| G | |
| You ask me if i'm | happy now |
| D | |
| That's good as any joke i've hea | rd |
| It seems like since i've seen you last |
| G | |
| I've done forgotten the meaning of | the word |
| If happiness is empty rooms |
| And drinkin' in the afternoon |
| C | |
| Well i suppose i'm happy | as a clown |
| D | |
| But i | f it's got a thing to do |
| With smilin' or forgettin' you |
| G | |
| Well i don't guess that i cou | ld say i am |
| Chorus: |
| G | |
| D | id you ever see a down and outer waking up alone |
| D | |
| Without a blanket on to keep him | from the dew |
| When the water from the leaves has soaked the papers |
| G | |
| He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' thr | ough |
| And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants |
| C | |
| Cause he's never seen a single drea | m come true |
| D | |
| That's t | he way that i've been feelin' since the day i started fallin' |
| From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool |
| G | |
| Learnin' hard to live wi | th losin' you |
| Verse 2: |
| G | |
| Yo | u wonder if i'm better off |
| D | |
| With freedom now to do the things i | choose |
| With all my time I'm on my own |
| G | |
| I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to l | ose |
| There's no one home to carry on |
| If i stay out the whole night lone |
| C | |
| Give a tinker's damn if i | don't call |
| D | |
| I'm | livin' like i wanted you |
| And doin' things i wanna do |
| G | |
| And nothin' means a thing to me | at all |
| Chorus. |
| Perret Charles. E-mail perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr |