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SIm LA MI LA SIm LA MI
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.
SIm LA MI LA SIm LA MI
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.
LA DO#m RE LA
I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.
DO#m MI LA SIm LA MI
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.
SIm LA MI LA
You may be Saturday's child, all alone,
SIm LA MI
Moving with a tinge of grace.
SIm LA MI LA
You may be a clown in the burying ground,
SIm LA MI
Or just another pretty face.
LA DO#m RE LA
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and penchant to dream.
DO#m MI SIm LA MI
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.
SIm LA MI LA
Ain't nobody messing with you, but you,
SIm LA MI
Your friends are getting most concerned.
SIm LA MI LA SIm LA MI
Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but baby don't get burned.
LA DO#m RE LA
When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.
DO#m MI SIm LA MI
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.
RE MI
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
RE SOL
The time has come to weigh those things.
MI SIm LA MI
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.
SIm LA MI LA SIm LA MI
I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.
SIm LA MI SIm LA MI
Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her.
LA DO#m
Can't talk to you about talking to me,
RE LA
We're guilty of the same old thing.
DO#m LA
Been talking a lot about less and less
SIm LA MI
And forgetting the love we bring.
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