D
The city in a hundred ways,
G A
it would never let you stay.
D
Remember all the thankless days
G A
and the lousy take home pay?
D
They loved you
G A
when you thought that no-one could.
D
They loved you
G A
when you said that no-one should.
D
The photographs in black and white
G A
that show you playing close to type -
D
Your eyes against the midday light,
G A
your eyes when they still had the fight.
D
They loved you
G A
when you thought that no-one could.
D
They loved you
G A
when you said that no-one should.
D/F#
You talk so fast
G A2
to stop yourself from thinking.
D
You move so fast
G A
so you'll never see you're sinking.
D
They love you
G A
when you think that no-one can.
D
They love you
G A
and they'll tell you that they understand.
D
They love you,
G A
then they say you're much too, much too bland.
C/D
Spending days on the phone,
Bb/D Em7b5A
while the cold eats your bones.
C/D
How in the world do you make it right?
Bb/D Em7(b5) A
How in the world do you make a life?
C/D Bb/D Em7b5A
5th time, enter clarinet
C/D
spending days on the phone,
Bb/D Em7(b5) A7
while the cold eats your bones.
C/D
how in the world do you make it right?
Bb/D Em7(b5) A7
how in the world do you make a life?