D C D C D
False praise: as good as rope to wide-eyed youth tortured with hope
C Bm C D
And all the ghosts that came before all signed the walls of toilet tours
C D
The inkwell’s dry; the stairwell bleeds
C D
Your restless hand’s so hard to read
C Bm C D C D C
So let’s arrange a midnight meet with a howling wolf and five punk beasts
[Verse 2]
D C D
We are all lonely; we’re all strange
C D C Bm C D
I’m half in love and half deranged for everything I’ve ever thought has already been thought…
C D C D
Piano players paid in tips, at downtown bars they’re turning tricks
C Bm
A smile hid behind your lips
C D C D C
The city slang still makes me sick, sick, sick, sick
[Chorus]
G A D
We found heaven in a blinking eye
C D C D C D C
[Verse 2]
D C D C D
The long dole queue down Denmark Street.’s an irony not lost on me
C Bm C D
I’ll wear my fancy suit today just to claim my JSA
C D
I’ll be the hand that stills your wrist
C D C Bm
Fresh lipstick, lost without a kiss all painted Pepto-Bismol pink
C
You said I’d be fine… you’re a liar…
[Chorus]
G A D C D C D C A
We found heaven in a blinking eye
G A
We found heaven in a blinking eye
D C Bm C 6X
[Bridge]
D C Bm C
And now our future sure looks bleak.
D C Bm C
Love’s not bespoke so let’s not speak
D C Bm C
I’m tired of waiting for my luck to change
D C Bm C
We’re still all lonely, we’re still all strange
D C Bm C
And you once said that all youth dies
D C Bm C
That all youth dies with its hands tied
D C Bm C
You kick in the front door as I pick the lock
[Chorus]
D C Bm C
Young love’s screaming from a soapbox
G
Young love’s screaming
D
from a soapbox
C G
Young love’s screaming 11x
D
from a soapbox
C G A
Young love’s screaming from a soapbox
[Outro]
G A G
We found heaven in a blinking eye
A G
We found heaven in a blinking eye
A G
We found heaven in a blinking eye
A
We found heaven in a blinking eye
D
We found heaven in a blinking eye
