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