Intro
In this bookcase full of stories
Em
You find some of them are true
Bm
Tales of love and glory
F#7
Many lives of daring-do
Bm
There is mystery and adventure
Em
They lie waiting there for you
Bm F#7 Bm
So step inside and find the other you
Bm
Take the high road tomorrow
Em
But the low road today
Bm
Reading other's sorrow
F#7
Might just be the only way
Bm
The father hears confession
Em
While the mother's feeling blue
Bm F#7 Bm
These characters do what you want them to
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
In these pages we consume
Em F#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
And through the age-s words are born
Em F#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
Bm
There's glamour and dementia
Em
F# message from the tomb
Bm
Staircase to the heavens
F#7
And secrets in the room
Bm
When you are riding on that dark horse
Em
To the one that got away
Bm F#7 Bm
There's no regrets and no dues left to pay
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
'Cause in these pages we consume
Em F#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
And through the age-s words are born
Em F#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
Bm
Drifting down the river of the make believe
We laugh and grieve
Bm
Hoping for an ending of our own design
Where all is fine
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
In these pages we consume
Em F#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
And through the age-s words are born
Em F#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
Bm Em Bm Em F#7
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
In these pages we consume
Em F#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
And through the age-s words are born... (fade)