Key: A
Introduction:
Am F
November in a rainstorm, the truest truth I ever heard
G
The sound of babies crying in a hospital ward
Am F
Oh, like a bed of rushes, they spread love out on the concrete floor
G Am
Names, and dates, and faces I really can't remember anymore
Am F
We could hardly tell the difference between one year and another
G
Sun like pouring whiskey, snow like shedding skins of lovers
Am F
And, I grew up with magic free and wild as bindweed
G Am
Pushing for the boundary, pushing through the edges of the concrete
C E
I'm the girl that bought a round-trip cross the Rubicon
E Am(?)
And I'm not sure that even I know where I'm coming from
Am F
Sentimental tango when I was just fourteen
G
I could hear Astaire and Rogers tap their way across the screen
Am F
Oh, bullied and belittled, until the sun set in the concrete
G Am
I wore my sister's black skirt, all dressed up for Halloween
Am F
We could hardly tell the difference between the shouting and the quiet
G
It was the path of least resistance to stage my own private riot
Am F
And the walls tumbled like Babel, down around my feet
G Am
Rhyme came in deliverance rising through the wreckage and the concrete
C E
I'm the girl that bought a round-trip cross the Rubicon
E Am(?)
I'm not sure that even I know where I'm coming from
Am F
For a girl who loves her words, yeah, she loves her silence more
G
Found a better example of what hearts and tongues are for
Am F
There is truth in your arm's love, there is truth in this song
G Am
There is truth in the concrete and the nails that our lives are built upon.