Key: A
Introduction:
Em Am
Some said the local lake had been enchanted
D G
Others said it must have been the weather
Em Am
The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet
D G
But I swear that I could hear the laughter
Em Am
So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
D G
'Cause overnight that lake had turned to thick as butter
Em Am
But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
D G
Saying hat to them it doesn't matter
Am C
If you just hold in your breath
D G
Til you come back up in full
Am C
Hold in your breath
D G
'Til you thought it through, you, fool
Em Am
The genius next door was busing table
D G
Wiping clean the ketchup labels
Em Am
Getting high and muttering German fables
D G
Didn't care as long as he was able
Em Am
To strip his clothes off by the dumpster
D G
At night while everyone was sleeping
Em Am
And wade midway into that porridge
D G
Just him and his secret he was keeping
Am C
If you just hold in your breath
D G
Til you come back up in full
Am C
Hold in your breath
D G Em
'Til you thought it through, you, foollish child
Em Am
In the morning the film crews start arriving
D G
With donuts, coffee and reporters
Em Am
The kids are waking up hung over
D G
The neighbors were starting up their cars
Em Am
The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters
D G
Atheists were praying full of sarcasm
Em Am
And the genius next door was sleeping
D G
Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm
Am C
If you just hold in your breath
D G
Til you come back up in full
Am C
Hold in your breath
D G Em
'Til you thought it through, you, foollish child