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DO FA
Back in the old folky days
LAm MIm RE
The air was magic when we played
DO FA
The river boat was rocking in the rain
LAm MIm RE
Midnight was the time for the raid
SOL
Oh Isabella, Proud Isabella
LAm
They tore you down and plowed you under
SIm DO
You're only real with your makeup on
SOL RE
How could I see you and stay too long
DO FA
All along the Navaho Trail
LAm MIm RE
burnouts stub their toes on garbage pails
DO FA
Waitresses crying in the rain
LAm MIm RE
Will their boyfriends pass this way again?
SOL
Oh Mother Goose, she's on the skids
LAm
the shoe* ain't happy neither are the kids
SIm DO
She needs someone that she can scream at
SOL RE
And I'm such at heel for making her so bad
DO FA
I guess I'll call it sickness gone
LAm MIm RE
It's hard to say the meaning to this song
DO FA
An ambulance can only go so fast
LAm MIm RE
It's easy to get buried in the past
DO FA
When you try to make a good thing last
LAm MIm RE
SOL
I saw today, in the entertainment section
LAm
There's room at the top for private detection
SIm DO
To Mom and Dad this just doesn't matter
SOL RE
But it's either that or pay off the kidnappers
DO FA
So all you critics sit alone
LAm MIm RE
You're no better than me for what you've shown
DO FA
With your stomach pump and your hook and ladder dreams
LAm MIm RE
We could get together for some scenes
SOL
Well I'm up in T.O. keepin' jive alive
LAm
and out on the corner it's half past five
SIm DO
But the subways are empty and so are the cafes
SOL RE
Except for the Farmer's Market and I can still hear him sayin'
DO FA
"You're all just pissin' in the wind
LAm MIm RE
You don't know it but you are"
DO FA
And there ain't nothing like a friend
LAm MIm RE
Who can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind
SOL
I never knew a man could tell so many lies
LAm
he had a different story for every set of eyes
SIm DO
How can he remember who he's talking to?
G D G(hold)
Cause I know it ain't me and I hope it isn't you
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