Four Portraits
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Em Dm There's ArnoldEm Dm7 With his back to meC Dm Em Wandering down through an ill-litDm7 streetEm Dm I'm curiousEm Dm7 And would like to entreatC Dm Em Dm7 Is it inspiration or self-defeatGm7 C7 And from the corner his figureFmaj7 fadesFm A#7 D#maj7 And should I follow or retrogradeGC Dm There's AntonEm Dm With a furrowed browC Dm Em A crooked finger and non-plussedDm7 scowlC Dm There's symmetryContinues after the adEm Dm7 He will soon endowC Dm Em Crafting tone rows with his headDm7 faced downGm C7 Fmaj7 If I seek pleasure in melodyFm A#7 D#maj7 Have I betrayed best tendenciesGC Dm Oh AlbanEm Dm7 We part our hair the sameC Dm Em Dm Posing next to a drawer and frameC Dm Em Dm At 23 and two years of ageC Dm Em Your work is tasteful your life'sDm7 urbaneGm7 C7 As for the despot's who bring youFmaj7 downFm A#7 A century later they're stillGm aroundF#m Bm Bm/E And so I sit by the window sillBm/D Feeling sad, the questions lingerBm/G# stillG I'm trying to decide if it's fakeGm7 or realD Em I'm all aloneF#m Em7 In a noisy throngD Em F#m Nameless and ageless, all strungEm7 alongD Em F#m Em Nobody else can name this songD Em F#m Mispronunciations and wordsEm7 spelled wrongGm7 C7 At times like these I think I'mFmaj7 on my ownFm A#7 D#7 A new self-portrait of my own