Verse
A
Burn up with the water
A
The floods are on the plains
A
The planets in a rose
A
Who knows what they contain?
A
And my brain is like an orchestra
A
Playing on, insane
A
Will you love me like you loved me in the January rain?
A
[Verse 2]
A
Mom and Dad and violins
D A
Somber country silence
The needle stopped the kicking
E
The clothes pins on the floor
A
And my heart is playing hide and seek
D A
Wait and count to four
E D A
Will you love me like you loved me and I'll never ask for more
[Chorus]
D
What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
A
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
E
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
A
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind
D
Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
A
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up the mountain
D
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
A
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweet asylum
E
The clay you find is fortified
We felt unfocused fade the line
A
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
D
The marching band
When April ran
A
May June bugs fly and
E
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
D A
Here we go round Mary in your famous story book
[Verse 3]
A
We overcome the sirens
D A
We look both left and right
E
And I can feel the numbness accompany my plight
A
And I know that someday soon I'll see you
D A
But now you're out of sight
E D A
And you'll kiss me like you used to in the January night
[Chorus]
D
What did you tell me Mary
When you were there so sweet and very
A
Full of field and stars
You carried all of time
E
Oh and, heavens, when you looked at me
Your eyes were like machinery
A
Your hands were making artifacts in the corner of my mind
D
Monastery monochrome
Boom balloon machine and oh
A
Diamond rings and gutter bones
Marching up the mountain
D
With our aching planning
High and smiling
Cheap drink
Dark and violent
A
Full of butterflies
The violent tenderness
The sweet asylum
E
The clay you find is fortified
We felt unfocused fade the line
A
The sugar rush
The constant hush
The pushing of the water gush
D
The marching band
When April ran
A
May June bugs fly and
E
Push your gin Jacob
With the tired wiry brandy look
D A
Here we go round Mary in your famous story book