G C Jan lays down and wrestles in her sleep G Moonlight spills on comic books Bm C And superstars in magazines G C An old friend calls and tells us where to meet G Her plane takes off from Baltimore Bm C And touches down on Bourbon Street
G C We sit outside and argue all night long G About a god we've never seen Bm C But never fails to side with me G C Sunday comes and all the papers say Bm Ma Teresa's joined the mob C And happy with her full time job
G Do do do do doo do G C Am I alive or thoughts that drift away? G Does summer come for everyone? Bm C Can humans do as prophets say? G C And if I die before I learn to speak G Bm Can money pay for all the days I lived awake C But half asleep?
G Do do do do doo do x 2
GC A life is time, they teach us growing up G The seconds ticking killed us all Bm C A million years before the fall G C You ride the waves and don't ask where they go G You swim like lions through the crest Bm C And bathe yourself on zebra flesh
G I've been downhearted baby, I've been downhearted baby, Bm C Ever since the day we met