Verse
D# Cm
Stumble on to the pavement; they're strapped tight to bed
Fm
They've got a fetish for sheep, straitjacket sheets
A# A#/D D#
But I've got Randy Newman in my head
Cm
This is no corn-fed day, it's gloomy, blue, and cold
Cm/D# Fm
So let the muggings occur, I feel secure
A#
They say that I'm peculiar
[Chorus]
G# Cm A#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
A# G#
I'll be waiting for you there
Cm A#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
G#
All the ghouls and fiends attack
Cm A# G#
Knees go weak, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
Cm A#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
A# D#
The only time I feel alright
[Verse]
D# Cm
Under the sun gods stare, I wince and blossom hives
Fm
Counting the fractions of day, rotting away
A# D#
As businessmen just drink away their lives
Cm
But when the stars once shy, come bloom and blanket earth
Fm
I feel beloved and blessed, quite Byron-esque
A#
I need to just get off my chest that, oh
[Chorus]
G# Cm A#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
A# G#
I'll be waiting for you there
Cm A#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
G#
All the ghouls and fiends attack
Cm A# G#
Eyes erupt, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
Cm A#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
A# D#
The only time I feel alright
[Solo]
D# Cm Fm A#
D# Cm Fm A#
Ooh...
[Chorus]
G# Cm A#
And oh I don't know, I don't care
A# G#
I'll be waiting for you there
Cm A#
Crave this chill, bathe in black
G#
All the ghouls and fiends attack
Cm A# G#
Head combusts, and I swoon, underneath the pallid moon
Cm A#
Praise the night, oh, praise the night
A# D#
The only time I feel alright