| Cm | Bb | |
| I was choking on a co | rnflake |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said | Have some toast ins | tead |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was sleeping maybe th | ree hours |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said | You should get to b | ed |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was waiting at the ch | urch door\ |
| Gm | Ab | |
| For the | minister to sh | ow |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was looking at the n | ew year |
| Gm | Ab | Gm | Fm | |
| You said | Walk before you cr | awl | |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was feeling like a | loser |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said | Hey, you've still got | me |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was feeling pretty l | onely |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said You | wanted to be fr | ee |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I was looking for a g | ood time |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said L | et the good times s | tart |
| Cm | Bb | |
| With a quiver of your ey | elid |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You took on s | omeone else's | part |
| Eb | |
| But what about | me |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I don't really s | ee |
| Ab | Eb | |
| How things will | improve |
| Ab | |
| If all you w | ant is to stay |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Maybe I'm a little g | reedy |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said | Think before you sp | eak |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Sometimes I'm a little | seedy |
| Gm | Ab | |
| You said E | veryone is we | ak |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Now I feel a little be | tter |
| Gm | Ab | |
| Is there s | omething I can d | o? |
| Cm | Bb | |
| But I never heard the a | nswer |
| Gm | Ab | |
| I n | ever had a c | lue |
| Eb | |
| But what about | me |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I don't really s | ee |
| Ab | Eb | |
| How things will i | mprove |
| Ab | |
| If all you wa | nt is to stay |
| Fm | |
| The l | ights are out |
| Gm | |
| In the h | ouse tonight |
| Ab | |
| And I cr | eep around |
| Eb | Bb | |
| And I'm c | reeping to your h | ead |
| Ab | Cm | |
| All you wa | nted to stay loo | se. |
| Cm | Bb | |
| There's a little echo c | alling |
| Gm | Ab | |
| Like a m | iner trapped in | side |
| Cm | Bb | |
| If I tell her of this m | oment |
| Gm | Ab | |
| She will in | me doubts conf | ide |
| Cm | Bb | |
| And she's on me like a bl | anket |
| Gm | Ab | |
| Like a s | talk of wilting gr | ass |
| Cm | Bb | |
| I'm not sure about her mot | ives |
| Gm | Ab | Gm | Fm | |
| I'm not s | ure about her pa | st |
| Cm | Bb | |
| But my faith is like a b | ullet |
| Gm | Ab | |
| My bel | ief is like a b | olt |
| Cm | Bb | |
| The only thing that lets | me sleep at night |
| Gm | Ab | |
| A little car | riage of the s | oul |
| Cm | Bb | |
| If it starts a little bl | eaker |
| Gm | Ab | |
| Then the y | ear may yet be g | old |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Happiness is not for ke | eping |
| Gm | Ab | |
| Happ | iness is not my g | oal |
| Eb | |
| So what about m | e |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I don't really se | e |
| Ab | Eb | |
| How things will im | prove |
| Ab | Eb | |
| If all you | want is to stay lo | ose |
| Ab | Eb | |
| But what about th | em |
| Ab | Eb | |
| You play mother h | en |
| Ab | Eb | |
| To a g | aggle of gangling you | th |
| Ab | |
| If all you w | ant is to stay |
| Fm | |
| The l | ights are out |
| Gm | |
| In the h | ouse tonight |
| Ab | |
| And I c | reep around |
| Eb | Bb | |
| And I'm cr | eeping to your h | ead |
| Ab | |
| All you wa | nted to stay |
| Cm | Gm | |
| I was living through the sec | ond |
| Ab | Eb | |
| My c | omposure was a m | ess |
| Fm | Cm | |
| I was m | iles from tende | rness |
| Ab | Ab | Gm | Bb | |
| It was d | ark outside, the d | ay it was l | ying in pi | eces |
| Cm | Gm | |
| Everything is flat and d | reary |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I couldn't c | are what's in the ne | ws |
| Fm | Cm | |
| Telev | ision is the b | lues |
| Ab | Ab | Gm | Bb | |
| Tele | vision is hys | terical la | ughter of peo | ple |
| Ab | Bb | |
| And I k | now it could be | me |
| Cm | Bb | Ab | Gm | |
| I'm always asking for | more, | more, m | ore, m | ore |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I keep ru | nning round in cir | cles |
| Ab | Eb | |
| I keep lo | oking for a do | orway |
| Ab | |
| I'm going to n | eed two lives |
| Ab | Gm | Bb | |
| To fo | llow the pa | ths I've been ta | king |