Verse
D#
My heart's in the ice house, come hill or come valley
G#
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
D# A#
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
D#
Just to shovel some snow
D#
I heard sirens on the train track howl naked gettin' under
G#
An altar boy's been hit by a local commuter
D# A#
Just from walking with his back turned to the train
D#
That was coming so slow
[Chorus]
G#
You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder
D#
Throw you hands in the air, say "What does it matter?"
A#
But it don't do no good to get angry
D#
So help me I know
G#
For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter
D#
You become your own prisoner
A#
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
D#
Of your very own chain of sorrow
[Verse 2]
D#
I been brought down to zero, pulled out and put back there
G#
I sat on the park bench, kissed the girl with the black hair
D# A#
And my head shouted down to my heart:
D#
"You better look out below"
D#
Hey, it ain't such a long drop, don't stammer, don't stutter
G#
From the diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter
D# A#
And you carry those bruises to remind you
D#
Wherever you go
[Chorus]
G#
You can gaze out the window, get mad and get madder
D#
Throw your hands in the air, say "What does it matter?"
A#
But it don't do no good to get angry
D#
So help me I know
G#
For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter
D#
You become your own prisoner
A#
As you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in a trap
D#
Of your very own chain of sorrow
[Instrumental]
D# G# D# A# x4
[Ending]
D#
My heart's in the ice house, come hill or come valley
G#
Like a long ago Sunday when I walked through the alley
D# A#
On a cold winter's morning to a church house
D#
Just to shovel some snow