Written by Michael David Rosenberg
Capo VI Intro: Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 x3 Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Verse: Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 I met him outside a hostel door Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 He said I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 I know you think it's shifty for a man in his fifties to be Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 sleeping in a hostel dorm Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 But I used to be a welder by trade Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 Used to work by the water where the ships get made Am7 Gsus4 But no shipyard will take me now Fmaj7 Gsus4 My hands are too shaky now Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 I've spend all my money before I get paidInterlude: Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 x3 Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Ooh, ooh, oh, oh Verse: Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 He leans his head against the hostel wall Gsus4 Am7 Gsus4 Said I have an ex-wife that doesn't hear me Fmaj7 Gsus4 And a kid that doesn't call Am7 Gsus4 And every month I'm caught short Fmaj7 Gsus4 With my fucking child support Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 And the court says that I'm reckless and irresponsible Am7 Gsus4 'Cause it was never part of the plan Fmaj7 To be a middle aged man Gsus4 Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 To be sat outside a hostel, shaking strangers' hands Am7 Gsus4 But I've drunk away my wealth Fmaj7 Gsus4 And I'm a picture of bad health Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 And I'm a shadow of a shadow of a former selfGsus4 C And I said David, don't you think it's strange Fmaj7 While you were in your dark room C How the world went and changed Gsus4 Am7 Looking in your eyes, I think you know Fmaj7 Gsus4 Am7 That David, we lost you, lost you a long time agoInterlude: Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Gsus4 x7 Am7 Gsus4 Fmaj7 Ooh, ooh, oh, ohGsus4 C And I said David, don't you think it's strange Fmaj7 For years you were walking C And how the world went and changed Gsus4 Am7 I hear it in your voice, I think you know Fmaj7 Gsus4 Am7 That David, we lost you, lost you a long time agoGsus4 C And I said David, don't you think it's strange Fmaj7 While you were sleeping C How the world went and changed Gsus4 Am7 Looking in your eyes, I think you know Fmaj7 Gsus4 That David, we lost you, lost you a long time ago