Key: E
Introduction:
E
I feel like I want to go home
C#m
But I am home
G#
And the cardinal calls out
A
Lonesome and mad
E
From the walnut tree
E
The flowers you planted have died
C#m
And now, here, they shiver,
G#7
Swaying and pedal-bare
A E
As the wind comes through whistling
E C#m G# A E
G# A
Cactus flower blooms in the desert
E
Under the stars
A
Sprouts in the asphalt
E
Under the cars
F#m G
Spitting and sputtering
G# A
You know well that I was never
E
Ate by a whale
A
My lies are the dead bird
E B
That gives this sad, grim parking lot meaning
E
I feel like I want to go home
C#m
But I am home
G# G#7 A
And I dream of a kettle drum, booming and wailing
E
From somewhere far away
E
And here I will wait by the door
C#m
Like an old dog
G# G#7 A
Hearing the footsteps of all the strangers
E
Who are just passing by.
E C#m G# A
E C#m G# A
E