Intro
N.C.
[Verse 1]
N.C.
I can think of nowhere
I would rather be
Reading morning papers
Drinking morning tea
G#
She clutches the tray
D#
And then we talk just like a kitchen sink play
Cb F#
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
G#
Living so close to danger
D#
Even your friends are strangers
Cb F#
Don't count upon their company
[Verse 2]
N.C.
This is for the fingers
This is for the nails
Hidden in the kitchen
Right behind the scales
G#
What do I care
D#
I'm wasting fingers like I had them to spare
Cb F#
Plugging holes in the Zuiderzee
G#
Punishing Paul for Peter
D#
Don't ever trust those meters
Cb F#
What you believe is what you see
[Link]
G# D# C# (x4)
[Bridge]
G# D# C#
In my town, there is a raincoat under a tree
G# D# C#
In the sky, there is a cloud containing the sea
G# D# C#
In the sea, there is a whale without any eyes
G# D# C#
In the whale, there is a man without his raincoat
[Bridge 2]
N.C.
In another country
With another name
Maybe things are different
Maybe they're the same
[Instrumental]
G# D# Cb F# G# D# Cb F#
[Verse 3]
G#
Back on the trail
D#
The seven soldiers read the papers and mail
Cb F#
But the news, it doesn't change
G#
Swinging about through creepers
D#
Parachutes caught on steeples
Cb F#
Heroes are born, but heroes die
G#
Just a few days
D#
little practice and some holiday pay
Cb F#
We're all sure you'll make the grade
G#
Mother of God, if you care
D#
We're on a train to nowhere
Cb F#
Please put a cross upon our eyes
[Outro]
G#
Take me
D#
I'm nearly ready, you can take me
Cb F#
To the raincoat in the sky
G#
Take me
D#
My little pastry mother take me
Cb F#
There's a pie shop in the sky
G# D# Cb F