Drinking Song For The Socially Anxious

       D
In the back of a cab

Like a puppet with no strings
  A
Untangling my headphones cos 
sometimes they’re the only thing
     Bm
That keeps my head in place
                     D
That keeps my head in place


[Verse 1: Joey Batey]
D
Arriving at the door

I hope to god I’m not the first
   A
My heart is tearing pages from that 
funny story I rehearsed
      Bm
And I know I won’t be long
                     D
Cos I know I don’t belong


[Verse 2: Madeleine Hyland]
D
Cos though my jokes are my armour

And my kindness is my sword
    A
The party swirls around me in a 
dress I can’t afford
     Bm
And I do my best to breathe
                             D
But they’re stealing all the air


[Verse 4: Joey Batey]
D
And the hum from the fridge’ll

Sing me soft littlе vigils
   A
As all my steps too far keep telling
 me ‘this is who you are’
Bm
I should go home
        G
I’m not lonеly I just like being on 
my own


[Chorus: Both]
Bm
And I’ll sing silence
    A
And ask my glass of wine for 
guidance
G                     A
I might not make it tonight

    Bm
And I’ll speak with my eyes
       A
You’ll think I’m weird, one 
sympathises
G                     A
I might not make it tonight


[Post-Chorus: Both]
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        Bm      A         G      
Because I don’t find this easy 
   A
like you
                          Bm       
Gonna go home and show my cat some 
A
memes
         G
Cos he’s awesome
     A
Like me
    Bm
Like me

A  D  G  A

[Verse 5]

[Joey Batey]
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Now I’m lying on a bed full of coats
                      A
Trying desperately to cope

When you open up the door, say 
something stupid like

[Both]
        Bm
‘You’re lying on some coats’

[Joey Batey]

I say I know
                            G
It’s just sometimes nice to feel 
what it’s like to be in someone 
else’s coat


[Bridge]

[Both]
          D
And we’re bursting at the seams

[Joey Batey]

Cos the noise is crushing us
              A
We think it’s so much worse than it 
seems

[Both]

But that voice unsaid is rushing us

[Joey Batey]
         Bm
And in a moment of total rapture

And with every strength I have
  G
I ask if you play D&D

And your face lights up like you’ve 
woken up
          Bm
From this endless fucking nightmare 
of pretending this is you
        A
This is us, this is me and this how 
we’re meant to be
         G
But your smile tells me I’m safe

[Both]

And that voice unspoken’s heard
       A
Cos if god make us all in his image

Then god’s a fucking nerd


[Chorus: Both]
    Bm
And I’ll sing silence
    A
And ask my glass of wine for 
guidance
G                     A
I might not make it tonight

    Bm
And I’ll speak with my eyes
    A
You think I’m neat, I’m not 
surprised
    G                      A
That I might not make it tonight


[Post-Chorus: Both]
        Bm      A         G      
Because I don’t find this easy 
   A
like you
                           Bm    
Gonna go home and dress my cat up 
      A
like Batman
         G            A
Cos he’s awesome like me


[Madeleine Hyland]
    Bm      A         G         A
And I don’t find this easy like you
        Bm
I’m not lonely
  A                     G
I just like being on my own
     A
With you


[Joey Batey]
    Bm                    A
And I’ll sing silence and ask my 
glass of wine for guidance
G                     A
I might not make it tonight
                          Bm     
Gonna go home and tell my cat I’m 
     A         G
not lonely if I’m
     A
With you


[Other]

[Both]
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In the back of a cab, like two 
puppets with no strings
   A
We share a pair of headphones, cos 
sometimes they’re the only things

[Madeleine Hyland]
     Bm
That keep our heads in place
                       D
That keep our heads in place