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