[(D5)] [(D5)]

[Verse 1]

Last niG5ht I [(D5)]went out walking[(D5)]
out on the e[(D5)]dge of town, [(A)]
not going[(A5)] no place special,[(A)]
only wandering around. [(D5)]

[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[Verse 2]

I cae upo[(D5)]n a river. [(D5)]
I thought about wh[(D5)]at you said [(A5)]
and couldn’t[(A5)] stop it flowing[(A5)]
and running through my head.[(D5)]

[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[Verse 3]

You said that I[(D5)]’d been changing[(D5)]
and never se[(D5)]emed to laugh, [(A5)]
but I can’t rec[(A5)]all the last time you smil[(A)]ed
and it’s tearing me in half. [(D5)]

[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[(D5)] [(D5)] [(D5)] [(A)] [(A)] [(A)] [(D5)]

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[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[Verse 4]

I want to [(D5)]run and tell you [(D5)]
the thoughts that are i[(D5)]n my head, [(A)]
but I don’t th[(A5)]ink that you’d belie[(A)]ve
a single word I said. [(D5)]

[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[Verse 5]

The river’s w[(D5)]ater runs so coo[(D5)]l
it calms my b[(D5)]urning skin. [(A)]
It takes aw[(A5)]ay my aching th[(A)]oughts
and cleanses all my sin. [(D5)]

[Instrumental]

[(D5)]

[Verse 6]

So let it fl[(D5)]ow on, take me dow[(D5)]n,
to sleep that qu[(D5)]iet sleep. [(A5)]
And roll m[(A5)]y body back to [(A5)]you
my love you may always keep.[(D5)]

[(D5)]

My ghost drives around with a bag of dead fish
Falling neutrinos drift through the trees
He staggers and reels, runs up credit card bills
And clogs up the toilet with bottles of pills

Here in the bipolar ward
If you shower you get a gold star
But I’m not going far till the Haldol kicks in
Until then, until then

I’m strapped to this fking twin bed
And I won’t get any cookies or tea
Till I stop quoting Nietzsche
And brush my teeth and comb my hair

Days pass slow in slippers and robe
But my ghost still bangs on the roof
Like John the Baptist in the rain
While the nurses play Crazy Eights