Intro
E (or Esus2 E Esus4 C)
E B A
My love she speaks like silence,
E B A
Without ideals or violence,
E
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
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Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
E B A
People carry roses,
E B A
Make promises by the hours,
E
My love she laughs like the flowers,
A B7 E
Valentines can't buy her.
E B A
In the dime stores and bus stations,
E B A
People talk of situations,
E
Read books, repeat quotations,
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Draw conclusions on the wall.
E B A
Some speak of the future,
E B A
My love she speaks softly,
E
She knows there's no success like failure
A B7 E
And that failure's no success at all.
E B A
The cloak and dagger dangles,
E B A
Madams light the candles.
E
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
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Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
E B A
Statues made of match sticks,
E B A
Crumble into one another,
E
My love winks, she does not bother,
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She knows too much to argue or to judge.
E B A
The bridge at midnight trembles,
E B A
The country doctor rambles,
E
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
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Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
E B A
The wind howls like a hammer,
E B A
The night blows cold and rainy,
E
My love she's like some raven
A B7 E
At my window with a broken wing.