Intro
In this bookcase full of stories
Bm
You find some of them are true
F#m
Tales of love and glory
C#7
Many lives of daring-do
F#m
There is mystery and adventure
Bm
They lie waiting there for you
F#m C#7 F#m
So step inside and find the other you
F#m
Take the high road tomorrow
Bm
But the low road today
F#m
Reading other's sorrow
C#7
Might just be the only way
F#m
The father hears confession
Bm
While the mother's feeling blue
F#m C#7 F#m
These characters do what you want them to
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
In these pages we consume
Bm C#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
And through the age-s words are born
Bm C#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
F#m
There's glamour and dementia
Bm
C# message from the tomb
F#m
Staircase to the heavens
C#7
And secrets in the room
F#m
When you are riding on that dark horse
Bm
To the one that got away
F#m C#7 F#m
There's no regrets and no dues left to pay
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
'Cause in these pages we consume
Bm C#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
And through the age-s words are born
Bm C#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
F#m
Drifting down the river of the make believe
We laugh and grieve
F#m
Hoping for an ending of our own design
Where all is fine
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
In these pages we consume
Bm C#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
And through the age-s words are born
Bm C#7
Speaking to the senses lifting the forlorn
F#m Bm F#m Bm C#7
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
In these pages we consume
Bm C#7
Lives in many colors lovers in full bloom
Bm7 E C#m7 F#m
And through the age-s words are born... (fade)