Verse
G# C#maj7
I keep a letter in my drawer
G# C#
Postmark from several years before
Fm A#m
F headstone etched there on the page – a name a place a dying day
Cm C#
But god, I’m never sure
Verse 2
G# C#maj7
I guess three years ago last week
G# C#maj7
F ghost-girl drifted down to me
Fm A#m
And left the outline of a timid face then slipped away without a trace
Cm C#
Through space between the graves
Chorus 1
G# A#m
And then I fell down on my knees
Fm C#
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
G# A#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
Fm C#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
(brief interlude resolves to C)
Verse 3
G# C#maj7
Something like eighteen months ago
G# C#maj7
I chased a rumor chased a hope
Fm A#m Cm
That at St. Peter’s church the clock strikes twelve and ghost girls tend to show themselves but this one
C#
Would not come
Chorus 2
G# A#m
And then I fell down on my knees
Fm C#
I placed a kiss on stony cheeks
G# A#m
I feel that grit between my teeth
Fm C#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me
Interlude
Fm C#maj7 Fm C#maj7 x2 eventual resolve to G#
Verse 4
G# C#maj7
The years get longer counting days
G# C#maj7
I’ve got some private holidays
Fm A#m
But when I burned my words by candle-light I saw her standing there behind
Cm C#
“Go on,” she said, “I’ll wait.”
Chorus 3
G# A#m
And then I fell down at her feet
Fm C#
I laid a kiss on bloodless cheeks
G# C#
Escaping steam between my teeth
Fm C#
Why won’t she stay, love never stayed with me