North by north? lest we have to settle down
we can sail without the wind in this town
Things that London never saw
Northern winters start to thaw;
To islands on the sea,
lands I?ve never seen,
things will get calmer?follow me.

You said a long long time ago
you were happy being someone
Let’s go far far far from home
I’ll be glad to be with someone

Am, Em, G (x2)

Land pneumonia, your engines in repair;
plant begonias, and orchids in your hair.
Continents all made of clay
Dreamers leaving every day
To islands on the sea,
lands I?ve never seen,
things will get calmer?follow me.

Someone told me you had oceans in your eyes
Cold as shadows over European skies
Coasting out the shallow day
Leaving London in decay
To islands on the sea,
lands I?ve never seen,
things will get calmer?follow me.

Mapping out the Interstate, my finger prints a figure eight
We come around, we’ve seen this place before.
And climbing up the empire state you hold my hand and hesitate
A camera shot, we’ve seen this place before.

We’re welded in gridlock. We’re watching the wall clock.
All the literate small talk keeps us sane.
We work by the windows. Feels soft where the wind blows.
All the literate small talk keeps us sane.

All the same again:
Verse:
In cubicles we simulate. A broken wall, a city state.
We’re lost in files, we’ve seen this place before.
A counterculture elevates. We cross it out, we can’t erase
a sous rature, we’ve seen this place before.

Chorus: (repeated)
We’re welded in gridlock
We’re watching the wall clock
All the literate small talk keeps us sane.
We work by the windows
Feels soft where the wind blows.
All the literate small talk keeps us sane.

The bassline for the chorus is pretty simple but sounds great. Look:

D|——————–5—-|
A|——–7—8———7–|
E|–5—5——–8–8——| (3 times)

D|—–3———–3—3–2–|
A|———–3—————|
E|-1-1—1-1—1-1—1——-|

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