                    Bm
 Finished playing my role


[Chorus]
D                G
 Your reading my thoughts
D               G
 Dreams old men dream
D                            G
 It's just like when we were kids
D                     G
 We'd lay around wondering
D                    G         Bm
 We try to listen to what they say
D                    G         Bm
 We try to listen to what they say


[Verse 5]
F#                            G
  Thought I was writing for a hundred hours
A                      Bm
 Looking straight into me
F#                         G
  But I was reading on the news paper
A      Bm
 Obituaries


[Verse 6]
F#                             G
  Thought I was nervous like a mailman
A                      Bm
 Reading your letters, dear
F#                     G
  But I was at our anniversary
A            Bm
 Toasting 30 years


[Chorus]
D                G
 Your reading my thoughts
D               G
 Dreams old men dream
D                            G
 It's just like when we were kids
D                     G
 We'd lay around wondering
D                    G         Bm
 We try to listen to what they say
D                    G         Bm
 We try to listen to what they say


[Interlude]
| D     | D     | Bm     | Bm     |
| D     | D     | Bm     | Bm     |


[Bridge]
D
 Push my piano outside
Bm
I don't care, I don't care
D
 Beneath the meteor black sky
Bm
I don't care, I don't care
D
 The neighbours will complain
Bm
Let them stare, let them stare
D
 Who knows where the time goes?
Bm
I don't care, I don't care


[Tag]
D               Bm       E7
 What would you think of me if I told you
D          Bm       E7
 I haven't slept in weeks?
D             Bm         E7
 I've been up chasing my childhood with a pin
D                 Bm      E7
 These are dreams old men dream