Hiding

	  		
Intro: G 

G 
Take the train to Frankford 
Em              B 
I won’t answer when they call 
   C                    Cm      G 
I guess that’s just my gift to myself 
G 
Drank a lot and danced to The Cure 
Em                   B   
Holding on for dear life 
C                       Cm                          G 
To the frayed edge of a feeling we misplaced years ago 
     D                 C               G 
And knowing we should really get back home 

G 

G 
Made mistakes 
                Em              B 
The plants died young, like all good things 
       C                    Cm 
But I wish my small self had known 
                  G 
How much water to use 
G 
Still some nights I find 
      Em                 B 
The ideas that bring me rest 
                    C                Cm               G 
Are the ones that used to prod and pester and keep me up 
D                     C          G 
Swinging open doors I swore I’d shut 

D       C 
Pouring pewter 
Em                  G              C 
Amassing coins to displace debt to you 
      D            C 
My straight-line shooter 
Em 
Let me learn here 
G        Bm     C    G 
I am in pursuit of all I can undo 

G  

G 
Entertain the cancer 
Em             B 
We all answer upwards either way 
C            Cm            G 
The waiting game is tied again 
G  
Backs of hands and phrases 
Em 
Misplaced gazes 
B                 C           Cm                        G 
Things we still deny to selves and hesitate to talk about 

D 
A call from high school two drinks in 
C 
I smiled but you could not see 
      Em           Eb              D                   C 
Your tin can cell receiver hummed its New York static song 
          C 
The lever pulled and all at once 
                Am 
The floor was false 
The center seam divided 
Em                      Eb 
Lace and well-pressed cotton 
           D                 C 
Found the flood we’d since forgotten 

We still leave our shoes at the door 
                              Am 
Before we wring out our wet clothes 
             G          C 
Across your floor and future 
Em                     Eb      C 
Stitch the gaps that destiny assumed 
G            C 
With floral sutures 
         Em            Eb           C 
Are you hiding or have I abandoned you? 
G           
Let me learn here 
Bm        C         G     Bm     C 
I am in pursuit of all I can undo 

End on G