G# Fm Cm D#
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
G# Fm Cm C# C#dim
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C C#dim C
And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
G# Fm Cm D#
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
G# Fm Cm C# C#dim
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
C# Fm G#6
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
D#/G# - G#/C# D#/G# - G#/C#
But Claire, Claire baby,
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7 D# G#/D#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
G# Fm Cm D#
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
G# Fm Cm C#
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
Fm C# Fm C#
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
D#/G# - G#/C# D#/G# - G#/C#
But Claire, Claire baby,
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7 D# G#/D#
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
D#/G# - D#/Fm - D#/Cm - D# (x2)
G#maj7 - G#maj7/Fm - G#maj7 - G#sus4 - G# (x2)
G#6 Cm G#6
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
Cm C#
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
D#/G# - G#/C# D#/G# - G#/C#
Claire, Claire baby,
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
I wish you could see right inside us.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
Cm/G# Cm D# C#maj7
It used to be our birthday too.