Written by Ben Gibbard
G Lady Adelaide shows no emotion Colder than a wave in the Arctic Ocean She waited all her years for those 3 words That never reached her ears C They just went unheard G Porcelain and frail, slender shoulders A breeze of gusty gale could knock her over She knew a handsome man who she gave her body But he did not take her hand And her heart broke softly C Ohhh G Am Now she's a bird with broken wing C She likes the ideas of things G More than what they are bound to bring D Lady Adelaide Am And with her beauty in slow fade C She is so fearful the will say G That she is a bed that's been unmade D Lady Adelaide Am D G