What New York Couples Fight About

                        Em
Once a label is on something

It becomes an it
                      D
Like it's no longer alive
                      Em
It's like a loss of vision

Or some dark impression
                        D
Or a black spot on your eye
              Em
If it's up to you

My little sweet baboo
                              Bm
Through the shouting and the fever
                  Em
Think of life as queer

Think of it my dear
                          Bm
As some knobs or a fancy tone
                        Em
From here there is no reason

Baby's got it made
G                             Bm
But it's not what the life's about
              Em
What is imagination?

May become a fact
G                      Bm
If we think of it that way
                 A
If you want to know
               Bm
I can tell you now
            A                Bm
Or if you make it through somehow
          A                      
Or is it best to keep or fall to 
Bm
sleep
G                              
It isn't looking very good to me 
        A
from here

Hey

D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                             G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                             G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                            G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                        G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
Em                     G
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna 
know
Em        G       Bm
What do New York couples fight about

Brother's gonna work it out
(Baby's got the bed sheet)

Continues after the ad
Em
How do
(That was under you)

New York
(When your time and and the life 
expires)

Bm
Couples Fight it out

What these couples fight about
(Keeps it in the closet)

Em
What do
(Keeps it to herself)

New york
(She should throw the damn thing 
out)

Bm
Couples fight about

But their gonna work it out
(Why should you continue)

Em
How do
(To shake it off)

New York
(Would you write things on the wall)

Bm
Couples fight it out

What these couples fight about
                  A       Bm
You could make it hard, to be
      A                    Bm
In the shouting, you will see
     A                     Bm
Or is it best to change the world 
you're keeping
G     A
Down again

Hey
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                         G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                         G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                         G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                          G
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna 
know...
Em
Such is the sound of sorry
                 Em7
Without the shy report
Or the grips that could hold you 
D
down
(Just when things were looking up
You act just like a horses butt)

Em
Everything was simple
                 Em7
But the body's worn
                             D
Got the life spread on the ground
(Powder pink and general
The kitchen sink, a funeral)

Em
Every loving other
                  Em7
Don't you fade on me
                            D
Like a bomb that's about to blow

(Often we will overlook
The things that make it undercooked)

                 A
We can make it hard
                      Bm
Or we can take the world apart
          A             Bm
Or you'd never be that sure?
         A                 Bm     
Of the simple thing that makes you
          G    A
 want to cry again

Hey
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                        G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                          G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                         G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                           G
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna 
know
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
 Em                          G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
Em                            G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
D
He's distressed
Am
And I forget
 Em                           G
I don't wanna know 'cause I forget
 D
He's distressed
 Am
And I forget
  Em                             G
I don't wanna know, I don't wanna 
know