F#
Lord
C#
Show me a sign
F#
That you’re still there
B
That you still care
F#
That you’re still with me
C#
That you still know me
B C#
Before I resign
F#
Show me a sign
F#
I can’t laugh
D#m
I can’t weep
F#
Five nights in a row now
C#
Not a second of sleep
B
Is there something
D#m
You want me to know
B C#
Well I wish you’d tell me what
F#
Give me some kind of show
F#
How ‘bout a meteor
D#m
Or a shooting star
F#
Or even a drunk
C#
Getting thrown out of the bar
B
I’m getting impatient
D#m
And hope is expensive
B
And I’m running low on
C# F#
Everything these days
F#
The waters are rising
D#m
And the world is on fire
F#
We’re all just gasoline
C#
For the funeral pyre
B
In the palaces morons
D#m
In the hospitals ghouls
B C#
Murderers in the towns
F#
Rats in the schools
F#
Armies of zombies
D#m
And the generals fishing
F#
And baby Jesus
C#
On a suicide mission
B
And little Mohammed
D#m
Lifeless and brown
B C#
And drowning faceless scarecrows
F#
Wearing the crown
F#
Ten thousand whistlers
D#m
Off-track and off-tune
F#
Sixteen drummers
C#
Wearing some kind of rune
B
Some kind of amulet
D#m
Some pre-Christian cross
B C#
And one man’s lucky roll
F#
Is another man’s loss
F#
Lord, you should have been there
D#m
Last Saturday night
F#
I broke a couple barstools
C#
And I broke up a fight
B
I broke three fingers
D#m
They looked kind of Egyptian
B C#
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
F#
Without a prescription
F#
If this is how
D#m
It’s all gonna go
F#
I might as well pile up
C#
Frequent flier miles and lay low
B
I might as well buy up
D#m
Some spiritual trinkets
B C#
Line the walls with paint
F#
And start to drink it
F#
It’s hard to believe
D#m
It’s goin’ down so fast
F#
When Einstein died
C#
He thought you built it to last
B
But they threw him in a hole
D#m
And they stole his brain
B
And three days later
C# F#
It washed up again in the rain
F#
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
D#m
I’ll cut you a deal
F#
They can cut off my eyelids
C#
And I won’t squeal
B
I won’t spill your secrets
D#m
My soul’s locked tight
B
Just please let me
C# F#
Get a little sleep tonight
F#
Fifty thousand horses
D#m
Ten thousand sheep
F#
I’d trade ‘em all
C#
For just a second of sleep
B
The kind with dreams though
D#m
You gotta have dreams
B C#
I’ve heard about what happens
F#
At the other extreme
F#
Yeah without them dreams
D#m
You go insane
F#
It’s like having mayonnaise
C#
Shot into your brain
B
But maybe I’m the exception
D#m
Every dog has its day
B C#
Maybe I’m a brand new species
F#
What do you say
F# D#m F# C# B D#m B C# F#
F#
So look out the window
D#m
Might be something out there
F#
Maybe something to read
C#
Here’s a Vanity Fair
B
Winter is coming
D#m
That’s a relief
B C#
And I’m willing to go on faith
F#
But I’m past belief
F# D#m F# C# B D#m B C# F#
(lyrics: Dan Bern)