Key: D
Introduction:
D A Em G F D C Bb D
Black and blue from passing around, Whitey says, "the Lady ain't a hit no more"
D A Em G F D C Bb D/C
Cecilia Amanda, I don't want to see you get like you got before
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Another patient in a party dress yesterday, dancing on a remnant scratch
Bb Gm Eb D
In a place where lonely men pay to make their opposites match.
D A Em G F D C Bb D
Little Miss Amanda wants to know how long you're going to be gone
D A Em G F D C Bb D/C
And she asked me can I fix it so your record plays the rest of her song
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Because every remembrance of you has been buried below
Bb Gm Eb D
Every memory that I unhappily know
D Gm D
I'm sorry for you and your kid
Gm D
The things you promised that you never did
Gm
She asked me, "Are you a pretty dancer?"
D Gm
But I don't think I'm going to answer, oh
D A Em G F D C Bb D
black and blue from passing on now, whitey has paid you back to your daily score
D A Em G F D C Bb D/C
If you got a little baby now, I don't want to see you around here no more Ah
Bb Gm Eb Gm
Amanda put on her new party dress yesterday, dancing to a record you scratched
Bb Gm Eb D
I'm some dealing amateur actor making opposites match