The Torch Committee
Josh Ritter
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Em Em [Verse 1]Em Good evening, may we say againG How pleased we are that you've come inAm The day was long, your bed was softC Still there's some names we're crossing offEm It says here by your file youG Have been so loyal, brave, and trueAm We need not fret, you need not fearC And so we come to why you're here [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 2]Em The torch committee now confirmsG The truth of rumors lately heardAm That there come monsters in our midstC Well-disguised and carefully hidEm Anywhere and anyoneG The root of every evil doneAm But you will help us root them outC The torch committee has no doubt [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 3]Em We see your hands and legs are tiedG In clearest breach of by-law fiveAm And left here in this little roomC In clearest breach of by-law twoEm And though you know that we take painsG The process of the law remainsAm All technicalities asideC You'll see our hands are also tied [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 4]Em For us, the job brings only painG To see you naked in these chainsAm To see you naked where you standC Where so many others haveEm Imagine how it feels each dayG To send so many men a wayAm But see we've got a job and weC Must dot each "i" and cross each "t"Continúa después del anuncio[Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 5]Em Something's horribly amissG How else could you be on our listAm Still we all know directive twelveC All those so named must prove themselvesEm To hungry mob and angry crowdG Young men making families proudAm By means not meant for light of dayC We wish there was a softer way [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 6]Em Wait, suppose that we untieG Your hands to sign upon this lineAm To pledge that you have always beenC A patriot and citizenEm Please ignore the legaleseG Lawyers (am I right?) now seeAm Why we're so happy that you cameC Appendix three and list of names [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 7]Em Pardon us but we can't helpG But laugh, if you could see yourselfAm Relax, it's always strange to seeC The names on each appendix threeEm Brothers, fathers, sons, and wivesG The ones with whom you've shared your lifeAm Mothers, daughters, sisters, friendsC Patriots and citizensEm Children playing in the streetG Strangers whom you chance to meetAm The God to whom you chance to prayC The girl with whom you choose to stay [Verse 8]Em We know the monsters, know their namesG By which they go and which they've changedAm And every whisper that we've heardC We've read their poison, every wordEm How we wish that we could sayG That each of them will walk awayAm But sadly it's the awful truthC It's them or us, it's them or you [Interlude]Em GC AmEm GC Am [Verse 9]Em So put your finger to the namesG The only cure for fear is blameAm In doing so, you're doing goodC There's many called who never wouldEm Who stuck by what they thought was rightG Who disappeared by dark of nightAm Who disappeared into the breezeC Left no family left to grieve [Interlude]Em GC Am [Verse 10]Em There, now see, that wasn't badG As you leave, you can be gladAm That you have done your little partC To fight the monsters in the darkEm But have a care, the night is coldG Take a torch before you goAm And we will keep you safe and warmC That's what the torch committee's for [Otro]Em G C AmEm G C AmEm G C AmEm G C AmEm G Em CEm G C AmEm G C AmEm G C AmEm G C AmEm *Just to keep the verses straight without following line-for-line* Good evening, may we say again The torch committee now confirms We see your hands and legs are tied For us, the job brings only pain Something's horribly amiss Wait, suppose that we untie Pardon us but we can't help We know the monsters, know their names So put your finger to the names There, now see, that wasn't bad