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