Intro: C Dm F (C/E) C Dm Em F (C/E) C Dm F (C/E) So tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes C Dm Em F (C/E) No better version of me I could pretend to be tonight C Dm Em F (C/E) So deep in the swill with the most familiar of swine Dm F C For reasons wretched and divine C Dm F (C/E) She blows out of nowhere roman candle of the wild C Dm Em F (C/E) Laughing her way through my feeble disguise C Dm Em F (C/E) No other version of me I would rather be tonight Dm F C And lord she found me just in time Am Em F Cause with my mid-youth crisis all said and done Dm Bb Bm C I need to be youthfully felt 'cause god I never felt young C Dm F (C/E) She's gonna save me call me 'baby' run her hands through my hair C Dm F (C/E) She'll know me crazy soothe me daily better yet she wouldn't care Am Em F (C/E) We'll steal a Lexus be detectives ride 'round picking up clues C Dm F We'll name our children Jackie and Wilson raise 'em on rhythm and blues C Dm F (C/E) Lord it'd be great to find a place we could escape sometime C Dm Em F (C/E) Me and my Isis growing black irises in the sunshine C Dm Em F (C/E) Every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside Dm F C Sit back and watch the world go by Am Em F Happy to lie back watch it burn and rust Dm Bb Bm C We tried the world good god it wasn't for us Chorus Instrumental: Am Em-F Em-F Em C Am Em-F Em-F Em C Am Em-F Em-F Em C Dm Bb Bm C C Dm F (C/E) Cut clean from the dream that night let my mind reset C Dm F (C/E) Lookin' up from a cigarette and she's already left C Dm Em F (C/E) I start diggin' up the yard for what's left of me and our little vignette Dm F C For whatever poor soul is coming next Chorus
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