Verse
Fm C7 G#
The time has come for colds and overcoats.
C#/G#
We're quiet on the ride,
D#7 Fm
we're all just waiting to get home.
C7 G#
Another week away, my greatest fear.
C#/G#
I need the smell of summer,
D#7 Fm
I need its noises in my ears.
C7
If looks could really kill,
G#
then my profession would be staring.
C#/G# D#7
Know we do this cause we care,
Fm
not for the thrill.
C7
Collect calls to home
G#
tell them that I realize
C#/G# D#7
that everyone who lives will someday die
G#5
and die alone.
[Chorus 1]
C#5
And we won't let you in.
D#5
Though we're down and out.
Fm C7
No we won't let you in.
Fm C7 Fm C7 Fm G#
You win, you win, you win.
[Verse 2]
Fm C7
I wrote more postcards than hooks.
G#
I read more maps than books.
C#/G#
Feel like every chance to leave
D#7 Fm
is another chance I should have took.
C7
Every minute is a mile.
G#
I've never felt so hollow.
C#/G# D#7
I'm an old abandoned church with broken pews
Fm
and empty aisles.
C7
My secrets for a buck.
G#
Watch me as I cut myself wide open
C#/G# D#7
on this stage. Yes, I am paid
Fm C7
to spill my guts. Won't see home till spring.
G#
Oh, I would kill for the Atlantic,
C#/G# D#7
but I am paid to make girls panic
while I sing.
[Chorus 2]
G#5 C#5
And we won't let you in.
D#5
Though we're down and out.
G#5
No we won't let you in.
C#5
And we won't let you in.
D#5
We don't want what isn't ours.
Fm C7
We won't let you in.
Fm C7 Fm C7 Fm
You win, you win, you win.
[Bridge]
G# Fm
And the coastline is quiet.
C7
While we're quietly losing control.
And we're silent but sure
D#7
we inventened the cure
that will wash out my memories of her.
Fm C7
"The harpoon is loaded. The cage is lowered.
D#7
The water is red."
Fm C7 Fm C7 Fm C7 Fm C7
Like you, like you.
[Final Chorus]
G#5 C#5
And we won't let you in.
D#5
Though we're down and out.
G#5
No we won't let you in.
C#5
And we won't let you in.
D#5
We don't want what isn't ours.
Fm C7
We won't let you in.
Fm C7 Fm C7 Fm G#
You win, you win, you win