Key: G
Introduction:
Gm D/F# Gm
and the ring is golden
Gm D/F# F6 Cm
and the gate stands open
Cm Eb G2 Gm F
and the lilies of the valley
Gm D/F# Gm
and the girl is more than shrewd
Gm D/F# F6 Bb
and this place is such a scoop
Bb Cm Bb D7
and the crowd looks up
Eb Gm F Eb
to your marble tower
Eb Bb F Eb
to the jolts from your silver drum
Eb Gm Dm7 C
to the sweets gone sour
Interlude
Gm D/F# Gm D/F# F6 Cm Eb G2 Gm F6
verse 2
Gm D/F# Gm
you're the perpetrator
Gm D/F# F7 Cm
you're the escalator
Cm Eb G2 Gm F Gm
and you're southbound, so southbound but never coming down
Gm D/F#Am(add4) Gm
you're a lunaroma
Gm D/F# F7 Bb
with a gloom diploma
Bb Cm Bb D7
and the crowd stands up
Eb Gm F Eb
to your marble tower
Eb Bb Eb
to the jolts from your silver drum
Eb Gm Dm7 C C4 C C4 C
to the sweets gone sour
Eb Gm F Eb
to the torch going out
Eb Bb F Eb
to the song of a lemon flower
Eb Gm Dm7 C C4 C C4 C
to the strong pursuits
Outro
Eb
time won't listen
Gm
time won't listen
F6
time in time will make you listen