D G
Like silence she stands
D
Like laughter she falls
G
From a castle of sand
D
Like a memory she calls.
A
And the mocking birds greive
G D
'Cause they can't make her cry
A
They'll soon start t'believe
G D
That the lady has died.
A
Oh what it all goes to show
G D
it ain't my job to say
A
For who am I to know
G D
why she's actin' this way
G A D Dsus4 D
[Verse 2]
G
Oh once again turn away,
D
if you're sure that it's done
G
Tell your prophets to pray,
D
tell your bandits to run
A
Take your eyelids of stone,
G D
they won't do you no harm
A
And take your cross made of bones,
G D
take your flypaper arms
A
And when everything's placed
G D
in your coffin of gold
A
Throw a scarf round your face
G D
'cause the subway gets cold
[Verse 3]
G
Pack up your sunflower smile
D
and your bandana blues
G
Take your worthless denials,
D
they're all you've got left to lose
A
Take your Tinker Bell lies
G D
and your weary desires
A
Take the tears in your eyes,
G D
take your cup full of fire
A
Ah give your lover a call,
G D
if your legs start to fail
A
And he'll come break your fall
G D
with a bed full of nails
G A D Dsus4 D
[Verse 4]
G
No need to glance back again,
D
there ain't nothin' to see
G
Just this drunken old man
D
and this woman and me
A
And you've made it quite plain
G D
that we're just wastin' time
A
And you say it seems strange
G D
that I'm staying behind
A
But don't you worry 'bout me,
G D
I can make it alone
A
'Cause I got no place to be
G D
and I ain't far from home
